Singers - Wayee!!!

pseudo7 · #1 09-22-2007, 10:05 AM

Hey all,

We practice without pa system or anyother stuff. Just Drums, bass+amp, guitar+amp. Singer

Problem: Singer can't be heard very well coss the drummer refuses to play quieter. So as a rule of thumb what amplifier wattage should we be looking at for a singer to be heard over drums.
We're currenly using a mic that isn't powered.
And what kind of amp should one use for singing - we're using an old guitar amp.

Thanks all

Peace out (Not too political i hope(!))

anderbass · #2 09-22-2007, 11:23 AM

Many rehearsal rooms can get by with a small-ish fairly inexpensive powered mixer in the 100-300 watt range and a couple small to medium sized PA cabs or stage monitors.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...=powered+mixer
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...S222&q=PA+cabs

I assume when you say "powered mic" you mean it doesn't require phantom power to operate. There's many great vocal mics that fall into this category, and some really terrible ones too.

Deacon_Blues · #3 09-22-2007, 11:52 AM

In a whole band, there's no way the singer will be heard without some amplification. The easiest thing would be to buy an active (powered) monitor that you just plug the mic into. Think 100-300 watts if you ever would like to use the monitor for something else than just the vocals. You get OK ones for a couple of hundred $$. A small mixer wouldn't hurt, either. You get those pretty cheap nowadays (below 100$), and they often have some built in effects like reverb and delay with is nice to use on the vocals as they may sound way to dry without it.

T-Bird · #4 09-22-2007, 11:59 AM

Hi, pseudo7.

Almost any guitar combo will handle the task if elevated to ear level. Feedback might be a bigger consern though.

I've done several small coffeehouse type of gigs, including rock, with just a 200w range active PA-cab and a mic for vocals, so that's the best solution IMO if You want to spend money. The active cab has to be designed to be used with a mic level signal of course, otherwise You'll need a preamp of some kind also.

The main thing IME is to elevate the cab/combo/speaker to the ear level.

Just my 0.02€
Sam

pseudo7 · #5 09-22-2007, 04:44 PM

cheers guys now i know what i need to look at.

Laters (Might even be a bit louder)