Brother/Sister Musicians,

at a recent live Bose forum, the tech present, advised "Dynamic Directional Mics"
for optimum vocal performance out of the L1
Model 2 system...can anyone point me in the right direction, as far as what DDM'S I might buy.

Thanks, Tom R

Hi Tom R,

Thank you for joining the message boards.

in your other post this morning you said,

quote:

Originally posted by Tom R:
Our bands a 6 piece Trmp, Clarnt, Tromb (Horns)
& Bass, Drums, Guitar...We've just purchased the L1 Model 2 system...Anyone! Please advise me to what the best "Clip On" mics (Moderate Price Range) would be...Thank You Brothers

Tom R

So it sounds to me like you have a lot happening on your stage and may have fairly loud stage levels.

I would consider using an Audix OM5 for vocals in this application. They have a hypercardioid polar pattern (highly directional) and sound pretty good to my ear.

Not everyone likes these. Some people prefer the EV (ElectroVoice) microphones.

Please tell us more about your music, where you play and particularly about your vocalists. Maybe others will have some suggestions.

Thanks!



PS - sorry - don't have extensive experience with any clip on microphones and horns.

We are a Trad Jazz band, and we play alot of Chicago Blues and that can get fairly loud at times. Fairly small rooms, private house parties...my brother and I are the only singers,and that's only 1 at a time, also

The tec at the demo said: th ultimate was the dynamic directional, cause it wouldn't pick up all the background noises, like the omni's would.

How true or false is this?

I appreciate your feedback

Thank You Very Much,

Tom R

Hi Tom,

quote:

... the ultimate was the dynamic directional, cause it wouldn't pick up all the background noises, like the omni's would.

Absolutely and for you, you probably want a tighter polar pattern.

Polar Patterns
Omni - all directions (not very useful for live sound reinforcement - what you are doing)
Cardioid - heart shaped (better than Omni for live sound sound reinforcement)
Super or HyperCardioid - like Cardioid but narrower. (better than cardioid for live sound sound reinforcement).

Whether or not you get a condenser or dynamic microphone (different technologies) will depend on what you hear when you audition the microphones. There are some extremely good condenser microphones with super or hypercardioid polar patterns that work very well for live sound. They tend to be a little more money than dynamic microphones.

When you get into the higher priced microphones, you should let your ears tell you what you like, and don't get fixated on the specifications.

I hope that you can get to a bricks-and-mortar store or a studio where you can audition several microphones - preferably through an L1® with Presets so you can really hear the differences.

EDIT

I forgot - we have some notes about directionality for microphones

Microphone Directionality

Mics I like for general (noisy stage) use: OM7 (what I use 90% of the time), OM6, OM3, 767a (what I use on occasion), most Sennheiser dynamics, Beta 87.

Mics I'd rather not use: OM5, SM58, Beta 58.


I do not have experience with the Bose "sticks" with any of these mics however, but I have used them on a variety of conventional systems.

I'm an Audix fan, but not a fan of the OM5. U use the OM7, and I like the OM6 and OM3 also. The 767a is nice, as are most Sennheisers.

Note that being a hyper-cardioid or super-cardioid does not guarantee that a mic will have a tighter patter than a cardioid. As an example, look at the Neumann KMS105. IIRC it's a super, but its pattern is very wide.