Head Mic

[Owen]

I am using a head mic for the preacher in Church. The actual mic is not really pushing past the middle of their left cheek. This does not make for a really good sound source. Can anyone suggest what the good ones which do not cost hudereds are? It is going into a decent AKG Transmitter/Receiver so that is not the issue.

 

TIA

[Downunderwonder]

11 hours ago, owen said:

This does not make for a really good sound source

Says who?

[Owen]

In my situation, I am struggling to get enough gain before feedback. I am cutting frequencies but having to cut too much for clarity. It is possible that it would work well in another situation. However, for mine it is not so great.

[Downunderwonder]

I assume this is plain preaching not busting out a James Brown ''don't be lost when the time comes'' rendition?

 

You might be best attacking the reflective surfaces and speaker placements that are producing the feedback.

[EBS_freak]

What headset mic are you using?

 

What is your AKG Transmitter/ Receiver setup. If it's analogue, you may be running the input on the pack too hot.

 

Have you discounted a lav setup?

[PaulWarning]

our drummer uses a Shure, a WH20xlr I think, it doesn't need extra power, plugs straight into the PA, although not quite as loud a signal as a normal mic, the gain on the PA does the job easily, no feedback issues

[Owen]

On 30/09/2021 at 22:46, Downunderwonder said:

I assume this is plain preaching not busting out a James Brown ''don't be lost when the time comes'' rendition?

 

You might be best attacking the reflective surfaces and speaker placements that are producing the feedback.

Sadly there is not that level of energy involved

Attacking the reflective surfaces would mean curtaining 30m x 25m on both sides. It could get spendy. We have had mics in the past which have been fine so I am just going to try another headset

On 01/10/2021 at 10:41, EBS_freak said:

What headset mic are you using?

 

What is your AKG Transmitter/ Receiver setup. If it's analogue, you may be running the input on the pack too hot.

 

Have you discounted a lav setup?

I honestly cannot remember what the headset is, probably Proel cheap and cheerful. The problem really is that the mic is actually sitting, perhaps, 3cm from the ear. For broadcast it would be fine and dandy, but for live sound it is proving to be less than useful. The AKG is digital. We used to use a lav set up but the headmic gave us a much better signal level.

On 01/10/2021 at 10:54, PaulWarning said:

our drummer uses a Shure, a WH20xlr I think, it doesn't need extra power, plugs straight into the PA, although not quite as loud a signal as a normal mic, the gain on the PA does the job easily, no feedback issues

Thanks, the headset looks great but I would have trouble plugging it into the radio transmitter

 

I have just bought another cheap and cheerful Proel head mic, but one with a much longer arm. We shall see.

 

Thanks y'all.

[fretmeister]

I use a Line 6 unit for magic shows.

 

Works very well.