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[This message was edited by Ken-at-Bose on Wed October 29 2003 at 05:54 PM. Changed "Personal" to "Personalized"]

[This message was edited by Ken-at-Bose on Wed October 29 2003 at 05:55 PM.]

My wife does a solo accoustic act down here in key west. Im wondering how close you can set it up next to you.

She users a condenser mic for vocals audio technica 3300. A couple of the places she plays are small set up area. And if it was right behind her she would be blocking sound.

And if it was right to the side of her it would have to feed back. I wonder if you could cover a section of the collum at mic level if was being set up right next to you?

I,m trying to learn about sound and recording for my wife Raven Cooper who is gigging 6 days a week down in Key West Florida

Our experiments have shown that you can set up fairly close either to the side or even right in front. I would'nt worry too much about blocking the sound. As long as you are at least 1 foot away and not directly standing (sitting is okay) in front of it. If you have to stand in front of it, try to get at least 2 (better 3) feet away from it.
Feedback is rarely a problem, even if the microphone is right up close to the speaker and directly pointing at it.
You should not cover any sections of the Cylindrical Radiator(tm) loudspeaker. Although that sounds counterintuitive, you are likely to get more problems with feedback and coverage if you cover any transducers. These guys are really designed to work together.