Hi, I use a Yamaha PAS as a prime PA system in Nursing Home gigs. Occasionally I have additional singers and use a CM30 as a monitor for them. I seem to get a lot of feedback from that setup, and would be grateful for any suggestions to help.

The PAS is behind me on the (PA2XPro)keyboard with headset mic. The singers are to my left and I point the CM30 directly at them.

Graham

Bump. :-)

where is the monitor exactly in relation to the singer?

if its behind them...there is your problem. The monitor needs to be in the dead spot of the microphones pick up area. this is normally on the floor facing the back of the microphone.

next (and before your audience arrives) increase the volume of your monitor until you start to get feedback. (is the feedback high, mid or low frequency?) adjust the eq that matches the frequency of the feedack (probably in the mid area) on the mixer until the feedback reduces. increase the volume again and once again adjust the eq until you reach the best mix of volume and tone.

You will struggle a little as the CM30 only has 'low' and 'high' adjustments, but it might help. placement of the speaker is most important though.

TWD

[This message has been edited by Tonewheeldude (edited 03-23-2010).]

Thanks TWD, that advice really helped. The key was lowering the high EQ setting on the CM30!

Glad it helped. I think thats the first post I have made on here that actually been of any use to someone

TWD