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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Maxwell" data-source="post: 123098" data-attributes="member: 321">Re: Wedge for Talking Head?I have found that since the person using the mic is just hearing the back of the mains (and any slap back) if there is no monitor it can be a good idea to have a small monitor or 2 with a wide dispersion. But you just want to turn it up a little to get the high end a little bit clearer on stage. This can even work with lavs or headset mics if you really know how to tune the system. Do you have SMAART? My trick for the house/main speakers is, after tuning the system for linearity I insert an EQ (and compressor) for the mic on a sub group and EQ it using the mic itself as the measurement mic. And then for the monitor aim the mic at the monitor from the standard talking distance (don’t turn the mic on thru the speaker) and use it as the measurement mic again and tweak the EQ on the monitors. This should give you the best gain before feedback in the monitors for that mic. Don’t forget to keep the level as low as you can on that mic in the monitors. I hope this helps you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kevin Maxwell, post: 123098, member: 321"] Re: Wedge for Talking Head? I have found that since the person using the mic is just hearing the back of the mains (and any slap back) if there is no monitor it can be a good idea to have a small monitor or 2 with a wide dispersion. But you just want to turn it up a little to get the high end a little bit clearer on stage. This can even work with lavs or headset mics if you really know how to tune the system. Do you have SMAART? My trick for the house/main speakers is, after tuning the system for linearity I insert an EQ (and compressor) for the mic on a sub group and EQ it using the mic itself as the measurement mic. And then for the monitor aim the mic at the monitor from the standard talking distance (don’t turn the mic on thru the speaker) and use it as the measurement mic again and tweak the EQ on the monitors. This should give you the best gain before feedback in the monitors for that mic. Don’t forget to keep the level as low as you can on that mic in the monitors. I hope this helps you. [/QUOTE]

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