Recent content by Mathew Greatorex

Hi All,I am involved in a Schools production of We Will Rock You, and I am after some help/advice with Microphones and sound.The Production will be run on a School Stage which is approx 35ft wide and 20ft deep. The main speakers are hung in a central position above the stage and curtain...

Hello,I work in a School, and have recently been given the task of looking after the Lighting in our main hall/performance space. The stage is a fairly large size (approx 10m x 7m), and I have a small number of fixtures available to me. What I would like to achieve would be to be able to have...

Okay, so it sounds like my best bet it to use two 58's. One pointed towards the strings towards the higher end, and then one at the lower end but underneath the piano pointed up towards the base.One question that might sound silly. I ain't I have to pan each channel to give the stereo sound...

I think the MCE's are designed more for Video recording, but I read somewhere that ideally they need to be condenser mics? I presume with the SM58's the idea would be to open the lid and just point 1 at the low end, and point 1 at the high end?

Hello,I have been asked to Mic our grand piano for a performance that is coming up soon. I have done a lot of reading up about it, and was wondering if anyone could provide some advice. We have not budget to buy anything else, and we currently have lots of SM58's, a couple of PG58's and 2...

Thats not a bad idea to be honest. We have a background support system like this: http://www.photosel.co.uk/studio-lighting/studio-equipment/background-support/background-support-system-bs103/?gclid=CLr8sNHJu8ECFSXHtAodcwkAzw and a large white muslin sheet. I do think it wont look very...

The curtains are about 1.5 meters away from the back wall, so there is a big enough gap for the kids to walk along without disturbing the curtains.Our school has just moved into a brand new building, and obviously the architect had no idea with regards to the stage. We have no budget left to...

The problem that I have got is that the stage only has 1 door to exit with no wings. The door is stage right, so anyone leaving or entering from stage left has to walk around the back of the stage hence why the curtains are in place. The wall behind the curtains is painted a dark blue colour...

Hello all,I am a new member to the forum, so hoping that somebody might be able to help out. I work primarily in IT, but am also responsible for the lighting and sound in our new secondary School in England.My question is regarding projecting onto black drapes. Our stage has black drapes on...