Microphone Stand Tray Review

Setup using two Hercules DG307B's.

Once I began gigging with my new Electro-Voice (EV) EVERSE 8 it become apparent that a microphone stand for my mobile phone (with the EV QuickSmart Mobile App installed) would be great. I asked Uncle Google and it seemed like the Hercules DG307B: Universal Tablet/Phone Holder would be perfect.

Sometimes I sit down at gigs and operate my BOSS VE-8 Acoustic Singer, by hand, instead of using the foot switches. I thought a microphone stand tray, for the VE 8, would also be useful. I wanted the tray as small as possible and the Gravity GMATRAY1 Universal Microphone Stand Tray filled my requirements.

So once again, it was off to Mega Music, my local music store.

Unfortunately the clamp on the Gravity GMATRAY1 was too small (only just) to fit the bottom upright of my mic stand. After some thought, I decided to make my own tray using a second Hercules DG307B. So it was back to Mega Music who quickly exchanged the Gravity GMATRAY1 for a Hercules DG307B.

I made a tray to fit, using a Black Chef Inox Cutting Board (from Spotlight) and two Riley Nylon Midget Black Fairleads (RM168BLK) (from my sailing spares box). The fairleads created a front & rear edge to the tray. The DG307B tablet holder clamps provided a sufficient edge at each side of the tray. The breadboard dimensions are 250 x 400 x 12 cm. The 12mm was the perfect depth to fit the tablet holder clamps and one single cut across the board was sufficient to create a made to measure tray for the BOSS VE-8 Acoustic Singer (217 x 161mm).

Seems like a great solution, what do you think?

Electro-Voice (EV) EVERSE 8

I have been an Electro-Voice (EV) girl since 1996, when I purchased a 100M amp and two SX100 speakers. These days, gigging takes me to smaller venues, some without power. I was delighted to find the EVERSE 8 in my "what to buy" research.

My first gig with the Everse 8,
at La Chiquita Cafe in Fremantle

I am not someone who likes to fiddle with sound; when I find something I like I stick to it. With this in mind I went through each FX in turn and selected my vocal and acoustic guitar sound.

I only found two quirks with the EVERSE 8:

1. When recalling a preset, or if you switch the device off and on, any level above 10dB is set to 0dB.
2. The speaker volume cannot be saved in a pre-set.

Once you know about this, happy days.

I found out, by accident, that my android phone connects to the EVERSE 8 without Bluetooth turned on. This makes sense to me, no phone calls broadcast to the world if you forget to go to flight mode.

My first gig was two hours, café style and the EVERSE 8 was battery powered. Folks loved the sound; organic and pure.

The EV QuickSmart Mobile App is intrinsic and easy to use and the possibilities seem endless; it's up to me now.

PS If I'm using my stomp, I plug the stomp into channel 1. The guitar and vocal are mixed and then sent to channel 2 via a Boss Acoustic Singer VE-8.

Weatherised, battery-powered loudspeaker for indoors or outdoors.

Available in a black or white finish.

Compact and lightweight (7.6kg).

Wireless control & monitoring.

8 in. woofer and 1 in. titanium dome.

Large battery capacity (up to 12 hour runtime).