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interfacing to vocalist's amp, keyboard piano
I've been asked to record and master two jazz/vocal albums. This time, I'm
flying to the location, everything has to fit into ATA cases, so I need to double check with you guys: 1. In a typical club setting, the vocalist relies on a little carpet box amp. I've actually experienced singers who, while virtually inaudible without the amp, made a good sound with one. But to improve things a bit, I would like to use a high quality condenser microphone and split it, taking a direct feed. I am not familiar with the characteristics of cheap carpet box amps, so I pose the following questions: a. Might the amp be overloaded by a typical, high output condenser? If padding is recommended, how much? b. The carpet box has a 1/4" jack. Are all these things balanced these days? c. Any other considerations? 2. One of the pianists uses a portable electronic piano. What considerations apply to getting a direct feed? 1/4" unbalanced, balanced, -10 or +4, what is most likely to be encountered? Bob Morein (310) 237-6511 |
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Soundhaspriority wrote:
1. In a typical club setting, the vocalist relies on a little carpet box amp. a. Might the amp be overloaded by a typical, high output condenser? If padding is recommended, how much? b. The carpet box has a 1/4" jack. Are all these things balanced these days? It's like plugging an SM-57 into a guitar amplifier. While it's not out of the question these days that someone makes a small amplifier designed for a vocal mic, which may have a balanced XLR input and supply phantom power, it sounds like this isn't what the singer is using. You'd best bring a phantom power supply if you want to use a condenser mic. 2. One of the pianists uses a portable electronic piano. What considerations apply to getting a direct feed? 1/4" unbalanced, balanced, -10 or +4, what is most likely to be encountered? Best to use a direct box. It'll give you a balanced XLR output at a kind of hot mic level. For a gig like this, I'd bring a small mixer as a mic preamp with phantom power, use an auxiliary send to feed the singer's amplifier. You can plug the DI from the electric piano into another input, and you'll have a couple more inputs for audience or ambient mics. |
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"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message ... a. Might the amp be overloaded by a typical, high output condenser? If padding is recommended, how much? b. The carpet box has a 1/4" jack. Are all these things balanced these days? c. Any other considerations? Will you bring a mixer? If so, you could run the singer's amp from an aux feed. 2. One of the pianists uses a portable electronic piano. What considerations apply to getting a direct feed? 1/4" unbalanced, balanced, -10 or +4, what is most likely to be encountered? 2 x unbalanced -10. Just bring a couple of DI boxes. Bm |
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