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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 88065" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: keeping stages cleanDon&#039;t let the bands move the mics or stands. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Cable from the upstage side of the kit, splitting left/right... this allows you to pull drum mics to the sides/upstage for rolling risers or simply getting work room for the stagehands/musicians.&nbsp; Use individual cables, not a loom.&nbsp; If your tom mics are &quot;clip on&quot; types, have a way of getting them &amp; their cables out of the way and off the deck at set change.&nbsp; LABEL EVERY CABLE with source, sub-snake channel and main snake channel.&nbsp; We color code our sub snakes, so a label might read &quot;SNT Y3/3&quot;.&nbsp; Snare top, yellow sub-snake input 3, main snake channel 3.&nbsp; &quot;BSM B1/13&quot; would be Bass Mic, blue sub-snake input 1, main snake input 13.It is always good to have a helper on stage.&nbsp; If you have a lavalier wireless system, put the mic on the helper.&nbsp; You can PFL the channel in cans to hear him and speak back to him with your VOG mic in the monitors.&nbsp; Better than a walkie talkie because it&#039;s hands-free for the stage tech.And frankly, if anyone who witnesses the mayhem of 20 bands a day has the balls to complain about your drum snake, invite them to babysit it and keep it neat &amp; tidy all day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 88065, member: 67"] Re: keeping stages clean Don't let the bands move the mics or stands. ;) Cable from the upstage side of the kit, splitting left/right... this allows you to pull drum mics to the sides/upstage for rolling risers or simply getting work room for the stagehands/musicians. Use individual cables, not a loom. If your tom mics are "clip on" types, have a way of getting them & their cables out of the way and off the deck at set change. LABEL EVERY CABLE with source, sub-snake channel and main snake channel. We color code our sub snakes, so a label might read "SNT Y3/3". Snare top, yellow sub-snake input 3, main snake channel 3. "BSM B1/13" would be Bass Mic, blue sub-snake input 1, main snake input 13. It is always good to have a helper on stage. If you have a lavalier wireless system, put the mic on the helper. You can PFL the channel in cans to hear him and speak back to him with your VOG mic in the monitors. Better than a walkie talkie because it's hands-free for the stage tech. And frankly, if anyone who witnesses the mayhem of 20 bands a day has the balls to complain about your drum snake, invite them to babysit it and keep it neat & tidy all day. [/QUOTE]

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