Feedback / Microphone: Difference between revisions

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== Notes from {{Bose}} ==
== Notes from {{Bose}} ==
=== My vocal microphone keeps encountering feedback. Is there anything I can do to stop it? ===
=== My vocal microphone keeps encountering feedback. Is there anything I can do to stop it? ===
From  the Official Product Troubleshooting Page <ref>[http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_STATIC_PAGE_EVENT&url=/musicians/support/troubleshooting.jsp&ck=0#feedback  Official Product Troubleshooting Pages]</ref>.  
From  the Official Product Troubleshooting Page <!-- TODO fix this link --><ref>[http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_STATIC_PAGE_EVENT&url=/musicians/support/troubleshooting.jsp&ck=0#feedback  Official Product Troubleshooting Pages]</ref>.  


* Orient the microphone so that it is not pointing directly at your Cylindrical Radiator™ loudspeaker. It’s best when your system is not directly behind you- give greater than 5 feet distance between you and your system.
* Orient the microphone so that it is not pointing directly at your Cylindrical Radiator™ loudspeaker. It’s best when your system is not directly behind you- give greater than 5 feet distance between you and your system.
* Try using a “close-miking” technique to increase the gain at the microphone and to reduce unwanted stage sound.
* Try using a “close-miking” technique to increase the gain at the microphone and to reduce unwanted stage sound.
* Use the HIGH tone control knob for the microphone channel carefully. Feedback could occur when this is set too high.
* Use the HIGH tone control knob for the microphone channel carefully. Feedback could occur when this is set too high.
* Upgrade your power stand to newer software that offer a high gain preset. see: Software Upgrading (This covers firmware update and Version 2.0 [[Presets]])
* Upgrade your power stand to newer software that offer a high gain preset. see: Software Upgrading (This covers firmware update and Version 2.0 [[Presets/Model I and Classic|Presets]])
* If using a vocal effects processor, make sure that it is not contributing to the feedback problem.
* If using a vocal effects processor, make sure that it is not contributing to the feedback problem.
* If stand -mounting a directional microphone, tilt the microphone up ten or twenty degrees off the horizon so that it is less sensitive to direct sound from the speakers.
* If stand -mounting a directional microphone, tilt the microphone up ten or twenty degrees off the horizon so that it is less sensitive to direct sound from the speakers.