[Dixielandjazz] Wireless Mikes

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

I have a question.  I want to go wireless as much as possible and at the same time lighten up the stuff I have to carry in for a gig.  The goal is to walk in, plug in the system and play.  Right now it takes me about a half hour to set up and tear down.  I want to be as self contained as possible.  If I could do that I could have almost everything in one box to roll in

To do that I need two things:  first a wireless mike.  I don't want to use one that has to be hand held or sit on a stand.  I want one of those over the ear jobs.  That's not a problem but I want to know if any horn players have used them and do they pick up sound off of the mouthpiece while you are playing.  That would be undesirable for me.  I sing and play and talk which causes me to need to switch rapidly.  Also that mike and mike stand gets in my way.  I also want to use an old fashioned megaphone sometimes and that's another reason I need a mike like that.  I played a gig last week and I was in the audience for the final tune and a wireless mike would have been great.  I can't carry one and play sax too.

Are there more feedback problems with this kind of mike?

The second thing is I would like to make my mixer wireless.  Is there anything I can plug it into that will transmit a stereo signal to my PA.  They have them that will transmit an FM signal from a device to your radio and I think there are wireless guitar pickups.  Is there anything like this on the market or am I stuck with wires?

Larry
St. Louis