what exact equipment do i need for me and one other singer/acoustic guitar player to sing at weddings?
Question by Meagan: what exact equipment do i need for me and one other singer/acoustic guitar player to sing at weddings?
Not sure of brands or anything. But I want to sing at weddings. I want a mic that has fabulous sound and something simple to set up.
Best answer:
Answer by Dave LaBuda
I don’t know what your budget is but what you need would be a really good PA system and a mixer. For the best balance and sound quality, you will want to use separate microphones for the vocals and the guitars. So, you will need at least a 200 watt stereo PA system, a 4 to 8 channel mixer, 4 microphone stands and two Shure SM-58 microphones for vocals and two SM-57 microphones for the guitars. If that is a little out of your price range, then you can get by with just 2 mics and hopefully that will pick up enough of the guitars and you would still need the 200 watt stereo PA system.
A system like this Fender PA that has a built in mixer would do the job quite nicely. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-Passport-300-Pro-Portable-PA-System-105653646-i1500774.gc
Then you would just need 2 to 4 microphones to go with it. Buying a sound system with less than 200 watts of power, in my opinion will not give you the volume or the sound quality that you really need.
The ideal system, if you can afford it would be something like an 8-channel Alesis Mixer and the 4 Shure microphones and mic stands mentioned above plus a QSC GX5 500 watts per channel stereo power amplifier driving two JBL JRX115 2-way speaker cabinets. JBL Speakers just sound better for live sound than any other speakers. This is the system I have. I really shopped around and listened to a lot of PA systems and, JBL speakers are far and away the best. The total cost on a system like this would be approximately $ 1,800 including all the cables. With discounts you can perhaps get it all for around $ 1,500 and you will have an amazing very high quality sound system with all the power you will ever need.
Alesis mixer – http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MM8USBFX/
Shure SM58 – http://www.guitarcenter.com/Shure-SM58-Mic-100038284-i1126419.gc
Shure SM57 – http://www.guitarcenter.com/Shure-SM57-Instrument-Vocal-Mic-100038239-i1126420.gc
QSC GX5 – http://www.guitarcenter.com/QSC-GX5-Stereo-Power-Amplifier-104832852-i1388205.gc?esid=QSC+GX5
JBL JRX115 – http://www.guitarcenter.com/JBL-JRX115-15—2-Way-Speaker-Cabinet—Pair-600347-i1152805.gc
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