"Regarding the distortion, I do set it to where it just clips, then back it off. I think the problem is, when I'm testing, the full band is not playing, so I'm not singing as loud as I would be with the band. "
==ok well set it for shouting, there is no reason to have it ever clip..
==one other comment, this setting would always be the same for a given channel, board and mic
-==you could set it at home, and mark it -
there is no need to set it every time, it's just one more thing to worry about at setup time, and you don;t really have to
==just put the mic close to your mouth, sing as hard as you can, turn gain up til red light comes on, mark it
you can actually do this for the whole band if they always use the same mic, position, board channel..
i always know where to set my singers gains, because i do keep all that stuff the same
drum mics and guitar amp mics vary though
since i don;t control guitar amp knobs or exact mic placement
and i may not place drum mics in same spot every time
and i am never sure where the GE7 output is set, so i have to set the accordion gain every time, or if it seems wrong
but the singers are always set
unless the guitar player says 'i may lose my voice and don;t want to sing loud', then i may reset his initial gain for that.. then he ends up singing loud anyway, so i go dial it back
I've found that, when wearing a hat, the brim can
cause an audio reflection. The monitor sound
bounces off the brim on one's hat and into the
front of the microphone.
It's kind of difficult to explain, but it has happened
to me. It's akin to the technique of partially cupping
one's hand over the microphone to see if you're set
on the edge of feedback.
Maybe someone needs to invent a hat with built-in
GOBO.