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=== The Room === | === The Room === | ||
The main space was about 50x50 and through the French doors it opened onto covered space the same size. We were set up on the wall facing the French doors. Amazingly you could hear the music at the far end of the space... beautifully. | The main space was about 50x50 and through the French doors it opened onto a covered space the same size. We were set up on the wall facing the French doors. Amazingly you could hear the music at the far end of the covered space... beautifully. | ||
=== Turning the Stage === | === Turning the Stage === | ||
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The first Sketch was the plan. The one below is how things actually turned out. The players were closer to the Systems than I would have liked but we really needed the floor space in the room so we got compressed a bit. | The first Sketch was the plan. The one below is how things actually turned out. The players were closer to the Systems than I would have liked but we really needed the floor space in the room so we got compressed a bit. | ||
To create a little bit of a barrier I ran the cables for the lights (lights on sticks on either side of the stage - not shown) across the front of the stage area. These were heavy duty cables with a bright yellow outer casing. It made for a perfect | To create a little bit of a barrier I ran the cables for the lights (lights on sticks on either side of the stage - not shown) across the front of the stage area. These were heavy duty cables with a bright yellow outer casing. It made for a perfect border for people to help them understand the boundaries of the stage. | ||
[[Image:1360-01-STThumb.gif|The Actual Layout - click to see full sized version]] | [[Image:1360-01-STThumb.gif|The Actual Layout - click to see full sized version]] | ||
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[[File:1g.jpg]] is the Upright Piano. I didn't remove the panels. Didn't know how, and there wasn't anyone around to help. Instead, I just hung a couple of small condenser mics from the top, dangling down in the space between the back and the wall (about 3 inches) - they ended up just below the moving handles a few inches away from the sound board. For lots of reasons, moving the Piano was not an option. | |||
=== The Large Diaphragm Mic | [[File:10g.jpg]] is the Mackie 1202 into which I ran the small condenser mics and a CD player for tunes during the breaks. We didn't end up using this because the breaks were also filled with music. Our hosts kept inviting people up on the stage to play us through the breaks. This made the transitions a lot more challenging because the stage was live and running almost non stop all night. <!-- Tom, if you are reading this, you've got to know how tough this was.--> | ||
=== The Large Diaphragm Mic [[File:6.jpg]][[File:2cs.jpg]] === | |||
With the wide shallow stage, one of the Drummers was having trouble hearing the other side of the stage. I duct taped an AKG C3000 to one of the mic stands at the far left and ran this into the L1 closest to the Drummer. It was an ugly solution but it worked for him. | With the wide shallow stage, one of the Drummers was having trouble hearing the other side of the stage. I duct taped an AKG C3000 to one of the mic stands at the far left and ran this into the L1 closest to the Drummer. It was an ugly solution but it worked for him. | ||
One of his comments was - "Why do I need to hear the Drums through that thing on this side. I need to hear the Piano." I think part of the issue was that the Piano player was 'leading' the set, and he (Drummer) couldn't see the Piano player at all through the other players. He was okay once I got that other mic strung up. If I had it to do again, I would probably have run a line from the mixer. I just couldn't get to the mixer (on top of the Piano) because this was all going on during the set. I could crawl around and stick the | One of his comments was - "Why do I need to hear the Drums through that thing on this side. I need to hear the Piano." I think part of the issue was that the Piano player was 'leading' the set, and he (Drummer) couldn't see the Piano player at all through the other players. He was okay once I got that other mic strung up. If I had it to do again, I would probably have run a line from the mixer. I just couldn't get to the mixer (on top of the Piano) because this was all going on during the set. I could crawl around and stick the microphone on the stand. | ||
=== Gypsy Violin (Centre Stage) === | === Gypsy Violin (Centre Stage) === | ||
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The background to this story is in [http://shadowtoonz.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5FBC981056CCCFC1!349.entry But I never wanted to be the Sound Guy] | The background to this story is in [http://shadowtoonz.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5FBC981056CCCFC1!349.entry But I never wanted to be the Sound Guy] | ||
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