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<blockquote data-quote="kristianjohnsen" data-source="post: 50875" data-attributes="member: 441">Re: Choir at rock consert levelsFor 40 people I&#039;d shoot for 20 mics if on a budget.&nbsp; Fairly open cardioid ala Shure SM 58 or AKG C535 works fine.&nbsp; Put them on round base stands with no boom.&nbsp; Head height, pointing towards the back of the stage horizontally, equidistant between two and two choir members, slightly in fron of each pair of singers.&nbsp; For monitors use two flown speakers or two speakers on stands, either side of the group, but they need to be high and have pretty severe downangle pointing into the choir.Here is the twist that is needed for this to sound as good as it can, though:&nbsp; Use a device like a pocket radio putting out pink noise or a tone and press it up agains the screen of each mic.&nbsp; Have a helper set the gain for each channel so that they are all exactly the same.&nbsp; The tricky part is to know where the gain should be at as not to overload the preamps, etc.&nbsp; The idea behind this is for the 20 mics to simulate overheads or just a listening environment by just transmitting the entire sound of the choir, but with multiple closer pickup points to allow for monitors and reduce background noise.To feed the monitors I&#039;d put all the choir mics in a group and feed that to a matrix.&nbsp; That way you can still add band instruments, playback, etc from auxes into the matrix. Still, the only way for this to work well is for the singers to roughly keep their distance from the mic and not for a few members to &quot;hog&quot; them.&nbsp; Also, the choir actually needs to follow the instructor&#039;s instructions, as the mics will truly transmit what the choire sounds like as a whole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kristianjohnsen, post: 50875, member: 441"] Re: Choir at rock consert levels For 40 people I'd shoot for 20 mics if on a budget. Fairly open cardioid ala Shure SM 58 or AKG C535 works fine. Put them on round base stands with no boom. Head height, pointing towards the back of the stage horizontally, equidistant between two and two choir members, slightly in fron of each pair of singers. For monitors use two flown speakers or two speakers on stands, either side of the group, but they need to be high and have pretty severe downangle pointing into the choir. Here is the twist that is needed for this to sound as good as it can, though: Use a device like a pocket radio putting out pink noise or a tone and press it up agains the screen of each mic. Have a helper set the gain for each channel so that they are all exactly the same. The tricky part is to know where the gain should be at as not to overload the preamps, etc. The idea behind this is for the 20 mics to simulate overheads or just a listening environment by just transmitting the entire sound of the choir, but with multiple closer pickup points to allow for monitors and reduce background noise. To feed the monitors I'd put all the choir mics in a group and feed that to a matrix. That way you can still add band instruments, playback, etc from auxes into the matrix. Still, the only way for this to work well is for the singers to roughly keep their distance from the mic and not for a few members to "hog" them. Also, the choir actually needs to follow the instructor's instructions, as the mics will truly transmit what the choire sounds like as a whole. [/QUOTE]

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