Double Bass Problem with DPA 4099

[tito mangialajo]

I have some problem with the DPA 4099. When I tried to use it in a club, it "captures" too much noise from the crowd, noise that I can hear through my amplifier. Very disturbing. Even when the audience is at 8/10 meters (30 feet) from me. I point the DPA to the soundpost or inside the bridge legs towards the top and I send the signal through a Headway EDB to my ampli GK 200MB (return) or a powered speaker if there is one on stage.
Any suggestions? Are some mics less prone to this undesirable effect?

 

[Matthias Hacker]

sorry please don´t get we wrong! Your post should be pinned for all the how to use a mic or which mic should I use questions.

The DPA 4099 is one of the best mics you can get. What you describe is very very typical for using a mic on stage. There is only one way to solve this: turn down the volume of the mic. Add a pickup if you want more volume or play louder.

 

[Ric Vice]

I had this same setup for less than a year. It worked well on a big stage thru a P.A. But not back to a amplifier.
My solution was to use the Ehrlund EAP. I have the Remic DB 5400 LB if I need to go F.O.H. but the Ehrlund
is my choice for amplification. Sorry that doesn’t really offer a solution, but for me with my bass, the Headway EDB-1 (at that time)
a Walter Woods MI-400-8, and a Euphonic Audio VL 108 It just didn’t work.

 

[AGCurry]

I think that this microphone (and most similar mics) were meant more for "polite" concert situations than for nightclubs. No microphone suitable for instrument miking will be able to reject the noise of a loud crowd.

 

[Vunz]

What you are hearing is probably caused by the fact that the top of your bass acts as an acoustic reflective area, so no matter the kind of mic you use, these sounds will always be picked up by the mic. I learned to live with it and, whenever possible, I try to make sure the top of my bass isn’t pointed at a sound source (drums or audience, for example).