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[Tom Petrusky]

Any opinions on the Shure AMS 22 for use on stage. I have been sitting on a dozen for years and was wondering if they would be of any use on deck, ie drums, leslie, toms. I also have a few 28's as well. I would love to hear some fact based opinions, IE I have used them and had great/horrible results. I am not looking for a lengthy theological discussion on why one thinks they will or wont work. 

[James A. Griffin]

Any opinions on the Shure AMS 22 for use on stage. I have been sitting on a dozen for years and was wondering if they would be of any use on deck, ie drums, leslie, toms. I also have a few 28's as well. I would love to hear some fact based opinions, IE I have used them and had great/horrible results. I am not looking for a lengthy theological discussion on why one thinks they will or wont work.

What mixer are you using with these?   Shure AMS22 mics visually resemble SM91, Beta91 etc, so it's tempting to think of using them in that way.   AMS mics are made to be used ONLY with Shure AMS mixers.  They are intended to work as a system and the circuits are designed and wired differently than anything else in your rig.    At best, they won't work.  At worst, you could damage your mixer.

FYI:  AMS is "Automatic Mixer System",  forerunner of the SCM800 series.

[Stuart Pendleton]

http://media.musicalplanet.com/pdf/SHU150.PDF

[Mac Kerr]

What mixer are you using with these?   Shure AMS22 mics visually resemble SM91, Beta91 etc, so it's tempting to think of using them in that way.   AMS mics are made to be used ONLY with Shure AMS mixers.  They are intended to work as a system and the circuits are designed and wired differently than anything else in your rig.    At best, they won't work.  At worst, you could damage your mixer.

FYI:  AMS is "Automatic Mixer System",  forerunner of the SCM800 series.

It is unlikely they could cause damage, but they will not work as you might expect. What is on that male XLR is not a balanced signal from the mic. It is 2 unbalanced signals from 2 mics that are arranged so that the mixer can sense when the source is more than 60º off axis and mute the channel. It is an interesting system, but they are not general purpose mics.

If you have the mixers that go with them they might be usable as area mics, but they were intended as conference mics.

Mac

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