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<blockquote data-quote="Adam Robinson" data-source="post: 690" data-attributes="member: 43">I spent the last four shows of my new tour playing around with audience mic&#039;ing.&nbsp; The goal has been to keep my artist&#039;s ears in for the whole show when he wants to be immersed in the audience&#039;s reaction.&nbsp; In the end I had success but I want to make the experience better.&nbsp; The application is large theatres up to arenas.&nbsp; I had two small diaphragm condenser mics on this last short run and while respectable mics, they fell short for what I was trying to do.&nbsp; Placing them on the corners of the stage misses the interaction front and center and also picks up too much fan chatter at the corners.&nbsp; I also am missing the ability to push audience interaction into the mix when they&#039;re singing along without adding too much of the PA into the mix.&nbsp; I was thinking about putting two short shotguns and two short small diaphragm condensers at the corners of the stage - like a long-throw, short-throw system.&nbsp; I also have the option to hide a mic underneath a set of stairs mid-stage where I&#039;ve got a straight shot to the audience (and the band is upstage of that point).&nbsp; Another thing might be to discretely place a small stereo mic downstage center in large venues where the audience is not right up to the edge of the stage... or what about putting a couple mics in the downstage lighting truss?&nbsp; Does anyone have any more ideas or experiences (with shows of this type) to share?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Adam Robinson, post: 690, member: 43"] I spent the last four shows of my new tour playing around with audience mic'ing. The goal has been to keep my artist's ears in for the whole show when he wants to be immersed in the audience's reaction. In the end I had success but I want to make the experience better. The application is large theatres up to arenas. I had two small diaphragm condenser mics on this last short run and while respectable mics, they fell short for what I was trying to do. Placing them on the corners of the stage misses the interaction front and center and also picks up too much fan chatter at the corners. I also am missing the ability to push audience interaction into the mix when they're singing along without adding too much of the PA into the mix. I was thinking about putting two short shotguns and two short small diaphragm condensers at the corners of the stage - like a long-throw, short-throw system. I also have the option to hide a mic underneath a set of stairs mid-stage where I've got a straight shot to the audience (and the band is upstage of that point). Another thing might be to discretely place a small stereo mic downstage center in large venues where the audience is not right up to the edge of the stage... or what about putting a couple mics in the downstage lighting truss? Does anyone have any more ideas or experiences (with shows of this type) to share? [/QUOTE]

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