Recent content by John Scrip

Some really mundane stuff here -- Let's assume a venue with no particular policy for pre-production visits, but an increasing number of rental clients are taking an increasing amount of time.SCENARIO ONE: So you've got a new client / renter - Dance school - Wants to book some dates and...

Ran it like I stole it until finally switching over to Show Cue Systems (and QLab to a lesser extent). TASCAM made units that we used to use (at a few radio stations) that were replacements for the old cart decks. They sounded good, they were small, I don't think I ever remember a live failure.

Once you get everything set up - if you need source material, I've used a bunch of this stuff for "audio boot camp" stuff.https://www.telefunken-elektroakustik.com/multitracks

I barely ever use gates - But I nearly always use *some level* of expansion. It's not to avoid flubs though - Just to keep the background sound to a minimum. If there are 20 bodypacks on stage and a "moment of silence" is happening, 6dB or so of expansion is a life saver. Same with bands. I...

Just bumping - Only a few days left before they shut this one. If you know anybody, send 'em along.

I had decent luck with R-113 -- HOWEVER -- it was OLD 113. Ordered new stuff and it isn't even close. That said - it wasn't horrible. I used ETC's diffusers (the medium ones for the D40's) and they work very well, but you lose some punch. That said - 10 of them on a 40x13...? I think you'd...

There's one of the negatives -- Several built-in color filters (which also punch like Ali for the record) but no banjo/boomerang. These things are definitely "spots to have spots" - Utility pieces.Excellent and very smooth dimming - and that's great, because I can't imagine needing them at...

So, left and right here are our Phoebus Ultra-Quartz II followspots (under varying degrees of ambient light - Quite a bit SR, not so much SL, music stand down center with towel) -Yes, the HL/SR unit definitely has more kick than the other. And then we kicked in the Chauvet... Absolutely no...

SpotShot - Chauvet 120 ST (center) vs.a pair (L&R) of Phoebus Ultra Quartz II followspots.

Understood on the "DJ" side -- This is one of those situations where I'm in a corner.... Our Phoebus UQ2's are *so* [SELF-CENSORED] that we almost (ALMOST) never use them. 500-ish events last year, I think we used them for 5 or 6 of them. Partially because they're just somewhat rarely asked...

I just (literally, just this afternoon) sent a fixture in that, when plugged into a chain of other instruments, would screw up the whole chain no matter where it was *in* that chain. So you probably need to find the bad instrument. But yeah, if you've already gone through the troubleshooting...

So I'm at a 450-seat auditorium with 2 Phoebus Ultra Quartz II's -- 360W or whatever they are. They punch like that guy that back-handed a cop in CA last week (that means, they're really, really wimpy).That said - We rarely use spots. THAT said, one of the reasons is that these PUQ's have...

Should I be embarrassed to say I wish I had a dozen of those CD80's?

I've always used measurement mics as close to front-row-center as possible. Super cheap (well, you can get expensive ones, but for program mics, a 20-20k flat measurement mic doesn't need to be pricey), omnidirectional so you get the audience clearly as well (but that's why you need to be near...

Did the same. Meh, but it get the idea across.