Putting A Face To The Name

So in my wonderful little world, population 1, I thought it'd be a good idea to put faces with names here on CB. So, here I am in a show last Saturday,

and me mixing my high school's musical last year. I've since graduated, and yes, the rack with the EQ's and DriveRack is mine.

 

That's ok, I worked with someone who always said he'd turn into a panda if he was hit with sunlight. I've yet to see a panda walk into the theater.

 

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Yours truly on ITLAPD this past year. (Bonus Points for those of you who know what the acronym means before looking at the pic!)

 

Tell me that's not a Shure grocery store mic!

 

No, it's the shure Prologue, a popular utility mic a while back. That was before Shure put it in to the standard style of the 515SBG. It's got an XLR connector on the back and all, so it's not the grocery store style. It also doesn't have the five wire connection and the PTT switch on it.

But yes, it does look remarkably like it.

OK folks, let's see some more pictures! Plenty of people are probably already young enabled folks with their digital camera just laying around somewhere...

 

I'll play.



With Curly's favorite Sienna...



I think that speaks for itself.

BTW Eboy, I have the same Soundcraft shirt. Mines all faded and torn from use and abuse.

 

http://dkibomeka.com/mysql/84.jpg thats me at the console with my co-Director.

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Head Shot shudders...

 

Audioslavematt, I'm jealous, a) you got to mix on a midas (hopefully I will soon), and b) you've met Dave Rat. Surprisingly, I've never been to a concert I haven't mixed.

What show were you on the Sienna for?

Edit: I stand humbled. I have mixed on a little 16 channel (labeld like Mackie, 8 mic 8 stereo) Venice. Hardly befitting their, ahem, larger boards.

 

Dave Rat is a very awesome human. I went to the Peppers show bummed that I was going to have to listen to the Kudo side-fills instead of the dual V-DOSC clusters. I was shocked when Dave pulled guest passes out of his pocket and a few minutes later I was standing behind his H3k. I admire the way he still takes the time to notice the little guys when he has bigger fish to fry.

Nonetheless, the Sienna was for Christopher Cross. We had an XL200 out front. After line check, I didn't touch it. It would have been a very easy act to mix. The only stage volume was the drum kit. All of the instruments were direct with cabinet simulators and all band members were on IEMs. I've never actually mixed a show on a Sienna. It seems like when you get to the point where you need a Sienna, the band brings a ME and you sit and make sure nothing spontaneously combusts.

The theater owns a Venie 240. It's a big step up from the nasty old Soundcraft K2 in the control room, but it just doesn't have enough inputs to replace it. My only gripe about it, is its 60mm faders. The LAB humans can complain about the screwy aux layout all day, but it doesn't bother me.

 

So, did the dual V-DOSC sound as good as I think it does? Did you get to meet Scott the Lampi? And I don't have any real gripes about the aux layout on the Venice. I can work around it. But I know what you mean with the 60mm faders. Feels very Mackie-esqe, not that the ONYX is a bad board, I just like long throw faders.

Anyone else want to play?

 

The vocal clarity made you wonder if it was actually live. I can't really say enough about that system. People think Vertec is so great. Vertec can't touch a single V-DOSC cluster, let alone two. The low end wasn't the type that will rattle the room and mud up the entire mix. It was a very well balanced system and a perfect example of what aux-fed subs can do for your mix.

I didn't really talk to Scott Lampi much as he was talking with Leif and Dave for a majority of the time. That whole front of house crew is a group I would have no problem with sitting on a bus for several days. They're all great guys.

 

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I really need an action shot already!

 

As was already mentioned, happy birthday, Van!!!

Nice family that you've got there.

 

Ah, we finally get to see the great Van unmasked.