Sreaming in the mic

[kJ Joe]

Hi Everyone,

I have been a KJ For 7 years and one thing that really gets to me and i'm sure it has happend to all of you is when a singer screams or yells in the mic or the singer who sings so low that no matter how much you turn up the mic you still can barley hear them.
What are your thoughts ?????

Thanks KJ JOE Virginia

[ddouglass]

When it comes to new singers and even some of the old hands, a little coaching (with a smile) will usually go a long way. When it comes to the screamers/yellers I will ask them to back off the mic a bit and if that doesn't work then I turn down the mic volume through the mixer.

The hardest ones to work with are the ones who don't sing out because they are still a bit shy about it. Turning the mic up is an option, but the higher you turn it the more likely you will get feedback. One young lady who is one of our regulars we even had to remove the windsock in order to get enough sound out of her without getting feedback. Fortunately she has improved and projects much better now.

[bobcox- with the Lord]

A Good Compressor/Limiter will stop the screamers in their tracks,

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by bobcox

A Good Compressor/Limiter will stop the screamers in their tracks,

The very first thing I bought after my first gig (like the next day) was a compressor limiter.

Average volume singers who like to pretend they are rock stars by cupping there hands around the mic head will also send all the lights into the red zone. While I personally don't care if they intentionally sound like crap for the sake of looking "cool" when they get to the point of harming the mic diaphrams (cupping and screaming at the same time) I'll usually tell them to Knock it off

My speakers are very resistant to feedback so giving low volume singers lots of gain genrally isn't a problem, but it's been my experience that most of those singing quietly like it that way. The more I turn'em up the quieter they get, and the more experienced singers won't get quieter but they will start pulling the mic away to compensate.

[pelletmon]

What always gets me is when I get one of those shy timid non-projecting folks that will start pulling the mic futher and futher away as we try to compensate by turning the gain up to the brink of feedback so we can get them above the mix.Doesn't it always seem to be the case that half the drunks in the audence will always put in there 2 cents worth and start screaming "cant hear her "(or him ,though less often than with female singers) like its the KJs fault.My favorate remedy for this is to walk up to the singer,politely ask for the mike and proceed to sing into it myself with the volume still on 8.(I can project very well when I want to). After 1 or 2 lines I hand the mic back to the singer.That usually tends to shut em up fo the rest of the night.

[TKaraoke]

Once I've exhausted the volume increase program, I just start turning the music volume down til you can hear them. Seems to work over time with a little coaching from other better singers and myself. Must be as polite as possible you know!
TK

[bryant]

Originally Posted by pelletmon

My favorate remedy for this is to walk up to the singer,politely ask for the mike and proceed to sing into it myself with the volume still on 8.(I can project very well when I want to). After 1 or 2 lines I hand the mic back to the singer..

I do this all the time. It still doesn't work, that is why I am still doing it.

Here's another one, I have the same people over and over again in the same night find it nearly impossible to remove the microphone and cord from the little clip that holds it. So I went and purchased what appears to be the simplest design for a "mic-on-a-clip-to-be-removed", and they STILL find it complicated, even when sober, and even after instructions, and even after several returns to the microphone. SHEESH! Anybody else get this a lot.