Can't get any gain without feedback when using my new shure sm81 mic and the xenyx x1240usb fx mixer. keep the speaker way out in front of me. no montiors. using just a hair of reverb and compression. have to pull the lows on both the mixer eq and the powered beringer eurolive b212 speakers all the way down...and that STILl doesn't allow for much gain. slight ringing even when the speaker is way out in front of me. am mic'ing an acoustic guitar but keeping the sm81 "back, down and away" please HELP! have the frequency rolloff setting on the mic engaged, too. gotta be able to use this mic in live settings, no? i'm stumped!
Music - Behringer - Xenyx 1002fx Mixer 10 Input 2 Bus with Efx
Answers & Comments
This is a STUDIO mic and CANNOT be used in the presence of speakers that are driven from its output.
There is special hardware processors to cancel feedback but you do NOT want to go there !!!
This condenser mic is to be used in a studio where performers wear earphones and NO monitors are present.
You should use a Shure SM58 or other CLOSE talking cardoids if you have speakers in the area.