Recent content by nealgrover

Just like @Ben Stiegler I'm (happily) surprised 2.4 GHz is behaving well. I only used 2.4 GHz in small venues with plug-on thumb-sized units from X-vive. In the big box, the mics tested perfectly at long and close range in an empty theater. But on show night, once that place filled up with 600...

I have purchased but not permanently installed the EW-D systems for my 2 school theaters. I'm not experienced enough with other manufacturers to give a comparison to Shure. I've never had any trouble with any of them, but I am ABOUT to embark on the full installation of seven 2-channel receivers...

I heartily endorse peavy usb-p. It’s been a great Swiss Army knife any time I needed to get sound from laptop to either power amps, pre-amps or a mixer

I’m typically paying $85 to see my daughter in Equity shows 3-5 hours from nyc. They sell out. Non-equity resident cast summer stock theaters as low as $35/seat but they pay the young eager cast peanuts plus room and board. Subsidized by local businesses and charity drives, a youth conservatory…...

A quick look at b and h photo dot com shows DPA brand “heavy duty” 5.5’ cable with microdot at each end. I have used both Senal and Shure adapters to plug them into Sennheiser (3.5 mm screw-down) and AKG (mini-xlr) transmitters. So far, I only get noise from fidgety child actors or dying AA...

Bardavon 1869 Opera House TD is Tom Rosato.. THEY USE jute and sandbags for a historical rig. You can get help from a guy who knows everything about antique theater operation...

Thank you, TimMc! Very helpful. Regarding the center loudspeaker (“Wow. SOMETHING has to control a mic input that ultimately is fed to that center speaker. Perhaps this is a semantics issue...”) the live mix that leaves my control goes to a rack backstage with a locked back panel and is then...

I am in a slightly similar situation re center speaker. My amp and speaker distribution is set and not controlled at all from console. The mix is mono. The engineer who visited to replace a faulty power amp explained the setup thus: “Always do live shows in mono (or if stereo then not...

Ive shunned Behringer gear for decades. But then…. I bought a deepmind 12 keyboard snd there has never been anything like it for education nor for mad-scientist soundcrafting. which brings me to X-32. I wanted a digital mixer for the school theater due to so many effects and eq details per...

Always I’m going to be the newbie though I’m 64 and I’ve worked extensively in new construction, rehab and repair outside of theater snd education. 1. What is MEWP? We have a genie lift and a volunteer who is very experienced with its use. We need it often lately because the curtains are fragile...

Thank you, TimMc. I’m kinda “Ohhhhh! Never mind!” -Emily Latella, Ft Lee, NJ

My only experience was in a non-equipped theater. They contracted (many times) this company to install, train, aerograph and strike. http://flybyfoy.com/They very very strict and wise. We operated every aspect after the careful and thorough training sessions. No contractors were present for...

I finally had a chance to test my portable side light trees now that I’ve built 2 adapter cords female stage pin/Bates to male Edison to plug into chauvetdj DMX4 shoebox. I bought all this gear “used like new”after fiddling around getting no results I tested zero volts at the shoebox outlets...

https://www.usedlighting.com/1601/leprecon-uld-360-hp-dimmer-stage-pin?ref=search.resultsused Leprecon 6 stage pin pack $595

I use Lightkey. It is compatible with open source usb dongle and MIDI.