"Booths" are for lighting operators and
stage managers ... sound ops need a sound
desk or sound "area", not a booth.
I suggest you not have front or side walls on your space, and you keep as far away from the back wall as possible, and put some acoustic treatment on any walls that are around you.
If you must be in an enclosed room, then make sure you place the equipment -- particularly the
console -- so that you can lean out of the window to hear what's going on in the
house. A lot of the photos in the referenced thread show sound boards
blocking the window so that the sound op can't get within a
foot of the window opening ... this makes for miserable hearing accuracy.
Other thoughts:
* A cable trough that runs from the sound area to the
stage, so that you can run whatever cables you need to from show to show. Don't ask for anything built-in or you will start a never-ending pursuit of electrical noise problems with the facilities people.
* A place to mount wireless
paddle antennas and run cables to the sound area.
* Clearcom cabling
* Plenty of electrical outlets both at the floor
level and at table
level. You will constantly be plugging things in from show to show.
* lots of dim
console lighting.
* Shared
circuit between sound area and
stage area so that you can avoid
ground loop hum issues when using powered speakers.
* Make sure your floor is high enough that you can see over the heads of the audience members during a standing ovation.
-- John
