Recent content by FACTplayers

I really really like this idea! It would help on so many levels, like getting more community members involved in the community theatre, help pass down tips and information, have mentors available, etc. Thanks!

It probably would have helped to mention that most of our actors are in high school or recently graduated. We've had a couple actors ask to direct, but our theatre has a very strict age requirement of 21+ due to insurance reasons. Maturity also comes into play a little bit with 21 year olds...

Our community theatre is looking for new directors for upcoming productions. Where does everyone else go to find directors? I'm not talking about professional, high level directors. In the past, all of ours have been un-paid but that doesn't mean theats how it has to be. We were thinking about...

A few years ago I was able to pick up some Electro Voice RE1 series mics. They have been the best investment to date. The RE2 series is out now and I would highly recommend it. Musician's friend has them for $500 each (mic and receiver).

Here's a picture of the front. I'll try to remember to take more tonight.

I picked up a Shure FX 2 the other day because it was a really good deal. Anyway, I didn't do much research on it before buying it. When I was chatting with the seller, he told me he bought it when he worked at Shure and that it's never seen mass production. I haven't been able to find any info...

Buy some Deoxit. Open the board up and clean every fader and pot. I restored an old Behringer board that only about half the channels worked. After taking it apart (so I could access everything better) the board works great! They sell this stuff at guitar center for less than you can buy and...

I've been thinking about it all day and I don't see a better way without going over your budget.

Before you order, think it through. The amp only puts out 20W and the speakers are rated for 150W RMS, 300W Peak. This did give me an idea; however, I want to preface it with a disclaimer: this is purely theoretical advice and should ONLY be performed if you have experience in soldering, DC...

You need to purchase (rent? loan?) 12 speakers AND 6 amps or did I read that incorrectly?Alright, let's work through this as I HATE hearing that it can't be done. Do you or the theatre own any equipment now? You mention you have 6 outputs from a computer, do you have a soundboard and are you...

Wow! Lots of feedback. Thank you all. I'm going to try to answer a lot of the questions that were generated.I agree it would be difficult to verify and that's one of the issues we saw and didn't want to deal with. We wanted to make it as simple as possible. Also, we do reinforce "keeping it...

We usually only do two performances of our shows because it can be difficult to draw a large enough audience to fill the house on the third night. However, everyone involved in the production would like to put on a third show. The only thing holding us back is the kids (middle & high school...

Thanks for the results on this. I've read a few discussions on rechargeable batteries, but no one has really posted anything like this. I've been using the cheap Energizer batteries a few times a year for the past 5 years and they have yet to disappoint. However, I (unfortunately) have made the...

Looks really cool, but my biggest worry is what happens when the web browser crashes...

To clarify my previous post auto allowing auto tune, I was strictly speaking using it for songs that REQUIRE it. Such an example would be Kanye West's Lost in the Woods. Using it simply to correct pitch where the untrained (or trained) ear cannot detect auto tune wouldn't be allowed in my theatre.