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[Stephen Kirby]

Not a fan of taking a DI out of a bass amp.  Bass speaker cabinets sound different than flat PA systems.  I let the player get the sound he likes out of his own rig, go listen to it, and they try to approximate it at FOH while also keeping the mix good.

Recently did something with a slap upright bass in a rockabilly band.  No DI on the amp but he wanted the amp mic'd.  Put an RE-20 on it but didn't really use it.  Boomy and indistinct.  Also ran a DI in front of his amp.  Was able to get the impact of the boom from the DI while still hearing pitch.

[Steve Loewenthal]

Not a fan of taking a DI out of a bass amp.

I always set the DI out pre eq.
I probably won't use it in the PA this show but it will be there if I want it. (Although I may talk myself out of running it to the PA altogether as this will be a somewhat quiet affair.)

[Richard Penrose]

I have a wide variety of mics including three Telefunken M80's. The M80's are my favourite sounding/performing mics that I own but I would not use them for a local talent show as I wouldn't want to risk an inexperienced performer dropping them (though the seem to be very robust). I would personally use one of my lesser work horse mics (Sennheiser e838 in my case) as they still sound very acceptable, are extremely solid and only cost me between £30-£40 each when they were being discontinued!!

[Keith Broughton]

SM58 for vocals. SM57 for the accoustic guitar; not because it sounds better, but it is easier to see that it is not the 58, and folks (hopefully) will not try grab it and sing into it. (No real worries if they do, but less EQ changes to do "on the fly".)

This!

[Kevin Maxwell]

I'm hosting a talent show at work. Mostly solo performers: Singers with backing tracks (aka karaoke), guitar player/singer, a comedian, and not sure what else. All adults.
Most acts will be 1 or 2 songs.
I own 4 mic varieties: SM58, SM57, Telefunken M80, PV1.

Should I even try to guess what mic might suit a particular performer?

I will be talking to each one over the next few days so I might be able to glean something, but I'm not really sure what.
I suspect some are seasoned performers and might know what they want, but the rest probably don't have any experience.

The venues will be the corporate cafeteria area. High ceilings, glass walls, hard floors. I'll use 1 speaker and probably be able to see all the reflections. (I'll think I can see sound by the time the show is over. )

I think the one thing you have to ask in a situation like that is how clearly do you want to hear the singers. We went back to using Shure SM58 for vocal mics because we found when we used much better mics we heard the singers too clearly and that was actually a bad thing in most cases.

Keep in mind that all generalizations are false.

[Steve Loewenthal]

The 1st show went great. (There is a 2nd show scheduled for 7/27 with some overlap on the performers.)
I used the M80 as the "house" mic for the announcers and comedians, and sm58 for the singers. (The M80 is "my" performance mic so I also used it during my time as a performer.) Overall the show went great. I need to coach some of the non-musicians that they can't just walk out in front of the speakers, hold the mic at their belly button, and expect to be heard at the back of the audience.

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