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<blockquote data-quote="Randy Frierson" data-source="post: 22880" data-attributes="member: 251"><p>Re: Speaking of Varsity</p><p></p><p>Hmmm, I have been on both sides..I decided to be a provider after years as a touring engineer and having to work harder than I should....back in the day I would get off the bus and go inside the venue and see if I actually got what I advanced..sometimes I ate cake some days I worked way past soundcheck to make the show happen...I was kinda famous for introducing providers to their x over, seemed most thought it was a black box that they tune to their liking no matter what the componets needed or irrespective to phase...now this was well before the real black boxes that should never get mucked with...back in the 70's and 80's...i made a decision when I became a provider to not take a show unless I felt as if I could do the show like I would want it done if I was crawling out of my bunk on tour...my pet peeve is that my system tech find any and all problems before the touring guy does if not we have FAILED...So once I take a show I take over and do what I know needs to be done, yes if I was to count boxes and stuff I'm working for less than I should but I believe in headroom...luckily The Swamp in ft Walton beach also has my same appreciation for LIVE music...I finally talked them into hanging points so that I could fly the tops (mica) usually I fly 600 hps behind the tops as I treat them as low boxes and not subs, but at the swamp we fly 6 micas we have 2 600's under for the lows and then we use our powered tour subs across the front as aux fed subs...it's kinda for me go big or stay home...we did the same approach for Deluna Fest but with a ton more gear....in the end it's about the show, also I'm quite hard on system tech's, you must know your crap or you won't last long with me, I'm very happy as my main systems tech is Adam Shay and he is on the same page with me</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Frierson, post: 22880, member: 251"] Re: Speaking of Varsity Hmmm, I have been on both sides..I decided to be a provider after years as a touring engineer and having to work harder than I should....back in the day I would get off the bus and go inside the venue and see if I actually got what I advanced..sometimes I ate cake some days I worked way past soundcheck to make the show happen...I was kinda famous for introducing providers to their x over, seemed most thought it was a black box that they tune to their liking no matter what the componets needed or irrespective to phase...now this was well before the real black boxes that should never get mucked with...back in the 70's and 80's...i made a decision when I became a provider to not take a show unless I felt as if I could do the show like I would want it done if I was crawling out of my bunk on tour...my pet peeve is that my system tech find any and all problems before the touring guy does if not we have FAILED...So once I take a show I take over and do what I know needs to be done, yes if I was to count boxes and stuff I'm working for less than I should but I believe in headroom...luckily The Swamp in ft Walton beach also has my same appreciation for LIVE music...I finally talked them into hanging points so that I could fly the tops (mica) usually I fly 600 hps behind the tops as I treat them as low boxes and not subs, but at the swamp we fly 6 micas we have 2 600's under for the lows and then we use our powered tour subs across the front as aux fed subs...it's kinda for me go big or stay home...we did the same approach for Deluna Fest but with a ton more gear....in the end it's about the show, also I'm quite hard on system tech's, you must know your crap or you won't last long with me, I'm very happy as my main systems tech is Adam Shay and he is on the same page with me [/QUOTE]
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