RE: [Harp-L] Re: Micing a Harp Amp into the PA

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

I like the 57 too. If I dont have a mike stand available, I always carry a long "gooseneck" with a mic clip. Run it under the amp handle (with care) and bend it over to aim at the selected spot, feed the cable to the board and ask the sound tech to just set my channel EQ flat and adjust for main & monitor volumes unless the sound tech is really good at harp amp EQing that usually does the trick and you will have more control over things.Buck


> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 08:46:03 -0400
> From: turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Micing a Harp Amp into the PA
> 
> > In a message dated 6/5/2013 1:55:17 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> > harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > Sennheiser e609 and e906. Great thing about these is that they're  flat, so
> > you can drape them over your speaker and get far better pickup than you
> > would draping a 57 or 58.    Hawkeye Kane
> >
> > I do agree that those mic's work very well, but it should be  understood
> > that the above statement is true only when you  have the Shure SM57 or SM58
> > draped in front of the speaker and therefore  pointed at the ground.  You
> > see
> > that done a lot, but it is  not a proper way to mic a speaker.  If the 57
> > is
> >  closely placed with a stand so it points straight at the  speaker cone
> > then it will work just as well as the e609/e906.
> 
> Yes, the 57 is an EXTREMELY directional mic, meaning that it generally only hears what's directly in front of it.  If you drape a 57 over the front of an amp pointing downward, it will hear very little of what the amp is putting out.  And so will your audience.
> 
> It baffles me that sound techs who should know better will drape a 57 over the amp in this manner, but no matter who does it, it's just not right.
> 
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