I cannot seem to get the thing to sound right. I am using a NEXO PS 15 system with 2 LS1200 bottoms, 2 Camco Vortex 6 Amps, and a Spirit board.

My gain setting for the mic is at 9:00
Highs- 10:00
Low Mid 10:00
Mid - 12:00 - 1:00
Lows- 11:00- 12:00

Rooms are also rung out manually with my Ultra Curve.

My partner, who does the sound is complaining that the mic is reedy and lacks the warmth of the SM87 that I used to use. I have tried many different settings with little success. If I boost the gain, feedback, if I increase volume, feedback.

I used it last night to do sound for a friend's band. He complained the whole time he used the Sennheiser, however, when I gave it to the Female singer in the band, she loved it and she sounded brilliant.


Also, I am finding that I don't have as much head room with the vocals as I thought I would have with the NEXO or as much as I would like. Is there a way to get more headroom?


Thanks in advance, wise ones.

It looks like you have boosted the mids and cut everything else on the channel eq, why are you surprised that it sounds thin? What does it sound like with no eq? How much eq have you done with the Ultracurve? It may be possible that the system is over eq'd, a thin "reedy" sound is often a symptom of too much eq.What do you mean by "I don't have as much head room with the vocals as I thought I would have with the NEXO"? I thought you were limited by gain before feedback. Are you saying that you are hitting the limiters on the PS15s at the same time that feedback starts?

Mac

Mackerr, the mains on the board are usually at -10db, as 0db on the Spirit is right to the top.

In order to get the Sennheiser in some sort of parity with the music it needs to go near to the top of the channel.

As far as the Ultra Curve is concerned, usually it is pretty flat with some of the low mids pulled down a bit. However, there are a couple of rooms that we play that require more EQ, but generally it is flat.

The Sennheiser with all the board settings at 12:00 tends to feed back when you get it to the point where you need it to be with the music. Whereas, the SM87 does not.

I agree that the settings I have given are a bit odd, but that is where it seems to work the best.

To be completely unscientific, the mic ain't got no oomf.

This sounds like the mic is not set up correctly, I would listen carefully to PFL on phones and adjust the mics internal gain preset for best results.

Brian