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    Audigy vs. M-Audio cards for Sound Cue Systems

    I have bought creative products in the past, and in my expirence they are not cut out for use in any professional enviroment. They are fine for home use, espessially the card that you are talking about. The 1010 will be the better choice. I have had only but trouble with the couple creative...
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    batteries

    I buy from http://www.cheapbatteries.com/ . I have never had any problems with them, and they have great prices. I generally buy Energizer, they have preformed better than duracell.
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    New MIxer

    I would go with Mackie, I have never had a problem with mackiw consoles. They Just came out with a new line of mixers, with the Onyx mic preamps. The Mackie Onyx 4080 is a 40 channel, and it has some nice features. * 40 Onyx mic preamps * 4-band Perkins EQ * 100mm Alps...
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    Sound "Manual"

    I found this book also really help full. It explain's things a little better that the Yamaha book. Amazon also has a deal where you can buy both book for $49.92. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0918371074/?tag=controlbooth-20
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    Sound Software

    Im buying a computer for the Sound system. So that we can record, playback do sound effect cueing. Im am curious of what programs you guys use. The PC is Windows based. I have currently, Sound Forge, Acid, and Sound Cue System (cheaper version of SFX, it does the job). Are there any other...
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    New Curtains

    Here are couple of good companies. Production Advantage has good prices on everything. Rosebrands business is Curtaina and such. http://www.rosebrand.com/ www.proadv.com
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    Arthur Miller

    Arthur Miller, one of my favorite playwrites. Passed Away Yesterday. Feb. 11, 2005. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-miller0212feb12,0,4515293.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
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    number of dimmers and channel capacity of high schools

    our school has 96 dimmers. 16 of which are not cabled to anywhere/ and our house lights use their own stpuid dimmers which are a pain more than anything. and we have a Lehigh Millenium Board, which is crap. so to recap 96 dimmers/ 72 work house lights suck board is crap
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    What is wrong with this pic - Number IV

    the problem is that dust has covered everything, causing: - insulate everything and over heat it (fire) - buildup a static charge and destroy the circuits (fire) First thing would be to clean everything, then to prevent it, place a couple pieces of cheescloth over the intake fan, and other...
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    soundboard security

    All these a good suggestions. Here is what I do. The productions that we bring the sound board out, usually we have the theatre contracted for the entire production and Tech week. Our Custondians are great, I dont know about your school , but you should give them more cedit than you do, I highl...
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    mic noise

    what he was doing was, what I call ringing out the system. -Bring each fader up to the point of feeding back so that one you know how much gain before feedback you can achieve. And EQ the mic to gain more Gain. This is an essiential step in any sound system setup, to make sure you can get...
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    Floor Mics

    does the bounce screen affect the frequncey responce or the mic? Woulding the bouce screen create phase cancelations, and adversly affect the sound quality of the source?
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    Wireless lavs

    The middle school thatI work at, got 6 of these, the are good. I had to borrow 2 of them for my last show that I did, and They preform better than I expected. I would try to go UHF, It has a wider frequncey, and an overall better audio quallity...
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    Floor Mics

    I was wondering what "teasers" are? I have not heard this term in relation to Sound
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    Portable Dimmer

    digitaltec, I have not looked at NSI
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