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    Strong

    No quiz, just totally irrelevant, trivial nonsense.
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    Retired Local 720 hand

    ps. I helped build the internet. Screw Algore.
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    Retired Local 720 hand

    thanks, avkid, I'll check it out.
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    Live outdoor

    Durable? Yeah, I guess so. The last system I built, in 1990, used Crown and you could put a tire iron across the outputs and not hurt them.
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    Installs building a new sound system for a theatre

    It sounds (no pun) as though someone PREVIOUS to Alex, hire a so-called professional, someone who did not know enough or was in cahoots with whoever hired them, to install a system that might have great potential and yet there is NO one there now that knows what they have or how to use it.This...
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    Splitting a signal

    Might I recommend an excellent resource that I got a copy of in 1989 or 1990 ?The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement HandbookIt answers a great many questions that are still relevant today and is an excellent teaching guide I used to coach many an aspiring audio mixer and audio system technician...
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    First time Sound OP

    IMO,Before you begin to even attempt to mix live music and vocals, you need to have some idea what the instruments are SUPPOSED to sound like, preferably in an acoustic environment. Without sound reinforcement.Vocals, on the other hand are something you should have already have a grip on...
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    stubborn screw in an xlr

    Tip;How to ensure that rental cables get repaired before they are sent to the next job:First, unsnap the Buck knife or Leatherman tool securely attached to belt holding pants above hips (pre circa 198?). Remove tool from leather case. Unfold sharpest blade. Grasp cable FIRMLY with a 14" loop...
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    stubborn screw in an xlr

    Amen!'nuff said.
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    Brat Vocalists purposely creating feedback....

    Answer A, knee jerk response; According to a Humphrey Bogart line in an old movie; "I never met a broad that didn't understand a slap in the face".Answer B; Tech Related. When I setup a system, I "tweaked" all onstage vocal mics used around monitors so that I could actually point the mic at...
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    Fresnels for front lighting?

    As concerns "effect" in front lighting, fresnels are a great "old" standard and with barn-doors to "clip" the side stage, proscenium and stage thrust areas, provide a pretty smoothly balanced wash.PARS, on the other hand, require a more precise focus to achieve the same wash. Again, barn doors...
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    Your worst theatre injury

    The Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, 1976.I was crawling out of the ante-pro after replacing a burnout between shows. I was crawling towards the catwalk and stood up as I approached it.A Note:In order to re-open this theatre, which had been closed down in anticipation of closing the...
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    Strong

    Who are they and what did/do they make? Who was/is their competition and "name that device"?What is the "limelight"? Name a tune, with a youtube link, that includes the word "limelight".These are easy so have fun!!
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    Putting A Face To The Name

    Me, 1981, Vega$ set, Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas.Me, 2004
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    How do you make breakaway plates?

    Make your own.Sugar Glass
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