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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Eves" data-source="post: 121613" data-attributes="member: 4463">Re: &quot;Next To Normal&quot; opens tonightReally? I was always led to believe that directional mics were bad in that context. I&#039;ve only ever used omnis (B6s, B3s, PSM-Ls, MKE2s). I usually put them in the hairline or further back over the ear, but I put them closer for this show as it&#039;s a loud one in a fairly small hard-walled room. Still no feedback until it&#039;s REALLY loud, though.I know... I&#039;m just usually dealing with community/kids theatre where you have to be ready for the actors to not necessarily always do exactly what&#039;s in the script, and so having it all automated would be a liability. Also, until I got my X32 I&#039;ve never had a mixer with a proper scene system anyway, so I didn&#039;t have the choice. For slower-moving shows where more open mics are tolerable, I have regularly mixed up to 12-14 manually. This one I&#039;m mixing line by line because of the volume and to avoid comb filtering.Of course, last night I managed to accidentally duck possibly the most important line in the show (for those that know the show, the reveal by Natalie in the birthday-cake scene) which earned me a glare from the director, but I think she&#039;s already forgiven me and people at the back told me they heard it anyway! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simon Eves, post: 121613, member: 4463"] Re: "Next To Normal" opens tonight Really? I was always led to believe that directional mics were bad in that context. I've only ever used omnis (B6s, B3s, PSM-Ls, MKE2s). I usually put them in the hairline or further back over the ear, but I put them closer for this show as it's a loud one in a fairly small hard-walled room. Still no feedback until it's REALLY loud, though. I know... I'm just usually dealing with community/kids theatre where you have to be ready for the actors to not necessarily always do exactly what's in the script, and so having it all automated would be a liability. Also, until I got my X32 I've never had a mixer with a proper scene system anyway, so I didn't have the choice. For slower-moving shows where more open mics are tolerable, I have regularly mixed up to 12-14 manually. This one I'm mixing line by line because of the volume and to avoid comb filtering. Of course, last night I managed to accidentally duck possibly the most important line in the show (for those that know the show, the reveal by Natalie in the birthday-cake scene) which earned me a glare from the director, but I think she's already forgiven me and people at the back told me they heard it anyway! :) [/QUOTE]

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