Recent content by BCAP

Doesn't have to be, just in this case that's what the theater wanted me to use and that's what they had in stock. Thanks for the recommend I'll look for alternate.

I ran into a bit of a situation on a recent show, and this is probably going to sound like an unusual problem (apologies in advance).Theater has (24) Shure ULXD1 sets. No problems with any of them, except I noticed the connectors were caked with residue, probably from sweat, salt, and later I...

A few years ago I signed up for a course on wireless RF coordination Shure offered at a local sound contractor's business location. I found that the course was honestly excellent, and also very well taught, very well attended - the instructors were well prepared, they were both engineers who had...

For what it's worth I've found this SoundTools XLR Sniffer/Sender to be a useful tool in tracing down XLR cabling in any venue where I can't or don't want to physically run down every cable to see where it goes. Though, if I remember correctly the light on the sniffer will light up in the...

Last year I was hired to do the live audience mix and recording mix for a theatrical production (non Broadway), the drummer had sort of a cobbled together mish mash electronic kit comprised of two lower end Yamaha drum brains and a bunch of pads, some pads that came with the kits and some...

+1 on numbering the channels in the script. Number can represent channel # when not using DCAs or DCA # when using DCAs. I use + in front of the number when actor comes on stage and a new mic channel or DCA comes on, and - in front of number when actor exits stage as well. At the end of a...

You bring up an excellent question. I too wish there was training resource out there for mixing musicals. I don't know your experience or what type of environment / setup you are working in, so feel free to ignore anything I put down here if it doesn't apply. I am also not a full time...

If you are interested in building yourself you may want to check out Arduino and Teensy microcontrollers. You can do a lot with those micros and last time I bought a Teensy it was fairly inexpensive - maybe 30 bucks. Some of them have SD card storage options for wave file storage, and audio...

If I am lucky enough to have an A2, I like to do a basic line check and intermittent test with the A2 before the actors are fit, to identify intermittent issues with cables or bad elements, etc. If I can get to a point with a show where I trust the mic installations, I try to avoid doing an...

Since Daniel answered your question on the flatted round I wanted to offer more information on a D solution:To punch holes for D type panel connectors I use a 15/16" standard round hole punch Greenlee #GL730BB, wrench operated ($78)Canare makes a 50 ohm D type shell bulkhead here, they are...

When you absolutely have to split microphone or line signals and have no other choice to achieve the result, Radial Engineering makes a number of excellent microphone splitters and line level audio splitters. These devices usually have transformers in them, they are designed to do the job and...

This is pretty obvious, and I apologize - I'd first rule out your microphone hardware and actor installation on those two units by doing an extensive and thorough cable wiggle test offline. In order to test for a failure in the mic cable or the connector to the transmitter pack. I assume you...

Oops I should have mentioned these particular units include my own gear too. Sorry I didn't mean to be unclear about that. I generally treat it all the same, all units go neatly and gently into a Wireless Mic Belts RF RAC at the end of the night until the next performance with love and care and...

I'd like to respectfully ask for recommendations/advice for a speaker install and I thank you in advance for any advice you can offer.My friend has decided to install a permanent install PA system in their relatively new black box theater he is repurposing from his former business. It is a...

There's probably no good answer for this but I thought I'd ask anyway.Some of the theaters I work in use microphones that utilize these microdot cables, are these fairly common? I think I've seen other makes and models of mikes using microdot cables. I know Samson SE series microphones use...