Recent content by rdagit

Long story short, My laptop is nice in most respects, but it has a normal problem that it likes to spit out digital noice when it is connected to a board through 1/8" to 1/4" cable in the insert jacks. I know that one can buy one of the $150-$500 digital interface boxes that go through one's USB...

Wow, I'm enertianed by the answers.... As to answer your wig question, which I don't think is addressed... If you have small enough transmitters, the new shure's or the old senhizers come to mind, they are small enough that one can put under a sizeable wig, think donald trump's hair... then...

It looks like your're pretty well set up... I'd say that if you have eon's your probably in a small space, which means it might be overkill to mic the drummer, IDK, depends on the space but I've found a lot of people like to mic the drummer when it's not necessarily needed... My only...

I'd say that your best solution for a quiet singer... is to tell them to sing lounder... Although you can do the boom mike idea, or bring it out over the forehead, I'd say that whatever you do should be the same for all singers (in general, unless you are making a choice with one of the...

Ok, what happened at the Eastside Coffe House? My expereince with small venues and small theatres is that a lot of them pay a one time fee to use anythign and everything to the copywright people. That way no matter what is played they are covered. Something that I allways ask about before...

I don't think there is anythign wrong with EQ'ing a song as long as you are not claiming that it is your own work. I'd say that in all honesty, that's what a lot of people do with a normal stero when they turn up the bass when the song did not orginally ask for it. That being said, it would...

Ok, so yes, another piano question... The Director decided that it was an excellent idea to have the piano for the music we're doing to be in the middle of the stage... And it is (of course) to loud in comparison to the actors on stage at times... Group numbers are ok, but some actors don't have...

Although I have seen it happen with broadway designers put vocals in the side fill monitors, it was only under a specific conditions that we had plenty of eq posiabilities and it was only for side fill.... With my experience with monitors and the such... the actors will keep asking more and...

Another idea that you may want to try if you can't record the voices of the kids just play the sound of a record player slowing down and speeding up... I think it'll sound really corny, but I have the feeling that the director is kinda looking for that and isn't really up on the being really...

If it's only a 50 seat venue.. it may not need a sub depending on what the people are trying to do... I've had powered EON's do a fair duty with setting up two of them and using them, and although you don't get a rave base... you still do get a nice amount of base out of them... It was enugh to...

Hey, thnx... I would have naturally wanted to put them in the middle... but I like that idea...

Ok, so for the musical I'm doing, I am going to mike a baby grand, with the lid closed, mostly for re-inforcement due to the piano being on stage and should be loud enugh to "hear".... But I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to what to use, especially with it's closed... I have to...

My suggestion... is that if the show is a cue show... that's time to bring out the laptop, book, etc... and wait for the next cue to be called by the SM, as it get's bored... If your mixing the show, then I'd say it shouldn't be boring enugh to not pay attention... but you could allways look...

You know, My guess is your problem is a gain issue at the pack... You can turn that down a bit like suggested before... but I've also found that depending on mic placement, with some voices hats become a major problem. I've had a couple of people that with a hat on, their voice reflected off the...

You know, what to play all depends on what kind of reward reception that it is.... I'd say your safest bet is to find some paino lounge music and that could be played as background... something that people would not think about while it is playing... If it is a baseball or sports ceremony, don't...