Pro Sound Web: There are four wireless microphone mistakes that get a sound tech in trouble. The first mistake is one I’m often asked about.
I’ll be upfront and say that I’ve made two of these mistakes. Two, maybe three. No, two. Forgive and forget, right? [sigh]
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Being the sound designer at my high school, I can say that I've experienced the problems described in this article. Our high school was built in the 1960’s by architects with limited acoustic experience and no idea of where technology would be in 50 years. This means I am constantly fighting with feedback. There is little to no absorption of the sound waves. All of the exterior walls are solid concrete making it very hard to avoid feedback problems. I can't begin to count the number of times actor will go on stage to find that there mic isn't on, it makes me livid! No matter how many times I ask them to LEAVE THEM ON! Somehow they still get shut off. The microphone asst. (who should also be monitoring the battery level) is forced to run back and forth to turn mics on. As for channel assignments, I've developed a fairly good method to keeping them organized during a show. The only part which gets challenging is when actors decide to change their mics during the show, and I end up pulling the wrong slider during the performance. The combined challenges of a high school with a bad PA system and actors that love to make life difficult makes it hard for me, , but I do the best I can with the technology I have.
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