Sound & AV Kit

[gallente]

ok this topic seems to be going around alot now, but I was just wondering what you audio and visual lot have in your kit (that is ofcourse if you have a kit) if not, what would you think should be in it, weither your doing sound or AV.

[MikeR]

Tool box contains in no particular order

Set of jewellers screwdrivers

wee tweaker for mics

Large lockback knife

smaller swissarmy knife

Tape measure

assorted screwdrivers

2 x xAJ

Nutspinners (various sizes)

Laser pointer

Crimping tool

Soldering iron & solder

Test meter

Martindale socket tester

various bnc connectors / tpieces and terminators (75 ohm)

Various d type connectors, terminators and gender benders

XLR barrels and gender benders

rolls pvc tape various colours

couple of Sharpies

note pad & biros

Rizlas & lighter

blank cds & md

fuses

box of 6 x 35mm line up slides (used to carry slide mounts as well)

miniature spirit level

a saftey chain & ouple of carabiners (no idea why there in there)

Garden secateurs (Scary thought)

Several pages of out of date Job specs & purchase orders

Assorted old Lanyards & passes that haven't made it into the bin as yet

screws and screw eyes

couple of padlocks (combination)

1 pair truckdrivers calfskin gloves

aspirin, resolve and pro plus

 

I think thats the lot off the top of me head.

[Spider_senses]

ear plugs.

[Matt]

we seem to havre an extremely large (almost worrying) amount of gender benders in a 5 litre tub in our lx box, other than, my own collection of XLR's and tools - and a projector somewhere

[Andrew C]

More or less as MikeR. Add;

Test CD & cassette

Spare A1-223 bubbles

Cheap multimeter

String (never know...)

lots of scrap paper

Couple of phono & mic leads

EMO dual DI box

IEC and Telefunken leads

 

Stock of mainly Kodak 35mm projectors (one Simda), 3M and Sony data projectors, OHPs galore, 6x8 fastfolds (front & rear project) & a Bose 402 based sound system for portable use.

 

 

On the back-back genderbender issue...has anyone ever had the right one in any cicumstance?? :)

[James C]

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Cheap multimeter

String (never know...)

...

Surely the string is useless unless you also have two empty tin cans (each with a hole in the botttom) in your kit :)

[david.elsbury]

On the back-back genderbender issue...has anyone ever had the right one in any cicumstance??

I got *HIGHLY* frustrated at school yesterday. Doing a Sri Lankan gig, had to send another return from the FOH desk to side stage (our snake has 4 returns. yippie) and the 2 gender benders we own had gone walkies.... grrrr

 

I would have had the right ones IF they had been there...

 

-david-

[Pete McCrea]

No highs no Lows, must be the Bose.....

 

Little ditty I once heard.

[IanG]

No highs no Lows, must be the Bose.....

 

Little ditty I once heard.

Full version:

 

Hear no highs, feel no lows, sounds like crap, it must be Bose.

 

We all know what Bose stands for too - Bring Other Sound Equipment :-)

[themadhippy]

dont knock bose,ive heard there speakers sounding rather nice on 2 occasions

the first was in a dutch cofee shop,the second involved petrol and a naked flame

[Matt]

chord amps and 802 sigs for me for those who know what they are

 

though I think the 805 sigs are far more accurate, and look better in my mind, but lack bass a tad, so they need a decent sub to go with them, but still, they will always be better than bose

 

though no-one has them in a theatre...