Members toober Posted March 30, 2015 Members Share Posted March 30, 2015 For the bands with their own PA....most put them on the front of stage. Is there a particular reason why you wouldn't want to save stage space (and setup time) and attach a mic boom to the speaker stands? I understand keyboardists and drummers are not near the PA but for the singer, and front guitarist who might be? (this would be more viable for a solo/duo act on smaller stages/corner of room). I don't think a mic and boom rod would add enough weight to risk the speaker tipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted March 31, 2015 Members Share Posted March 31, 2015 While it could work in limited situations, microphones don't like being super close to speakers and need stay behind the speaker to avoid feedback. Aside from that there would often be a site line issue. If microphone is where it needs to be the person is around a 45 degree angle behind the speaker. With a dedicated mic stand you can get a few more feet away so the person doesn't have to be as far behind. A few more feet away and the microphone can be nearly flush with the FOH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trevcda Posted March 31, 2015 Members Share Posted March 31, 2015 Without sufficient isolation and damping of all of the components involved, at a significant cost increase of your average mic stand, you run a lot higher risk of mechanical interaction between the speakers (via the speaker stands) and the microphone resulting in mechanical resonance and the end result being feed back. Even with best efforts, you could just ending up changing that resonant frequency to a higher frequency. Since vocal mics are basically a full frequency device, there is no really "safe" frequency to target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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