VBS Goes Vintage (sort of )

Well VBS was a great success at Desert Springs Church this last week. Here is the run down of Microphones used.
Skits
11- Shure and Audio Technica Wireless systems
We paired various types of microphones to those systems:
2- Countryman E6
1- Countryman E6s
3- Audio Technica BP892-TH MicroSet
1- DPA 4066
3- Samson SE50
1- Audio Technica Artist Elite® AE4100 Handheld.

 The Band
Kick: Shure Beta 52
Snare: Shure SM 57
HiHat: Shure KSM109
Rack Tom: Audix D4
Floor Tom: ATM 25
Ride and Crash: Pro 35's underneath
Bass: SansAmp DI
Acoustic Guitars: Radial ProDi
Washboard: Beta 98
Wash Tub Bass: Beta 91
Lead Vocal: Beta 87c
BGV's: Shure 55's of various types. 1-Super 55, 2-55SH, and my personal 1959 Shure 55. It was so sweet.

If it Worked once Try it again

Well I was having a dilemma. Los, our young adult minister/church planter, has been preaching the last few Sundays.  He does not want to wear an over ear mic like the E6 but also did not want a traditional lapel. Los also uses a large dynamic range when he teaches from very soft to very loud. The is to make him understood no matter how loud or quiet he is. The microphone we tried had been using on him for a while was the E6s which is shorter version of the normal Countryman E6. He liked it because it was easy to hide. The problem is it does not give, at least for Los, great clarity, so I went back to the well. Los wears glasses with a nice flat frame. So like I did with our Teaching Pastor Ryan, see post here, I taped the microphone to his glasses. With Ryan I use a Countryman EMW. I do not have a second one on hand so I used my Shure W93, which is a nice flat lapel like the EMW.  Wow what a difference. Los is clear and I have a ton of head room. Another reminder to keep your options open when trying to mic someone or something up.

Is That a Keyboard in Your Piano

Our PC88 in its costume for VBS.

Radial SGI

My previous post showed our isolation cabinets at DSC. I mentioned the Radial SGi. Here is a picture and some quick info on the SGi. This has been a great addition to our gear. It allows us to have electric guitars with the amps off stage isolated away so they can play loud, get that tone and not overwhelm the audience. I highly recommend this product if you have a long way to run signal to your guitar amps. Radial says you can get up to 300 feet with this product. Find out more here http://www.radialeng.com/re-products.htm