Recent content by Aaron Becker

No matter what direction you end up doing, nobody can change the physics of gain before feedback, good mic'ing practices, and keeping the orchestra under control.I find the vast majorities of schools/gymatoriums have similar issues. They stick floor and hanging mics that are, at best, 8-10...

It's been a few years since I've been active in the audio game, but I'll try to answer this the best I can before a current pro chimes in.Yes, 12 MHz is a very narrow band to operate in. I don't think this is an issue for the newer digital systems though, and I'm sure the big brands make...

That makes much more sense. My mind always jumps to "pro" content when think of big-name shows. Carry on and appolgies for my brisk response.

While I'm sure the intent here is good, I highly doubt you're going to find someone willing to break any NDA or other agreement they have and give this up. Not to mention, that would be property of whoever owns the content, not the person who snagged an (illegal) recording of it. Best of luck...

Really depends on your use case. If you have the cash to spare and are replacing an analog board and a bunch of outboard gear, it could be worth it. Latest and greatest? Of course not, but you know that.It's "old technology" - but I always look at the newest tech and say "what does the newest...

For listening to the stage, why not use room mics or a sub-mix (matrix - do people still call them that) from the house mix into monitors in the control room? It doesn't help you mix the room, but it accomplishes what you're trying to do.As far as talkback, any sound console should be capable...

Not a union house. Unsure of the tour, but it was a national tour back in 2017.

honestly, most of us wanted to go home. OT wasn’t a thing for most of us, lots of us were there from show call, others just because they liked being in a theatre and it wasn’t a pleasant call.the tour was also one who didn’t let us (local) do any of our own rep plot / reset until their TRUCKS...

Kudos to those of you that have it figured out. Having worked as a local for several large tours, it's incredible the planning (or lack thereof) that goes into the truck loads. Well orchestrated, nobody knows it even happened. Poorly executed - it becomes blatantly obvious someone or something...

Do any of you experts on tour doing truck planning also take into account your truck loading in reference to what you need on the stage first and what will be last off and would otherwise hold up the truck if it needed to be first loaded? I'm sure you do, just never a role I've been in. Always...

I feel attacked. ;)

+1 for hard-wiring as much as possible. this should always be the way.Whatever works for you, but this sounds like a disaster waiting to happen since Windows is just going to keep looking for its updates every time you boot it up.There are enterprise options for standardizing even a diverse...

Happy to take your word for it! :)Very good, indeed. :)

Food for thought. I do some IT consulting on the side. Have had multiple clients not want to bulk-order the same PCs all in one shot. They now have an organization filled with 12 different PCs for 14 different users. Another has 6 different models for 10 users. Supporting them and keeping things...

I have control issues. This would bother me.