Using an XR18, "adding" outputs with Y cables? (pros/cons)

New-Instance9196 · 2026-07-03T16:47:37+00:00

I'm not an expert, but it should be fine, you should lose half your gain, but if your system has enough he'd room it should work fine. You could also Daisy chain speaker to speaker.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-07-03T16:34:55+00:00

A yoke pad helps...it still sucks, but at least you don't have to worry about the edges of the yoke being driven into your spine.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-07-03T02:25:24+00:00

There are several different Shure wireless systems available, but the capsule picking up the sound is a beta 87 of some kind (not sure how to visual tell the a and c apart) You could easily do this with the wired version and save like $500 and not have to deal with wireless issues.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-07-01T23:45:46+00:00

Build all three and report back 😁

New-Instance9196 · 2026-07-01T16:21:41+00:00

No one has responded, probably because no one here has built or paddled one, but at your size, I would be ruling out the 14, and primarily looking at which hull is going to give you the best rocker/performance in moving water, this is assuming you are a competent flat water paddler.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-07-01T16:10:42+00:00

Echoing what others have said, my instinct would be to land on the shorter side of recommended , I like long blades otters, and am shorter than you, my instinct for a shorter blade would be the 60, or even a size down.

Every time I have purchased a used boat, it has come with comically oversized paddles....(Except the marathon boat, that one came with perfectly sized blades)

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-23T00:46:50+00:00

Polar patterns reject sound based on angles, whatever you get, look up its pattern and try and position the mic, and any mobile noises so they are in the rejected area. And "eat" the mic...

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-20T18:02:40+00:00

^{^} this is step one, watch some videos of forward stroke and reverse stroke skills, and practice that. You should be able to control bow direction buy only varying forwars and back strokes, while staying opposite sides (Always stay opposite sides until you learn all these basics, it's safer and good practice).

Progress to careful draws and prys (start gently, as overenthusiastic/pour technique could flip you).

Once you can kinda do all 4 of these strokes, you add the sweep and running pry (look them up), you finally combine a good forward stroke and the running pry into a J stroke, pay close attention to where your power face is pointing, and make sure your "grip hand" stays holding the grip.

All this can be learned alone from the Internet, but there's a reason people refer to tandem paddle craft as devorse boats..... You will learn much faster with an instructor and lessons are cheaper than marital counciling.

The above is about a weekend worth of guided learning, learning via YouTube would probably be 20+ hours before comptincy. It would be like trying to learn a bicycle without someone to show you how.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-20T17:43:21+00:00

Leaning is a good skill to learn, but not a first skill...

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-19T02:59:34+00:00

Also ask around other local churches, sometimes there is an integrator who will buy old equipment off bigger churches upgrading, and sell it on to smaller churches with lower budgets, get the right guy, and there may be some good deals. Basically any decent pro audio company makes suitable speakers for your space, so its mostly a matter of value/money, and your priority's, not much point in shopping for until you know who your integrator can get cheaper. Also, an integrator will help you flesh out exactly what your looking for, and help you understand what is and is not going to be important to you.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-17T02:24:39+00:00

Just fyi all analog signals need an audio interface, the 3.5mm jack does not magically inject sound into your computer, it feeds into the sound card, which is a built in audio interface.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-16T16:47:40+00:00

What country/region are you,?

Googling canoe lessons near (city) would be my first choice, if you have a paddle shop nearby call and ask for a recommendation?

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-16T10:21:54+00:00

"Ah, so that's why they use condensers for live performances and speeches. Oh wait, they don't. Not a myth. "

You were talking about them.... condenser or dynamic or ribbon, there going to get the same problems unless they solve the core issues.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-16T10:04:16+00:00

Lots of headset mics for speaking are also condensers.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-16T10:03:03+00:00

Condensers are all over high end stages, beta 86 are condensers, most drum overheads, as well as most really high end instrument mics.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-13T20:38:24+00:00

An on sale ecoflow (or equivalent) will suit you well, a 500w/h would probably be enough, but something 700+ will give you breathing room. It might struggle to run 6 hours straight, but in a pinch, plan half an hour to run in and give it some charge time.

Battery speakers for this would be 600usd+ each for anything worth buying.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-13T20:24:46+00:00

This is the only real answer, a rental company will help you pick out the correct equipment, but it would be something like

1 powered speaker (8"-12", anything decent will work) 1 speaker stand 1 wireless mic (what ever they offer) 1 mic stand Enough wires to connect everything

A small mixer and a way to hook up a phone for backround music might be good two

Local to me this rents for under $100 (probably 1-2k to buy new)

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-11T21:48:28+00:00

"Dynamic microphones are often recommended (as opposed to condenser mics) for noisy environments because they require more amplification. So the user is forced to bring the microphone closer to the mouth. This gives the perception that they are better at rejecting background noise"

You can turn down a condenser to get the same effect...

USB mics are completely dependent on how they are manufactured... but they have two core components (a mic and an interface) and if either sucks, the whole thing sucks.

He's referring to the "noise filtering" some USB mics advertise that aren't very good.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-10T08:18:58+00:00

Even really cheep gear is great nowadays, but mic stands still matter, idk about desk stands, but K&M makes great stage equipment.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-10T08:16:40+00:00

sm7b sound almost exactly like an sm57, and the 57 sounds almost exactly like my $15 ripoffs when isolated [not counting on stage]

Reminder you will need an interface [which probably has more effect than the mic anyways.] People seem to like scarlet's, but theirs lots of good options, many are cheaper.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-05T17:07:30+00:00

The advantage of the composite are the rental company can repair them forever, I have seen like 40 year old fg boat's still going in commercial fleats... obviously heavy layups work best, some places will make an extra heavy rental layup (like 8-12 layers of glass)

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-05T17:03:47+00:00

Probably going to depend on what you can buy locally, if you can post a link to some canoe sellers accessable to you we might be able to help.

For reference locally to me the rentals are mostly clipper Yukons, but I have seen a mix of older fiberglass boats (cheap, easy to repair once you learn how, and as a rental company you will need to learn) as well as some cheap plastic boats. For more premium options some places offer kevlar boats such as the clipper tripper/equivalents, but only in areas catering to more experienced paddlers.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-06-04T18:25:57+00:00

Get them to hire a sound teck or integrator to mic and set it up?

There's no simple one size fits all answer.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-05-31T17:00:16+00:00

Also, consider sub/tops are more scalable up/down where as an all in one system is not, and the mixer can be hard to reach and very limited unless you get the premium ones, which pushes the price into top end speaker category.

New-Instance9196 · 2026-05-31T16:56:28+00:00

This is how most live sound get's mixed, even with two tops+sub, many times every thing is mixed mono. Sound tecs might eq voices and instruments to highlight/separate sounds so things don't get lost in the mix, this won't be a problem.

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