manuallyfocused
Active Member
I'm putting together a quick and dirty low-budget com system for our auditorium, and have what I think is a decent plan but with a couple of holes. We have no installed com (up to now we've used 2-way radios), but we do have a 16-channel analog audio snake that runs from the booth to backstage right (this is not used during most events as we use a digital snake now).
We need to serve a total of 4 users normally, and integrate with a wireless system that we will rent once a year for our musical production.
For normal use:
-Main station in the booth with a headset
-SR ASM (directly fed from one of the channels in the audio snake)
-SL ASM
-SL A2
For the musical:
-Main station in the booth for SM/LBO/Proj.
-House Left spot op (channel 2)
-House Right spot op (channel 2)
-FOH Audio directly fed from the main station (likely on channel 1)
-Rented Clearcom BS410 or BS210 Wireless base station backstage (fed from channel 1 through the audio snake)
-Wireless beltpacks for SR and SL ASM, A2, and House Management
Question- if I gave FOH audio a 2-channel pack, would it be possible to put them on channel 1 from the main station and connect them to channel 2 on the wireless base station (without connecting the wireless station to channel 2 from the main station)? Then I could use channel 2 on the wireless for communication between FOH audio and backstage A2. Would this require a separate power supply?
My equipment purchase plan thus far is as follows:
Telex MS2002 main station- already purchased used off of ebay
4 Pro Intercom MH310 headsets
3 single-channel beltpacks (plus 1 2-channel pack if the answer to my question above is yes)- this is where I'm not sure. I could go for Telex, Clearcom, or Pro Intercom. Is there any real advantage to going one way or another with this? The cost difference between used and new here isn't enough to make it worthwhile to go used, so it's between new Telex BP4000s, Clearcom RS701s, or Pro Intercom BP1s. The main station appears to be able to support any of them, and I believe the Pro Intercom headsets can work on all three. Am I correct in this? Which one should we get?
Would there be any issues running the mic cable for com alongside a run of DMX? Power cable? Unshielded CAT6?
Thanks, as always, for your help!
We need to serve a total of 4 users normally, and integrate with a wireless system that we will rent once a year for our musical production.
For normal use:
-Main station in the booth with a headset
-SR ASM (directly fed from one of the channels in the audio snake)
-SL ASM
-SL A2
For the musical:
-Main station in the booth for SM/LBO/Proj.
-House Left spot op (channel 2)
-House Right spot op (channel 2)
-FOH Audio directly fed from the main station (likely on channel 1)
-Rented Clearcom BS410 or BS210 Wireless base station backstage (fed from channel 1 through the audio snake)
-Wireless beltpacks for SR and SL ASM, A2, and House Management
Question- if I gave FOH audio a 2-channel pack, would it be possible to put them on channel 1 from the main station and connect them to channel 2 on the wireless base station (without connecting the wireless station to channel 2 from the main station)? Then I could use channel 2 on the wireless for communication between FOH audio and backstage A2. Would this require a separate power supply?
My equipment purchase plan thus far is as follows:
Telex MS2002 main station- already purchased used off of ebay
4 Pro Intercom MH310 headsets
3 single-channel beltpacks (plus 1 2-channel pack if the answer to my question above is yes)- this is where I'm not sure. I could go for Telex, Clearcom, or Pro Intercom. Is there any real advantage to going one way or another with this? The cost difference between used and new here isn't enough to make it worthwhile to go used, so it's between new Telex BP4000s, Clearcom RS701s, or Pro Intercom BP1s. The main station appears to be able to support any of them, and I believe the Pro Intercom headsets can work on all three. Am I correct in this? Which one should we get?
Would there be any issues running the mic cable for com alongside a run of DMX? Power cable? Unshielded CAT6?
Thanks, as always, for your help!