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<blockquote data-quote="Jordan Lahr" data-source="post: 50245" data-attributes="member: 931">Re: Musicals...As others have said, Its not so much about the placement with Lavs but the style (Cardiod, omni, etc.) This season alone, with the broadway tours coming through 99% of the mics were run through the hair and placed at the hair line. The 1% was hidden inside of a costume at the neck line. In theater its all about speaker placement, and how the space resonates. Luckily (or unluckly) our space was designed as a classical concert hall (very nice reverb) as well as easy projection. We have some nasty frequencies at about the 4k and 15k range but other than that its a decent space. Most of the facial placement of mics in the theater world is leaning more on cosmetics rather than functionality, with functionality being a second contender only to cosmetics (and don&#039;t even think about comfort-ability, some actors had to have the mic + belt pack inside their hair net due to costume changes)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jordan Lahr, post: 50245, member: 931"] Re: Musicals... As others have said, Its not so much about the placement with Lavs but the style (Cardiod, omni, etc.) This season alone, with the broadway tours coming through 99% of the mics were run through the hair and placed at the hair line. The 1% was hidden inside of a costume at the neck line. In theater its all about speaker placement, and how the space resonates. Luckily (or unluckly) our space was designed as a classical concert hall (very nice reverb) as well as easy projection. We have some nasty frequencies at about the 4k and 15k range but other than that its a decent space. Most of the facial placement of mics in the theater world is leaning more on cosmetics rather than functionality, with functionality being a second contender only to cosmetics (and don't even think about comfort-ability, some actors had to have the mic + belt pack inside their hair net due to costume changes) [/QUOTE]

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