Rock concert audience mics?

digidesigner · 17th June 2008

What mics do you use and where you put them?

**Remoteness** · 17th June 2008

...All sorts of mics depending on the venue and sound level.

Spot shotguns, cardioids, and omnis all work well.
I like placing spot shotguns downstage pointing towards the audience.
I like placing cardioids and/or omnis at the mix position.
Mic placement really depends on the venue and speaker placement.

I'm sure you'll be getting a few more observations from our forum member to consider.

Svens · 17th June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Remoteness

...All sorts of mics depending on the venue and sound level.

Spot shotguns, cardioids, and omnis all work well.
I like placing spot shotguns downstage pointing towards the audience.
I like placing cardioids and/or omnis at the mix position.
Mic placement really depends on the venue and speaker placement.

I'm sure you'll be getting a few more observations from our forum member to consider.

+1 thumbsup

Obviously condenser mics. If the venue is big, I like to place "delay lines", i.e mics on stage (shotguns or cardiods), mics at the FOH position, mics at the very end of the venue...

joeshambro · 18th June 2008

for small venues, i like using a pair on either side of the stage facing the crowd and a pair at FOH. large venues, three mics panned spatially across the front sound great along with an FOH pair.

depending on where FOH is, a pair in ORTF facing backwards from the mix position can sound great and fill in the venue's overall tone.

tnjazz · 18th June 2008

I like shotguns at the edges of the stage facing the crowd in a small to medium sized club environment (which is 99% of the work I do). I've used a number of different ones for this in the past - right now I'm quite pleased with a pair of AT 815b for this.

All they have to do is pick up crowd noise, and they seem to do this pretty well.

digidesigner · 18th June 2008

thanks guys, how you keep the mics safe when it rains?

**Remoteness** · 18th June 2008

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Originally Posted by digidesigner

thanks guys, how you keep the mics safe when it rains?

You bag them with plastic sleeving.

You can buy plastic sleeving by the roll on many sizes.

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Remoteness Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 7,405	...All sorts of mics depending on the venue and sound level. Spot shotguns, cardioids, and omnis all work well. I like placing spot shotguns downstage pointing towards the audience. I like placing cardioids and/or omnis at the mix position. Mic placement really depends on the venue and speaker placement. I'm sure you'll be getting a few more observations from our forum member to consider. __________________ Steve Remote AuraSonicLtd.com the home of ASL Mobile & Location Production Remoteness on the Linkedin Network What about my Facebook Profile? Remoteness on Myspace

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tnjazz Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,809	I like shotguns at the edges of the stage facing the crowd in a small to medium sized club environment (which is 99% of the work I do). I've used a number of different ones for this in the past - right now I'm quite pleased with a pair of AT 815b for this. All they have to do is pick up crowd noise, and they seem to do this pretty well. __________________ Authorized dealer for Audient, Avenson, JZ, Metric Halo, Milab, Nevaton and Violet Design Come visit us at BIG PURPLE DOG

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joeshambro Gear nut Joined: Feb 2004 Location: st. louis Posts: 111	for small venues, i like using a pair on either side of the stage facing the crowd and a pair at FOH. large venues, three mics panned spatially across the front sound great along with an FOH pair. depending on where FOH is, a pair in ORTF facing backwards from the mix position can sound great and fill in the venue's overall tone.