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Another vote for DT770

With coms packs, possibly the theatre "splashing out" on one headset per employee ?Strict rules about not sharing headsets and bagging when not in use?

It's £100 odd per set but safer and less cleaning etc.Even cheaper on Amazon - possibly

Sorry to hear that Grid Girl,

I went through a reorganisation where we all had to apply for one fewer job than the team had - or one of us had to drop a grade(20% pay cut) The system had been to look at what you did, then follow a nationally agreed pay/grade scale agreement and appoint you to the correct grade.

The system for us was that they designed the system structure that they "could afford" and tried to squeeze us into it. I lost out but managed to get another job in the organisation at the same salary. Very hard to be magnanimous when your friends are in the same situation. I couldn't go back even if the offer was made.

Best wishes

Fortunately I had (with permission from my fire officer and h&s person) the fire detectors switched at the board to be Heat only in daytime and smoke 10am-10 pmBecause we do occasionally make smoke plus a fair bit of dust from time to time and aren't a "venue" . It was £350 a visit to switch on/off and everyone was ok with it.

 

Thanks! May do it at work then take a few days off!

someone's given me a (£25?) smoke machine from ebay. They bought it, used it a few times and bunged it under their bed.Not used for several years

 

I will PAT it and have fired it up- there is a tiny amount of fluid left.It has the iec type remote and also the iec wireless remote but not the handset

Is it advisable to flush it through with "something". Or just but some more fluid and leave it to heat up and blast a bit through?I was going to give it to a mate to use with his band

We once did the lighter test to a set for "South Pacific" that an amdram company brought in.We should have known better as it was ancient and very "flappy" canvas wise.Nobody expected it to fail but the bloody thing went up like a bonfire. I think we beat it out with riggers' gloves

Hope it all works out.I now work in a university environment and we're having a pay cut of 5/10/15% depending on grade plus zero pay cost of living increase that we'd normally have in August.This is to hopefully avoid redundancies. 30% cut in temporary contracts and very close examination of any post that becomes vacant.The thing is that a lot of covid precautions actually need more tech input than normal running

Would something from a cctv system be possible? Pretty use all our work cctv is mains powered before being sent back to monitoring but something between domestic and massive?

Would a rugged cat 6 do?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MutecPower-Outdoor-waterproof-Ethernet-Network/dp/B00EOTHDWQ/ref=asc_df_B00EOTHDWQ/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309903005216&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4781234355672329188&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9050362&hvtargid=pla-565476416398&psc=1

I have some quite old now Libecs,, and a slightly newer s/h ebay purchase

Manfrotto are pretty good but all video tripods tend to be landscape only. Get something with ball and socket levelling.

Take a look at cameragrip.

https://www.cameragrip.com/

Generally, high speed extraction is noisy, low speed (high volume) is a lot quieter .I used to work in a 70's built TV studio (budget) and we could only run ventilation between shoots/shots. It sounded like a jet engine and sucked drapes unless you were careful

You can gain a lot by roof openings and airflow.

any ideas about safely cleaning mics used by several people? (24 hours apart)

 

Obviously an alcohol wipe could be used on several mething like an sm58 and a foam pop filter can be washed. It's more things like tie clip/headsets and headphones

I was thinking a wipe and quarantine?

The atem is incredibly powerful. I have the earlier television studio version but want the atem mini proThe atem software can control a recorder to playback as a VT feed although with the television studio unit I managed to get ok quality out of a cyclone 2 media player that's about 5% of the cost

Above your budget but the black magic atem mini pro looks impressive and would do what you need?Hire/buy?

Why are sound and LX exchanging notes? Don't you rehearse?

Some theatres are set up with no ability to see/hear each other and although talkback is available, the crew listen to cues rather than chat. Some talkback can include cue lights or just go back to traditional cue lights that predate talkback? Your're normally best off with PPT cans anyway but you can acknowledge on cans by tapping the mic or just tutting

It sound more like you're trying to mitigate the issue for one staff member yet still allow the poor ventilation to exist?Even if the air HAS to move through an existing hole in the building, can't you add ducting so that any airflow enters a duct in the auditorium and routes through but not into the control room?

