Recent content by Simon Eves

Blue socket is line level. Pink is mic level.

With respect to Ben, a 44.1/48 sample rate difference is going to be VERY obvious, as that's nearly a 10% difference which is a couple of semitones of tuning and it would drift very quickly and obviously. Consumer gear just sometimes doesn't have very accurate clocking, and two devices can just...

Not sure if this is legit or not, and obviously I would expect any response to be private and I would not share them with anyone... As a comparison point in an ongoing financial discussion with my usual pool of "clients", I would like to get some example quotes for a mid-level community theater...

https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/mountain-play-san-rafael?select_video=1yH-_d8JQQdEZmjklYX9tw I'm thinking MSL-2 or -2A. Can anyone confirm? No big deal. Just interested. Other stills in that same Yelp profile, although this video is actually the clearest view.

Following on from my other "how big a rig for this room" thread, I'm now hoping (mainly for financial reasons) to keep the existing mains and just supplement them with a sub or two. I looked around as to what was available to rent, and of course most places offer QSCs. I wasn't previously aware...

Makes sense. Thanks. Maybe they will. I'm going to ask a couple of the cast of our currently-running show to come a bit early one day this weekend and we'll do some volume tests. I don't have access to a sub without at least renting one, though, and I won't have time to EQ and align it...

Dear JV, I do a lot of work in a small community theater which is the middle unit of a strip mall. The room is basically one big open space, approximately 69' wide and 48' deep, of which about 16' of depth is the stage (raised 18"). There is a partition wall to form the main lobby on one side...

They've been out for a while now, but there's not much out there about them. My conclusions are that they're at least as good (some say better) than QSC K's, but not quite on a pair with the JBL PRX/SRX or Yamaha DSR, although cheaper than all of those (esp. the SRX). The Ultranet audio...

I've been doing sound for community theatre for about 14 years now, the last couple of years on a digital board (an X32), but sometimes I still struggle with EQ and dynamics. The same mic in the same rough position on different actors' cheeks can sound radically different. I guess some people's...

In a few months, I'm going to be re-mounting a show in a theatre which has its own Soundcraft Si Expression 3 and Cat5 MADI snake to an on-stage Soundcraft Mini Stagebox (I can't remember if it's the 32/16 or 16/8 version, but hopefully in this context they are the same). I am doing the show...

Re: MD Vocals Monitor "Auto Gain"? Note that X32 buses don't have Gates, only Compressor/Expanders, and I'm using all 32 real input channels that do, otherwise maybe the Gate in Duck mode would have worked...? Edit: No, that's rubbish. That's the opposite. Maybe I need a Gate with a small...

So last night's new problem was that the monitor we set up for the MD/pianist to hear the wireless vocals is having to be set really loud for him to still hear them when the band is wailing around him. It's a Behringer B208D on its side on the floor next to him, and he's playing a baby grand. He...

So as I said in another thread, I recently stepped in to run sound for a musical theatre production at 10 days' notice when the regular sound guy had a nasty transportation accident. So far, I've done 28 hours there, evenings and all this weekend, and I shall be there 5 hours the next three...

(repost after accidental post in X32 sub-forum) So, to those of you who automate mutes and maybe DCA assignments on musicals... How often are you creating a new cue? Per scene? (assuming enough DCAs for people who aren't on the whole scene) Per entrance/exit? (this seems the most likely, at...

I'm thinking about getting an XR12 as a replacement for an ancient 8-channel analog board at a small theatre company I do sound work for occasionally. The website indicates that it can use an X-Touch as a MIDI controller, and supports Mackie protocol too. Can anyone please confirm whether it...