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Summary: Learn how to set up microphones in this free video series that will teach you how to strategically set up your band and musical equipment for a performance.
Denis Downing is the owner of Roxy Studios, which has been called the best Music Rehearsal Studio in New York City. He can be reached at (718) 361-0965. Denis started playing guitar...read more
"DENIS DOWNING: On behalf of Expert Village, this is Denis Downing at Roxy Studios, New York City and today, I'm going to show you how to set up some band equipment. Okay. Now, we're going to show you how to hook up the vocal, guitar and drum mic and how to get it into the board so that we actually get sound. Okay. All mics are in place. Now, what we have here in the front of the stage which I'll show you, once again, is that snake. And the snake allows us to neatly bring everything out from the board so it's not chaotic and plug everything in. We take each individual mic plug them in. Okay. Then we plug them into a spot in the snake. There it is."
eHow Article: How to Set Up Microphones on Stage