Live entertainment
Gain before feedback
The usable amplification available before a microphone-loudspeaker loop becomes audibly unstable.
Setup
- Improve it through source-to-microphone distance, microphone and speaker directivity, placement, stage-volume control, appropriate processing, and disciplined monitor mixes rather than indiscriminate equalization.
Venue contexts
- Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable
Signal flow
- Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.
In practice
Improve it through source-to-microphone distance, microphone and speaker directivity, placement, stage-volume control, appropriate processing, and disciplined monitor mixes rather than indiscriminate equalization.