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    Channel Safes & Musical Mixing

    Hey! Long time no post - In the past, I've mixed musicals and plays with a limited number of microphones, characters, and (usually) analog consoles. I'd always wanted to try my hand at line-by-line mixing, but I didn't get a good opportunity to do it until last year when I started working with a...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    1. Updated the firmware for the mixer. I'm not sure how helpful this was in the long run - but it didn't hurt. 2. Replaced my ethernet cables - nothing fancy, just 14ft strands from Staples 3. Replaced my router with a $70 dual band unit. I set the network to be hidden and password...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    Just a quick update...Had my first gig today in the Atlanta area. It was an event affiliated with a theatre and the band I do sound for (and they’re all actors) performed at the event.I showed up early and the sound designer for the theatre was there (coordinating other aspects of the...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    Just saw this post...I wouldn't mind if you did a snarky rant - I've been very dissatisfied with Apple for a while now. Still, I'm not at the point where I want to throw out all of my stuff and go to PC/Android - because I really enjoy some of the proprietary programs that Apple has.For...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    I'm not based out of Atlanta - I'm closer to Florida - I just work in Atlanta occasionally.I have/do consider renting when it's practical/the budget allows in the Atlanta area (for example I've used Gotham Sound when I've done film work before). At my home base, the closest rental houses...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    I'm glad you didn't go on that rant. Believe me - I'd rather use a physical device ANY day. The reason I bought the XR18 was because it was the cheapest digital mixer I could find with the most channels. I use physical mixers (most of the time) with the schools and theatres that I work with...
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    Sound Design Question for CRY IT OUT

    EDIT: Whoops missed a few responses - some beat me to this suggestion!If I was pressed for time and had very limited resources and knowledge of how to do what others have suggested above with the bluetooth speaker or wireless belt pack then I would take a cue from the old-school echo...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    I just spent a couple of hours playing around with the desktop editor exclusively in a "virtual soundcheck" mode for the band that I'll be working with in the near future. It's something I've been meaning to figure out how to do for a long, long time - but I think I've finally got the hang of...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    Thank you all so much!! I'm very dumb to technology when it comes to WiFi - and all your responses have cleared things up greatly for me or have led me in the right direction to find solutions. I have a couple of weeks before I have to hit the road with the mixer again - so I'll play around...
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    Behringer XR18 Wifi Problems and Embarrassing Stories

    Hey!!I purchased a Behringer XR18 (rack mount/stage box version) last year and it's made my life so much easier in some respects and so much harder in others! I'm still really really new to using it.For the first few gigs (a couple of small concerts and some location recording sessions)...
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    Actor mics in monitors

    Around my area, one particular sound engineer usually handles all the school and community theatre musicals and he generally never places anything more than piano in the monitors. Our orchestras are also never miced - unless he deems it necessary to throw a mic on a guitar cabinet or the...
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    Wanting to Build a Rack for Wireless Receivers (And Some Other Questions)

    Thank you for such a great, thorough reply! You filled me in on a lot of info that I was having trouble finding straight answers to elsewhere online.Cost isn't too big of an issue. The theatre receives a large sum of money every month from local sales tax that they have to re-invest into...
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    Wanting to Build a Rack for Wireless Receivers (And Some Other Questions)

    Hey!I recently finished running sound for a kids show at a 400-seat theatre where I'm the house sound engineer and a member of the board. There are a number of issues with tech in the theatre that I'd like to address in the future, but for starters - I wanted to see if there's a way to...
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    PreSonus Studio Live 32

    The theatre I work with recently upgraded from an absolutely terrible 90s-era Peavey analog board that didn't contain mute buttons and had channels dying out left and right to a brand new Presonus StudioLive 32 Series III mixer. I don't think that the community or the theatre realizes it quite...
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    Lighting Tips for the Musical - Cabaret

    Ooooh - you're right! I totally stated it wrong in my post. Thanks for pointing that out! Thankfully - based on info from another member - this console is DMX.Yep! That looks like it - but the image in the manual differs from how I remember the board slightly... The board at the theatre...
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