Recent content by Randy Pence

AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIANS ARE THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM | Treffen Saint John got this from a colleague. My foray into corporate stuff only taught me to stay away from self-service checkout lines. and the catering works a bit differently over here :evil:

Hey all, So in the next round of my house guy hustle I am getting involved with an artsy venue looking to branch out more into live music. The room in question has a 3m x 6m stage. FOH is about 10m back, and the back wall is about 15m from the stage. Where it gets tricky quite quickly is...

I freelance as a technician and have no desires to jump into the provider world. However, working for inadequately equipped venues and promoters, I've rented enough mixers for my own and only my own use (bands not having their own B.E), that I'd like to start putting some of that money in my...

Whew, what a night! I had done all my homework, setup my scenes, and had the pleasure of D&B b2, q1 sub, and 2 q1 tops per side with headroom to spare. I'verad something, perhaps here, where someone said the q1 sound like shit compared to a particular danley rig. I've heard a few danley...

4 bands (thankfully sharing backline) I managed to find music online for 3 of them, its the first show ever for the remaining one. MIxer at the show advancement had supposedly at least 8 bad channels. Clearing it with one venue rep, I ordered a very modest digital mixer. Mixer was sent back...

just had a frustrating phone call with a bar client who was trying to get sound out of his PA. Asked him about muted channels, xover settings, faulty cables, etc, etc. only to eventually find out that one of the mute buttons had been pressed, but since he is colorblind, he could not see the red...

I have an odd problem. A bank of flood lights (i believe they were originally used to patrol part of the berlin wall) has been repurposed as a blinder for a club install. There are 4 sections of 10 serial strung 23v bulbs powered by 3 phase 16A 230v and relay triggered. A problem which...