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<blockquote data-quote="Tim Perry" data-source="post: 90216" data-attributes="member: 94">Re: Which preanmps are best ?Jimmy, with rappers and other screamer types you have to take special care with your setup. In general that mean more rig, bigger components, and screaming into the mic while testing the system before sound check even starts.Yes it would be vastly preferable to have an A&amp;H over what you have,,, but I suspect you could have simply turned the input gain down on the mixer until it wasn&#039;t clipping. Yes I have been caught short many times when the act does not project durring sound check then really belts it out for the show. You have a couple of choices at that point.&nbsp; You can make incremental adjustments.. input down, monitors up and see if the performer gets upset of altering his monitors while performing... or just ride it out.Sometimes they scream so much you just turn the input down and the mons are still loud enough. For this situation I would recommend putting a dual linked compressor in the subgroup (or maybe only one if you run mono). You rout vocals through this group. with the comps set just right you have quit a bit of control over dynamics to the mains... but you do not effect the mons at all.&nbsp; Your objective should be setting the mix and comps for the best you can make the show and if you cannot tolerate occasional peak lights flashing, you simply need a bigger rig.&nbsp; If you have clip lights on solid... you have big problems.Was this a wireless mic? If so what type of quality?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim Perry, post: 90216, member: 94"] Re: Which preanmps are best ? Jimmy, with rappers and other screamer types you have to take special care with your setup. In general that mean more rig, bigger components, and screaming into the mic while testing the system before sound check even starts. Yes it would be vastly preferable to have an A&H over what you have,,, but I suspect you could have simply turned the input gain down on the mixer until it wasn't clipping. Yes I have been caught short many times when the act does not project durring sound check then really belts it out for the show. You have a couple of choices at that point. You can make incremental adjustments.. input down, monitors up and see if the performer gets upset of altering his monitors while performing... or just ride it out. Sometimes they scream so much you just turn the input down and the mons are still loud enough. For this situation I would recommend putting a dual linked compressor in the subgroup (or maybe only one if you run mono). You rout vocals through this group. with the comps set just right you have quit a bit of control over dynamics to the mains... but you do not effect the mons at all. Your objective should be setting the mix and comps for the best you can make the show and if you cannot tolerate occasional peak lights flashing, you simply need a bigger rig. If you have clip lights on solid... you have big problems. Was this a wireless mic? If so what type of quality? [/QUOTE]

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