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Normally when I deal with scripts as a designer, I just copy them two-sided, as I don't need to waste paper and prefer a smaller notebook. When I do prompt books as a SM however, what I normally do is a trick I picked up at one point or another. You need to be right-handed for this to work...

We've always just had our tickets printed by Ticketcraft (http://www.ticketcraft.com). They will print just about any type of ticket you want including numbering and they just send the whole batch to you at once. We normally order each night's show in a different color so it's easy to...

XLR or quarter-inch, the wireless recievers do not require phantom power no.

Hey all. I've really been around for a while but thought I should formally say hi. I'm Zach Lipton (well I guess you guessed that based on my username now didn't you?...), a junior at University High School in San Francisco. I do a lot of tech work, mostly on the sound design and engineering...

I don't know about those mics in particular, but you should be able to find out pretty easily. Chances are that the literature that comes with the mics should tell you. If not, as a general rule of thumb, dynamic mics do not require phantom power, while condenser mics do. Here's probably the...

Ugh, mixing a second feed for a video recording is highly unfun, but it's what you have to do, it's what you have to do... For a recording of the orchestra, I would just setup a couple of mics and get the overall sound. You may even be able to string some mics off a catwalk or from the grid...

Wow, sound designing for a musical when you've never been to one before? That's tough. Here's what I can recomend for now; if you give some more details about the equipment you have and specific issues, I can try to help you out more. If at all possible, get wireless lavs for as many actors...

Thanks again for all your help. I sold the director on $170 worth of gear, so I hope it works. It's all (except for the Hellerman sleeves) reusable though, so it should last us for a while. For everyone's general reference, here's the prices I got from Masque Audio, this stuff is really hard...

bismn: Wow I've never done a cue substitution in the middle of intermission. Nice trick :) The nice thing about sounddogs' previews is that you can hear the effect as you plan to use it. In cases where I'm building composite cues or doing surround effects, it especially helps to be able to...

Thank you very much for your help. That certainly makes things clearer. I'm having a really hard time locating sources for a Hellerman tool, sleeves, and ear loops. http://www.alphasoundandlighting.com/audioproducts19.95orless.html has loops at $8 a piece, but since we need to outfit 8 cast...

Thanks for your help. I've tried to go for placing them right on the hairline, but it's pretty difficult to do with surgical tape as it does not really stick well. Where do you get hairclips for wireless mics? A simple bobby pin clearly is not going to do the job. As for a Hellerman tool...

I have to second the recomendation of sounddogs.com. Their prices are pretty cheap (roughly $5 for an average effect I would say) and their catalog covers such a wide range of effects that you can basically find everything you need. They have free mp3 previews of everything and they will give...

For many of our productions (far more than I would like), we end up using wireless lavilier microphones for sound reinforcement. We've always just used surgical tape (usually a piece on the neck and another by the temple) to hold the lavs in place, but I'm looking for a better way. I know...

First, make sure you load some tracks with the track loader. Cricket can't play cues if you haven't loaded any tracks. I think you might be missing Cricket's 3 modes. Make sure you set the mode to 'build' when you are building cues, to 'edit' when you are editing cues, and to 'live' when you...

Yeah. Well the guy has to eat somehow. If you can at all afford it, I'd look at it though. It's really made for what you are looking for. At a minimum, you could always try the demo, and if it works for you, figure out how much you can afford and send them an email, explaining how you're a...