opinion on micing the stage

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eofeapr

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I'd like an opinion on micing the stage. The acts are valet and tap routines and the the girl I'm doing it for is specific that tap audio is a big sell with the parents;
That said I'm looking at Electrovoice 635a which is a cheap ENG that I read somewhere is not bad for stage mic. Am thinking one near the house speakers should suffice.

And for the tap I'm thinking an inexpensive 'pressure zone' like the Crown Sound Grabber II PZM. They are 130.00 US for two and I thought It would be nice to set these right on the stage floor 1/3 of the distance apart.

What say U
 
For tap you don't want a mic sitting on the floor, your going to get a lot of clumping. Also the PZM's pickup is mostly away from the paddle so it's not going to be good at picking up a "nice" tap sound. I would use mic's on stands aimed to pick up the floor. Don't know why you putting a mic on a speaker??? If you need the board feed get a feed from the board. If you must record a speaker I would go for a dynamic like a SM57 or SM58. THey will pick up less "room" and more speaker and won't be destroyed by speaker explosions.

The exception to the PZM rule would be if you can put them on a concrete lip of the stage (I have seen a few stages with these lips) in that case tilt the PZM a bit so you get better stage floor coverage, and make sure the PZM is on the concrete not the wood.
 
referring to the frequency response of a mic which is better ???
40 to 15,000 or 80 to 13,000 Hz

If I'm learning, then I'd say the first is probably what I want because I'd guess it's sensitive to sound sooner and goes higher before it clips the sound.
 
Noiz2 said:
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The exception to the PZM rule would be if you can put them on a concrete lip of the stage (I have seen a few stages with these lips) in that case tilt the PZM a bit so you get better stage floor coverage, and make sure the PZM is on the concrete not the wood.
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Another good option when using a PZM is to get Iso-pads for the mic. Auralex makes the "Mo-Pad" for monitors, but I have had real good luck with them with PZM's. Place a heavy object on the pair of pads, about the weight of a monitor (I use a 6" x 6" x 1" plate of steel with a mouse pad on it), and then place the mic on top of that
 
Doc Bernard said:
Another good option when using a PZM is to get Iso-pads for the mic. Auralex makes the "Mo-Pad" for monitors, but I have had real good luck with them with PZM's. Place a heavy object on the pair of pads, about the weight of a monitor (I use a 6" x 6" x 1" plate of steel with a mouse pad on it), and then place the mic on top of that
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so that would be
1 mouse pad on floor
2 steel plate on mouse pad
3 PZM on steel plate ???

Do tell
 
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