Pete Alcock Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I've done many school shows where an increasing number of radio mics are being used. At the end of the show, when the cast are all excited, the last thing on their young minds is where to put the radio pack and lav. I've usually put a flighcase lid backstage and instructed an SM to collect them all, but this rarely works and you end up with a tangled mess. Accordingly, I devised this - a mic tray. 4" lengths of carpet tube, glued together and put inside a carpet-lined Ikea "SNACK" storage box (£6.99 from the Swedish megastore). Just finished a big show with a Hampshire school with 12 mics(!) and it worked like a charm. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/petealcock/MicTray.jpg Trust this is of interest. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Nice idea, Pete - I like it. Far better than the commercial ones on the pocket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual5 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Yeah very nice, organisation is definitely invalueble and surely makes the job in hand a lot less troublesome. I will maybe use this method of storage myself for my next show. I have just spent a time slicing foam, wedged in a flightcase, to house the venue mics. This also makes the distribution, collection and storage process very convenient... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzette Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Nice idea - have show coming up with 18 mics (& 250 performers!!) so could be useful.Can I ask - on the photo it seems that only the packs are in the tubes - where did you put the bit of string???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonino Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 give that man a sticky bun! excellent idea! (although you do appear to be missing 4 of your 12 :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieR Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I think you should forward this onto Blue Peter for their next 'Tracey Island'-type project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_beal Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 (although you do appear to be missing 4 of your 12 :)) ....Or even 7 of your 15 ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 (although you do appear to be missing 4 of your 12 :)) ....Or even 7 of your 15 ;)Just finished a big show with a Hampshire school with 12 mics I've got a musical in a couple of weeks that I'll have to try that with - my no. 2 is usually presented with the traditional flightcase lid which always ends up messy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 I like that, its neat. A society of my knowledge has a board (couple of foot square) with 'pockets' into which the packs and capsules go, which was the previous most neat solution I'd seen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Alcock Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Ta for the comments. Can I ask - on the photo it seems that only the packs are in the tubes - where did you put the bit of string????They'd all been put neatly away when I thought about taking a picture and I didn't want to get them all out again just for the pic! (although you do appear to be missing 4 of your 12 )I only have 8 - they were an additional four trantec VHF units that were hired in - they were back in the hire flightcase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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