I have been in sealed control rooms and one issue is getting a real idea of how load the monitors are v the auditoriumIt's easy for control room monitors to sound good while the auditorium is either too loud or quiet

If the existing system works, why change anything?Assuming that you fill half the theatre, one sound operator's breath is hardly a risk? You could have a partial Perspex screen that stopped line of sight (breath) to the sound roomPresumably the sound op and audience are facing the same way?

I have worked in completely sealed control rooms, ones with sliding windows and on a balcony and a balcony beats a room most of the time.Could you have a low velocity fan to prevent the audience venting into the box?Wear a mask?

Aren't they only for lifting? But not rated for suspended loads? i.e. You'd need spot lines that could be tied off? Does extending the remote invalidate any (in the uk) LOLER type regs?

First thing I'd do would be to put down a disposable dust sheet, or a blue tarp, to protect the floor from damp.Then look for a Matt floor paint from maybe flints? Possibly use a varnish under the black? More for the wood's sake than the black paint protection

https://shop.flints.co.uk/Products/All/PAT023

The second most common issue with am dram sfx after volume is the start/stop cues. Apart from the "that must be someone at the door " 2 beats later (knock knock /ring) Background or establishing sfx need to be a good bit longer than the scene, and faded up with the LX so a beach "appears" or "disappears" to the audience. Seagulls that are terrifyingly loud but suddenly stop scream amdram.You can use 7.1 to spread sound all over the place - but OTT for what you need.

I'd be tempted to have a couple of FOH amps and speakers for announcements, background etc and then some balanced powered speakers that could be located where you need them

More than one replay device can be handy if you're just using some BG sounds and some spots. You could run Qlab from a Mac through a 7.1 but it might be complicated. Don't be afraid of an ASM with a chunk of ply, with a doorbell, door knocker, etc and a bucket of broken crockery to tip into a plastic dustbin for offstage noises

The last venue I worked in was keen on in the round/prom /traverse so we used Qlab / presonus sound cards and crown amps through turbosound in three of the spacesBut it still came down to a small powered speaker in the right place sometimes. You can also make use of self powered speakers hidden away

hi

 

Normally we run an Art Show every year as a graduation /exam piece. (it's marked before but this is for family and friends)

 

Normally it's a live show, all over a building, 70 artists doing everything from performance to a video showreel, painting, sculpture, immersive stuff etc.

All the students are away in lockdown now, and won't be back. The show is normally end of May/start of June.

 

What we are trying to do is a sort of Eurovision style presentation that goes out on Youtube live for parents to watch. There are around 70 students needing to present, normally we are meeting via Zoom to discuss stuff.

We'd probably have it arranged that there's a host to camera, then somehow switch to person 1-2-3 -4-5 back to host -6-7-8 etc.

 

So far the only equipment that I can lay my hands on is OBS/Zoom plus creative cloud. We need some way of connecting as many people with possibly basic tech at home into a multiway event.

I can't get to it at the moment but I also have a Black Magic Television studio plus a BM video recorder that will send the Mix to a computer.

 

https://hprestonmedi...4hoCOJkQAvD_BwE

 

If anybody has any experience in this I'd appreciate any ideas. I can possibly get stuff bought on CC and delivered. By that time we may be back at work as well.

The initial idea is that people might use a laptop to literally walk through a sculpture or point it at pictures, talking about their work.

Personally I think that a safety net would be a powerpoint converted to a video or a short film is made as a backup and sent to a central point so that there's a backup if someone's connection goes down.

 

These shows are legendary and they normally run for 4-5 hours with a free bar, and is the summation of 4 years study, so it needs to be an "Event" - or as close as I can get it.

 

To Summarise :- 70 participants - many viewers via Youtube live (or Vimeo?) - people take turns

 

Thanks

There's also gobutton. An ap for iPad/phoneAssuming that you're not running CueLab

The startle reflex causes people to blink when they hear a sudden loud noise.Simply hit a biscuit tin with a hammer and switch over at the same time?

I'm fairly sure that a cheap hdmi bi directional splitter can be used ?They are pretty cheap as are Amazon returnsWorth investigating?

ThanksI did wonder about the Shure- I suspect that she might be setting up on her own as she either plays the keyboard herself or has an 85 year old pianist. I will try to keep it as simple as I can