Tag: shure sm58s

Hand Held Microphones

In my audio box I have a lot of things, one of them is an extra handheld microphone. This is a Shure SM58 that has an on/off switch. The reason I have the switch is so that sound guy can leave that channel on and I simply switch in on or off as needed. That way I won’t have the delay of the sound guy realizing I’m using the mic and him turning the channel on.

If the venue has a handheld with an on/off switch I will use theirs. However I did an event recently and their handheld microphone sounded like talking into a marshmallow that was inside of a metal can. I plugged my Shure SM58 into their cord and it was much better sounding!

Shure SM58

It doesn’t take much to travel with that in my audio box and it comes in handy much more often than you’d think!

-Louie

Waiting for the Sound Guy…

The sound guy is late getting to my stage, so I took a picture of my audio set up, just waiting for the XLR cords to plug into their PA.

Live show audio - magic show

I use three channels on the soundboard. One is for a handheld mic, the next is for my headset mic and the final is for my music.

Here’s a breakdown of the gear that I use:
Sennheiser G4 camera mount wireless mic packs.
Mogan headset mic (not shown)
Shure SM58S handheld mic
LTI laptop di box
MediaStar
Iphone 7 with showcues
Lightning to USB adapter

That’s what I use for my audio.

One of the important things is the handheld mic that has an on/off switch. The reason for that is so the sound person can leave that channel on during the show, and I flip it on or off on the mic. If it doesn’t have a switch, the sound person will mute it on the board when it’s not in use, then have to turn it on when it is. That can give a bit of lag where they have to realize it needs to be on and then physically have to turn it on. I don’t like that, I prefer the mic to be on when I need it to, and to avoid the awkward moment of someone talking into a mic that’s muted.

So, that’s my audio gear.

-Louie