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<blockquote data-quote="Justice C. Bigler" data-source="post: 23387" data-attributes="member: 74">Re: Little League?Tim, everyone here would shit a brick if I tried to use 40 inputs on an orchestra (whether pit or or standard). But we don&#039;t do any pops series stuff here either so there&#039;s not really a need. We did have a jazz trumpet player and singer here for a show last year and they needed mics as well as their rhythm section. I put out some front fills and just ran vocals to the front fills; solo trumpet, vocals and a little piano to the main system, mixed by ear to the rest of the unmiced orchestra. We got several nasty comments from the old blue hairs after the show about how they didn&#039;t appreciate the amplified sound. I just told them that I was sorry, but that it had been requested by the musicians. I talked to the Executive Director of the Symphony a few months later and he said he got over 600 complaints about the fact that they miced up a few players for that show. I don&#039;t guess they will be doing that again anytime soon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justice C. Bigler, post: 23387, member: 74"] Re: Little League? Tim, everyone here would shit a brick if I tried to use 40 inputs on an orchestra (whether pit or or standard). But we don't do any pops series stuff here either so there's not really a need. We did have a jazz trumpet player and singer here for a show last year and they needed mics as well as their rhythm section. I put out some front fills and just ran vocals to the front fills; solo trumpet, vocals and a little piano to the main system, mixed by ear to the rest of the unmiced orchestra. We got several nasty comments from the old blue hairs after the show about how they didn't appreciate the amplified sound. I just told them that I was sorry, but that it had been requested by the musicians. I talked to the Executive Director of the Symphony a few months later and he said he got over 600 complaints about the fact that they miced up a few players for that show. I don't guess they will be doing that again anytime soon. [/QUOTE]

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