Originally Posted by: colsoh 
Hi, I want to post issues on my system here for suggestions on how to improve the system sound. I have Yamaha S115v passive speaker, Peavy power sub, Yamaha EMX512-SC, and Line 6 XD-V35 wireless microphones. I used 1/4" (not XLR) cables to connect everything. The problem that I have is the vocal part does not sound as good/details as when I add music into the mix. Vocal alone sounds very good to me. However, when I turn the karaoke music on, the vocal seems less detail, and I have to sing a little bit louder/harder. I don't have the gain option on both my power mixer and microphone. Also, not sure if this will improve with XLR cables. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I am not using this type of mixer. Just give u an idea to try it out.
Try to test out 1 speaker for Main and 1 speaker for Monitor, stack the Monitor speaker on top of the Main speaker, in the back of the mixer the speaker output channel A is for Main and channel B is for Monitor. If it is work out then buy another pair of speaker.
Main EQ setting: You can set the eq like a smile face or custom the eq frequencies to your like. Note: no fx return going to Main. This way you have natual sound output of the vocal and karaoke music.
Monitor EQ setting: Using Mointor side to make vocal sound better by adjusting the EQ more different than the main EQ, cut the EQ LOW frequencies so the vocal sound clear. Control the fx return so vocal has fx.
Balance: Each Main and Monitor has a Master volume, you adjusting those knobs to balance the vocal and karaoke music.
Microphone channels: Use channels 1-4. Adjusting EQ, fx, and compressor.
Music Karaoke: Use channels 9/10 or 11/12. Adjusting EQ only NO fx(off)
Edited by user Friday, April 22, 2016 4:12:56 PM(UTC)
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