Feedback is a result of how you set things up. If you and the student use headphones it should eliminate feedback.

bouldersound, post: 464444, member: 38959 wrote: Feedback is a result of how you set things up. If you and the student use headphones it should eliminate feedback.

Thanks for that. I am trying to use loud speakers for comfort - is there a preferred mic for that?

Is the external microphone for speech or music? If for speech, do you want to be able to put the mic out of shot and still give acceptable speech quality, including when you use loudspeaker monitoring?

It's for music. Yes I want to send and hear sound through monitor out speakers.

Either the mic needs to be close to the source or you need to wear headphones/earbuds. It's an inescapable fact of physics. If you don't want headphones you need a close vocal mic plus a close instrument mic (or use a pickup).

Humm..
What you could do is put the mic in front of the instrument or the amp send the audio to be recorded or streamed, but not send its signal back to speakers in the room.
Feedbacks will acure if you amplify a signal and the signal is picked up by the mic again to be amplified again..
So if you keep your streamed audio and in the room audio seperate, you'll be ok..

In any case, SM57 is great at rejection and built like a tank. it's never a bad thing to have one !! ;)
(same goes for the sm58)

With a distant mic and speakers, even if he keeps his own audio out the mic will pick up the student's audio and create an annoying echo. I did a bunch of Zoom meetings for work when this coronavirus thing started and the people who didn't us headphones or close speakers caused distracting echoes. One of them (the instructor, of course) must have had his own voice coming out of the speakers because it sounded like a cheap delay effect. The people on earbuds sounded okay, a little roomy. I used a Shure PG57 (with a switch, my normal PA talkback mic) up close like a live singer and they all commented on how good it sounded. I also wore my Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones most of the time, though I switched to my little Bluetooth speaker when I wanted to go refill my coffee. Using the close mic meant that it didn't pick up the BT speaker.

bouldersound, post: 464451, member: 38959 wrote: With a distant mic and speakers, even if he keeps his own audio out the mic will pick up the student's audio and create an annoying echo. I did a bunch of Zoom meetings for work when this coronavirus thing started and the people who didn't us headphones or close speakers caused distracting echoes. One of them (the instructor, of course) must have had his own voice coming out of the speakers because it sounded like a cheap delay effect. The people on earbuds sounded okay, a little roomy. I used a Shure PG57 (with a switch, my normal PA talkback mic) up close like a live singer and they all commented on how good it sounded. I also wore my Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones most of the time, though I switched to my little Bluetooth speaker when I wanted to go refill my coffee. Using the close mic meant that it didn't pick up the BT speaker.

I get you.. other thing would be to always mute unless it's your turn to talk.. or show.. but it's not ideal..

Thank you for all the posts!
You guys are a great source of wisdom...

Good luck.

By the way, I spent a lot of my life about 3 minutes (or 25 minutes on a Friday afternoon) up the 405 from your location.

bouldersound, post: 464457, member: 38959 wrote: Good luck.

By the way, I spent a lot of my life about 3 minutes (or 25 minutes on a Friday afternoon) up the 405 from your location.

That's neat - I bet it brings you down the memory lane - hopefully many fund ones...