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Originally Posted by mdemery
I am looking for advice on a specialized amplifier just for voices. The other sing and I are being continuosly smothered by the rest of the band. The voices don't have any power and are left in the background, as if covered by a cushion. 
Can anyone recommend affordable hardware to overcome this problem and give the voices the sound they deserve? |
What the last poster said was very important. Proper gain staging and balancing the instruments is the first step.
The second step could be a better vocalist rig. Sometimes a p.a just doesn’t cut it. I have found that if I can maximize the sound of the microphone, before it hits the p.a, I then have a more coherent, more intelligible vocal sound.
My method for getting vocals done right (I use this method when I setup Rise & Defeat's jam session's at our studio)
(check em out by the way..
http://myspace.com/riseanddefeat)
They have an extremely hardcore sound, very aggressive and hard to gain stage.
I will use a Shure SM81 for vocals, going into a Great River ME-1nv microphone preamplifier, then take the line level output into the Little Labs "Red-Eye" re-amp/d.I. This allows me to take instrument level signal into an amplifier and cabinet of my choice. I will also use the FMR audio RNLA on the insert patch point of the Great River to limit the volume into the amplifier and cabinet. I have found that using compression can really help with feed back while giving me a strong overall level,
peace
mixwell
Adam Brass
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