Not any more I'm not ;)
By 'free version' I mean something similar to what Pete Hashagen did with Q-Manager and made a rather limited version (no EQ, no fade cues, no show control, nothing really except 2 channel cued playback) available for free and charged for the fuller-featured versions.
Once again I have to plug Q-Manager (www.hammerandtong.com) - the free version will do everything you need for basic FX playback, and if you need more than 2 channels or cue-able fades, the limited version isn't that expensive.
The video will not travel well down audio-grade cable. Your best bet woudl be to use video runs already installed (they may not be) or to use a wireless AV sender type of device that sends composite video and stereo audio over 2.4GHz radio.
I think you mean directional and cardioid.
Dynamic is a type of element electronics, as opposed to condenser.
#1 think you want to do is get that studio acoustically treated STAT. (Well, after losing the omni lavaliers - take a look at the Countryman lineup, they're very shweet).
If...
Re: Behringer DEQ2496
You got ripped off ;)
Then again I got an edu discount from B&H. $269 baby :)
Put it in the rack of the crappy-sounding theatre rig, and now it's a lot less crappy sounding.
The three school's I've been to:
Kingswood:
20 dimmers - 12ch board (originally a custom job that then died)
Acalanes:
Two stages:
Main:
72 dimmers
Express 48/96
Small Stage:
48 dimmers
Express 24/48
Torrey Pines:
48 dimmers
NSI MC7524 - 192ch DMX output, we limit it to 48 for...
Mayhem, ship's probably able to answer this better than I am but over here venues will generally have multiple ground points, and different disconnects (and in some cases different panels) will be grounded individually. Not good if you find yourself in a situation where you absolutle have to...