My wife asked me if I could set up a simple karaoke system at home for our family parties. I purchased some cheap wireless mics from amazon to use with my Yamaha DXR10's but I'm not real sure how the proper way to connect them with the speakers. My thought was to use one speaker for the music and the other for the microphones. I also have a behringer 802 mixer that I use to connect my laptop to the speakers for music playing. How would you guys recommend connecting the mics to the speakers for best sound?
Karaoke Home Set Up
- Thread starter PearlWhiteGT
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The Behringer 802 has 2 lines that can be used for Mic input. Considering you already have this mixer hooked to your speakers, that is where I would add them.
I tried it with the 1/4" to 1/4" cable that came with the unit to the mixer and it just didn't seem loud enough to match the music unless I turn the music down way low. This was using only one speaker. When I connected the mic directly to the other speaker and only had music playing through one speaker it was able to sound loud enough to match the music so I know I'm doing something incorrectly.
can we see the mic unit you are trying to come out of ....if it has dual xlr outs...id use those over the 1/4 to 1/4... that usually eliminates the ability to control volume for each mic independantly on each mic via a mixer.... also...there should be mic volume controls on your wireless receiver ...
Also... get your mix right between your mics and music...then boost it all with your main volume...(you might also double check your gain settings to make sure they arent turned down)
cc
I don't know how much you know .. or don't know, so I'll go back to the basics. In the top left where you plug it in (Line 1/2), there is a 'Gain' knob. This will help with volume level coming into the device. At the bottom, where it says '1', right above it is the 'Level' knob. This will help with volume level leaving the device.
Plug the mics into the Behringer, set the "Level" (bottom knob of the channel strip) all the way left (off) and start singing/making noise into the mic while increasing the "Gain" knob until the CLIP LED (next to Pan) just starts to light. That should be your Gain setting. If the CLIP is not lighting even with maximum gain, then the issue is too low of an output on the microphone.
From there, set the Main Mix knob to the middle 0 (or unity) position and use the Level controls under each mic channel and the stereo channel you use for the music to balance the respective levels between mics and music. Then onward, just use the Main Mix to control overall volume.
From there, set the Main Mix knob to the middle 0 (or unity) position and use the Level controls under each mic channel and the stereo channel you use for the music to balance the respective levels between mics and music. Then onward, just use the Main Mix to control overall volume.