Icy Road Trucking: Sometimes It’s Not The Gig But The Journey…
A tale of skidding (well, technically driving) to a show and back on Prince Edward Island, Canada more than 40 years ago. (An audio version of this article is available for download.)
A tale of skidding (well, technically driving) to a show and back on Prince Edward Island, Canada more than 40 years ago. (An audio version of this article is available for download.)
The automatic assumption that every problem on an RF channel, be it mic or IEM or intercom, requires a frequency change to resolve it is very outdated and often not helpful. (An audio version of this article is also available for download.)
Have “best practices” changed? No, but what has changed is that now you need to know what these practices are, all of them, and use them every time you deploy wireless mic, IEM, IFB and intercom systems. (An audio version of this article is also available for download.)
Subjective measurements may work well when you’re by yourself but they may not do the same when interpreted by another engineer. (A downloadable audio version of this article is also available.)
Digital systems are great, but there are some things to be aware of – here are two examples and some strategies for dealing with them.
Perhaps the key question of any production: What is it that we need to accomplish? Answer that, apply experiences relevant to the specific situation, and then move forward successfully.
Adventures in stepping up to be the account manager for the middle of three dates that the sound company was doing on a traveling rock festival.
Three days, from a flying start, many bands, several hundred RF frequencies over what turned out to be not two but four stages, add a roving ENG crew into the mix, and the game is on…
Consider that the wireless gear may actually be working too well and covering over an error in setup, system design, frequency coordination and/or deployment.
What it was like going from no compressor to one compressor versus today’s reality wherein even some very cost-effective consoles have a compressor on every channel and every output.
With wireless system use growing and the spectrum shrinking, frequency coordinators at shows/events are increasingly common – here’s what to know about working with them for an optimum outcome.
“Forget EQ. forget FX, forget gain – I was just trying to find inputs, which were in no recognizable order anywhere on the console.”
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