u/Cloudedknight

I am responsible for the entire sound system for my church. Since the mics are used every Sunday, I used to keep the mics plugged into the mixer. Earlier, all I'd do was turn offf everything, put a cloth on Mixer, instruments & Amplifier and curls up the mic wires and keep the mic next to the mixer. Lately, someone (maybe a child) removed the covering cloth, picked and dropped the most expensive mic we have, putting a dent on the top mesh.

Is it bad in any way to leave everything plugged in and just turn it off or should I unplug all the mics and reset the mixer knobs?

Should I curl the wires one way entirely or twist the wire in opposite directions on each loop?

Should I put the mics in a foam lined hard case? Even the empty cases online are expensive and I thought about all the cases people get with their power tools but they never use them cu who travels with every tool in it's toolbox. I could get a few box like those for cheap and stick blocks of foam in it and cut out the shapes for the microphones?

Any cheap solutions to Mic storage & cable management and storage tips?

I am using a Studiomaster Diamond Series 16-2 Deluxe Mixer, and it gives 2 TRS outputs. I use one to connect to the amplifier and the other to connect to the phone for clean audio in the video recording.

The wire causes many issues. It puts too much weight on the phone port, is easily disconnected, which ruins the rest of the video if not noticed, cannot use a longer wire than 10 m, and sometimes I need to take a wider shot of the video.

The only solutions I found through AIs were wireless lavalier microphones, which give the feature to connect the transmitter to a mic via a 3.5 mm port, which can be used to give it the mixer output with a TRS to 3.5 mm cable. These options are 10,000 Rs or above.

Please help if you know a cheaper solution to the issue.