dbuckley Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 At the Hawth in Crawley they have (had?) a neat arrangement whereby the multicore is presented on multipins in both the auditorium and in the control room, and thus they can on a show by show basis choose from where to mix. Always thought that was a great solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLiEn Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 We have that at The Capitol Theatre, in Horsham just down road from crawley. Bloody handy! although nowadays, with ethernet multicores, this problem could be made easier to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superuser2 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 At our school we have a single room split in half (connecting door) with a three-segmented sliding glass panel (like in display cases) in the lighting side and an open space with a solid metal screen that opens and closes like a garage door on the sound side. Security is absolutely essential since the auditorium is used for study hall at lunchtime :-), and we keep the boards, microphones, and headsets in there. Plus we expect that our spaces and boards will be undisturbed from one evening to the next. Had to do a show in the gym once - everybody messed with my gain knobs and it really screwed me up. So if you can, get them to keep that stuff secure. Get the window exchanged for an opening with an opening and closing security screen. Bring up the cost of equipment damage and the fact that you just can't do your job without hearing what the audience hears. If the school won't do it, get yourself put in the audience. You may be able to get a table on casters for the sound desk so it can be wheeled into a locking cabinet when not in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundo26 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 You cannot mix what you can't hear and you cannot mix via monitor speakers in a windowed control room. Firstly Microphones are no substitute for a good ear and the colouration from the Mic/speaker setup will render the sound completely different to the sound outside and so will bear no resemblance. Secondly you could easily find yourself in your control room happily mixing the sound which sounds great in the monitors, but with dead quiet in the auditorium because the amps have lost power or some other problem. If you cannot get the window taken out, or at least opened, you should take the desk down into the auditorium and operate from there, even in the control room with the window open the sound will not be the same, but at least would be a compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 A school hall I've done a few shows in (Kaiapoi High School auditorium for the curious) has what looks to all the world like little wrought iron gates over the control room opening. You can operate through them quite happily, or take them out altogether (key lock) if they are just too annoying. This venue does have the worlds worst house light controls though (sorry camera phone pic): http://www.davidbuckley.name/pix/kaiapoi_hs_panel.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostlyharmless Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 If you are in a box - then you can't hear the teacher or director. I'm sure this will anoy them more than it will detract you from todays crossword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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