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Alex Monastra:
How's it going?

I'm looking for some suggestions for talkback for our worship leader. We're currently running IEMs and using an A/B switch (ProCo Panic Button specifically) to use his main vocal mic to talk to the band and FOH. I'm currently looking at moving to wireless mics for all of our vocalists to help eliminate stage runs (we are a mobile church, so the less XLRs that we have to run the better!). But I realize now that the Panic Button is only useful with wired mics because I would have to run an xlr back to the stage to make it work with a wireless mic.

What do you guys use? A custom setup? A second mic? Weaning the leader off using the talkback/using a band leader offstage to talk to the band? I would love any suggestions you might have!

Mike Caldwell:

--- Quote from: Alex Monastra on May 31, 2018, 01:40:13 PM ---How's it going?

I'm looking for some suggestions for talkback for our worship leader. We're currently running IEMs and using an A/B switch (ProCo Panic Button specifically) to use his main vocal mic to talk to the band and FOH. I'm currently looking at moving to wireless mics for all of our vocalists to help eliminate stage runs (we are a mobile church, so the less XLRs that we have to run the better!). But I realize now that the Panic Button is only useful with wired mics because I would have to run an xlr back to the stage to make it work with a wireless mic.

What do you guys use? A custom setup? A second mic? Weaning the leader off using the talkback/using a band leader offstage to talk to the band? I would love any suggestions you might have!

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You would still need to run cables out to the A B box only the input would come from the wireless receiver.

From the perspective of the audience I think it would look strange to see someone talking into a mic and not hear any sound as they are talking to the band through their IEM's

Nathan Riddle:

--- Quote from: Mike Caldwell on May 31, 2018, 05:27:48 PM ---You would still need to run cables out to the A B box only the input would come from the wireless receiver.

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Alex,

Do what Mike suggests. Grab some gender benders and route the wireless receiver to the A/B switch input. Then the outs as usual.


--- Quote from: Mike Caldwell on May 31, 2018, 05:27:48 PM ---From the perspective of the audience I think it would look strange to see someone talking into a mic and not hear any sound as they are talking to the band through their IEM's

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While I can see that.

We do this at every campus and many churches do this. It's not as big deal as one might think.

Erik Jerde:
If the band really needs that much direction then get a music director who takes care of that stuff.  Someone who’s not already singing is easiest.  Of course you need someone in the band who is up to the job.  Someone who can pay attention to cues from a producer can be useful too.  You can then stretch out a song or wrap it up quickly when appropriate.

Mike Caldwell:

--- Quote from: Nathan Riddle on May 31, 2018, 07:05:59 PM ---Alex,

Do what Mike suggests. Grab some gender benders and route the wireless receiver to the A/B switch input. Then the outs as usual.

While I can see that.

We do this at every campus and many churches do this. It's not as big deal as one might think.

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If the receiver is on stage no gender benders needed just a mic cable, if the receiver is at FOH then you would need to flip a snake channel around or if you have extra XLR returns on the snake you could use one of those and no gender benders needed.


I guess a quick few words to the band could go un noticed by the audience.

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