Possible to run effects pedal on a vocal mic?

[palmettobum]

So I was wondering if it is possible to run a pedal style effect through a vocal mic cable. The situation being, we have a guitarist/vocalist/trumpet player, and I was thinking it would be sweet to run some of the trumpet parts through a octave filter to get a little more sound on songs like 'chameleon.' Ideally, a pedal that could be on stage and only used at certain points.

I was looking at an exh micro pog, digitech whammy with harmony/octave generator, or something similar. Then I realized there is phantom power running through the xlrs and that might not be such a good idea. don't want to fry any 200$ effects.

So is this possible? Any suggestions for how to do this would be much appreciated!

thanks!

andy

 

[rob2966]

I would run your mic (condenser?) straight to the mixing board so you get proper phantom power. If you want effects, just use the insert (assuming your board has that). I find that strong fx and mics often mix badly, usually a small amount is more than enough.

Later
Rob

 

[cdawzrd]

I've done it before with dynamic mics, but phantom power is problematic. You need to have a mic preamp, then insert the effects after the preamp stage. I ran a show a couple weeks ago with a trombone that wanted distortion/envelope filter, so we just used two mics: One was a good condenser for recording/reinforcement, and the other was a SM57, run straight through the stompboxes using an XLR-1/4" adapter cable, then run straight into the board. This worked fine, the player just pointed at the other mic when he wanted to get the distortion sound. Much easier than trying to work out the insert setup, especially if FOH is far away!