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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff Doane" data-source="post: 80252" data-attributes="member: 1155">Re: Mixing side of stage. How DO you deal with it?Just wait until someone demands that you mix from behind the stage.&nbsp; Yes it&#039;s happened to me (I guess I&#039;m too ugly 8O~8-O~:shock: ), and to make matters worse, it was a one-off with a big band that featured lots of unannounced solos.Frankly, when somebody makes what I consider to be an unreasonable request, my GAFF* drops a bit.&nbsp; A monitor pointing at me, with its own volume control is essential, although getting the balance right is tricky.&nbsp; I find I often have to have it much louder than I would normally be comfortable listening to.&nbsp; If you can find something voiced similarly, that&#039;s ideal.&nbsp; The good news is, you&#039;re probably the person in the room who cares the most about the vocals being intelligible. 8)~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="8-)" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; 8-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname="8-)" />~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />Of course, current technology (iPad and a digital console) allows me to move out front without giving up too many features of the console.&nbsp; In fact, I&#039;ll sometimes opt to do that myself, rather than running a snake and having to negotiate for FOH space in a somewhat hostile environment.GTD*Give A F%$# Factor</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoff Doane, post: 80252, member: 1155"] Re: Mixing side of stage. How DO you deal with it? Just wait until someone demands that you mix from [I]behind[/I] the stage. Yes it's happened to me (I guess I'm too ugly 8O~8-O~:shock: ), and to make matters worse, it was a one-off with a big band that featured lots of unannounced solos. Frankly, when somebody makes what I consider to be an unreasonable request, my GAFF* drops a bit. A monitor pointing at me, with its own volume control is essential, although getting the balance right is tricky. I find I often have to have it much louder than I would normally be comfortable listening to. If you can find something voiced similarly, that's ideal. The good news is, you're probably the person in the room who cares the most about the vocals being intelligible. 8)~8-)~:cool: Of course, current technology (iPad and a digital console) allows me to move out front without giving up too many features of the console. In fact, I'll sometimes opt to do that myself, rather than running a snake and having to negotiate for FOH space in a somewhat hostile environment. GTD *Give A F%$# Factor [/QUOTE]

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