Help with mic choice .......

[OPATRIOT]

Gday friends ... I have been playing acoustic for five month"s now and I think I would like to try and sing along with a mic now .. Im just a baby in this grand adventure to make music .. I do not have any idea what would work for me or what mic is a good choice ... I have a Crate Acoustic .. Cimeron AMP ... It has two inputs , chanel 1 just has the gain control and chanel 2 has the normal low med high and reverb for the guitar plugin ... I picked up a sennhieser 815s fairly cheap but when pluged in there is almost no sound until the gain is turned all the way up then it makes a little sound ... sooo is there a mic that i can plug in that would work better ?? does my mic need some think like a preamp ? what is the simplest mic settup for this amp ?? can someone please educate me ..... Thankyou Kindly ... Davey

[Thermionik]

Go to the acoustic section.

 

Check out the responses to albertjohn's recent question about vocal mic and acoustic guitar.

 

Buy a Shure SM58.

 

And don't forget the wonderful 'search' facility (up there - top right on your screen.....).

I allows you to see if the question has been asked/answered before.

 

Now - post pictures of your guitars and audio clips too - if not a YouTube link to your stuff.

[L5Larry]

I picked up a sennhieser 815s fairly cheap but when pluged in there is almost no sound until the gain is turned all the way up then it makes a little sound ...

 

I think what you happening here is plugging a low impedence mic into a high impedence input (1/4" guitar type jack). Unless the amp is specifically designed for one of the channels to be a mic input, you will need a "matching transformer" to convert the mic to high impedence.

 

This is a barrel type adapter, available at Radio Shack, that converts the XLR cable low impedence mic signal to a high impedence 1/4" plug output that will be compatible with any standard guitar type 1/4" amp input.

[OPATRIOT]

Thanx guy's for the advice and info ......... Davey

[Thundergod]

 

I think what you happening here is plugging a low impedence mic into a high impedence input (1/4" guitar type jack). Unless the amp is specifically designed for one of the channels to be a mic input' date=' you will need a "matching transformer" to convert the mic to high impedence.

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+1

 

That's most likely the reason you cannot hear a thing from the mic... your amp is not designed to amplify mics.

 

(Some acoustic amps come with 1/4 jacks AND a mic input (with an eq section that works best with mics than with piezo pickups)

[OPATRIOT]

L5larry & Thundergod .. you guy's where rite ...i went down to radio shack and picked up the adapter/transformer , it plus inline between mic cord and amp ... and walla !! working perfectly ...... thankou for the great tip's ............. going amplified ....... Davey

[Thundergod]

Congratulations man! Good to hear it turned out ok without you having to spend a lot!

[L5Larry]

Your welcome OPATRIOT, glad to be of service.