wibwob Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Hi, Just wondering if anyone here has any details on the recent T-Mobile event in Trafalgar Square. Curious about the amount of Handheld radio mics used, I saw one with the number 59 on it!! Did the hire company manage to retrieve all the radio mics after the gig? Cheers J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazHS Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I was wondering that too, I saw a lot of Beta 58a capsuled units - so it wasn't like they were cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I heard/read somewhere there were 2000 units, though how the hell that works out in rf terms I don't know. most likely not all were switched on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolley1466 Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Who stocks 2000 radio mics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Lawrance Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Brit Row were on the scene. 160 radios were actually working. The rest were fakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lyall Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Some of the microphones had quite large, clear markings on (tape with numbers all around them).... other's were completely blank. One might make the educated guess that only the ones with the markings on were live... Notice how in the advert the only people 'featured' (as in you can actually hear them!) have one of those heavily marked microphones, not one of the blank ones ... or maybe I've over anaylsed this. Simon PS: and posted too slow... the definitive answer above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 It's an advert, it's as real as hundreds of commuters doing identical dance without being choreographed. Everyone using radio microphones professionally knows how many can run together at the same time. It's a good ad, but it's TV, not special science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljoshua Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Having recently been filmed for one of those T-Mobile Adverts. (Drakes Circus Plymouth) I wasn't given any instructions. It wasn't that hard to pick up the dance moves. There were however, a few seed dancers in the crowd. Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibwob Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 Wonder how many of the mics were returned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolley1466 Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I'm sure there was a procedure in place to get them back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 160 Radio Mics.5 Yamaha PM5D's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 T-Mobile say there were 2000! Could I suggest that any figures for equipment should be taken with a pinch of salt until we get a citation from somebody who really knows - so that would be one of the companies who provided kit, or JFMG - but without any qualification on the figures it's a bit silly really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Maybe there were 2000. But it appears the figures of mics with receivers on the other end is closer to 160. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 T-Mobile say there were 2000! Could I suggest that any figures for equipment should be taken with a pinch of salt until we get a citation from somebody who really knows - so that would be one of the companies who provided kit, or JFMG - but without any qualification on the figures it's a bit silly really! My figure comes directly from someone who did the audio on the job as I suspect does Ben's.I have also seen a photo of the 80 dual channel receiver racks and desks. It is an accurate figure. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil dekked Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 160 Radio Mics.5 Yamaha PM5D's Close but not quite.. 2 x Pm1d `s2 x pm5d`s1 x M7cl as sub mix desk 160 handhelds http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6336/20800200.jpghttp://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5502/44763473.jpg and a muddle of Yamaha`s ( don`t know what a collective noun of `em is!) http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/163/31718867.jpg all through bss active spilts, with ADAT out to backup recording system alongside usual Protools malarky. I thought it was a joke when the words "2000" mics were being used . But luckily it was only 160 ... phew! .p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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