Recent content by NickJacques

I had almost this exact same issue.Mic: Shure 58 Board: Soundcraft Live! (24ch) with Phantom on Instrument: Bass guitarDuring variety show rehearsals, the bassist kept complaining the mic was shocking him. The next day, the bassist actually got a welt on his lips from the shock. I suspect...

Remember also that followspots require some time to "warm up". If you just turn them on from the dimmer, you'll have very poor light from the followspot until the bulb warms up and becomes brighter. I would recommend just using the dowser on the followspot. It takes some training, but doing...

This your for our musical, my high school is performing Lucky Stiff (you can read more about it here.) In several scenes, the "dead uncle" has a tape player which has instructions on it. We've recorded these lines in Cubase, and I will be burning them to CD shortly. These lines will be sound...

Microvision FX's are pretty nice. At our theatre, we upgraded to an Express 125. I have to say, I miss some of the features of the old board, and I'm not even the light guy!

Works fine for me!

SPL - Sound Pressure Level IIRC, how loud a noise source is at a certain distance in dB.

Interference really isn't a problem. Sure, the transmission quality isn't as great as a hardline, but it's not really bothersome at all. Maybe the reason why interference isn't a problem (for us at least) is because we're a little more rural... there aren't any TV stations being broadcast...

Looking at my handy Full Compass catalog, I see a viable solution to your problem. This, however will NOT be inexpensive, but will be extremely rugged and dependable. For wireless: Purchase a Telex BTR300.. it's a VHF base station for up to four (works for you in this case) TR300, which are...