Where I've Been....

[Mictheslik]

Some people around may know that I've been ridiculously busy recently, and will be until the end of next week.....this is because of an unfortunate scheduling mistake meaning there are two plays and a concert within 2 weeks of each other in my school theatre.

I work as part of the stage crew (on sound) and so have to come in for rehearsals etc.

So, last Sunday it all started with a tech rehearsal for a play, the dress was on Monday after school, I had Orchestra rehearsal on Tuesday, and then the performances on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. This evening I was at a house concert, and tomorrow I'm going in to repaint the floor and put up a whole new lighting rig, before another tech on Sunday, another dress on monday and two more perfomances on Wednesday and Thursday.

So, enough of the explanation, heres a few pics


This is a nice overview of the theatre, it seats 150 and we were sold out tonight. Note the hastily rigged red curtain (an hour before the show )


My toy.....our lovely sound desk


And an overview of the box, with sound in the foreground, the spot in the middle and lighting at the far end



Just thought I'd share

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[flyboy 28]

A mini-Rottydaddy, I see.

I prefer to be down in the orchestra pit.

[Alonso]

Nice shots!

Oh man how I hate the guys who are in charge of the sound desks ;D

Almost every time I've played with my band the volume on each instrument was not right.... :-/ Even having tested the sound before... Some of them just don't care  >:(

Hope you're not like that

[Ashar]

How do you know what button does what in that desk?

[beaky]

A mini-Rottydaddy, I see.

I prefer to be down in the orchestra pit.

LOL- yes... "the roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd"... nothing like doing it live in front of real paying customers; no "do-overs". I miss that sometimes.

I've played in the pit, mixed front of house and monitors and live TV feeds, called shows, built shows, done rigging, lights, etc...but I'd also rather just play drums in the pit, I think.

It's nice to see some pics like this, mostly because I never took any backstage so far.  

[Mictheslik]

I've played in the pit, mixed front of house and monitors and live TV feeds, called shows, built shows, done rigging, lights, etc...but I'd also rather just play drums in the pit, I think.

Yep, sounds about right.....in fact I'm just about to go out to paint the floor and set up a whole new lighting rig

How do you know what button does what in that desk?

It's pretty simple really....tracks 1,2,3 and 4 are the mic ports down on the stage, tracks 5 and 6 normally have my iPod plugged into them. Tracks 7 and 8 are the CD player/Minidisk player. Track 17 is my god mic

Bottom sliders control volume, sliders on far right are masters. Gain is top knob, with all those below it for EQ.


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[Omag 2.0]

A very nice set-up you guys have there! Looks very cosy.