CMU School of Drama


Friday, May 01, 2020

“The DiGiGrid IOS was a no-brainer...”

ETNow.com: As a highly respected touring front of house engineer, Tim Southorn’s day job (his description), has seen him work with a fascinating list of artists, primarily in the rap and pop genres. Tim’s day job however, is only part of a wider palette of audio work that sees him involved in broadcasting and studio mixing. Whether it’s a live concert mix, an album, a commercial, a film score or live stream, he applies a depth of critical listening that established itself in his psyche from his earliest days.

1 comment:

James Gallo said...

Honestly I’m not really sure exactly what the article is talking about, but I wanted to write about it because it does not have much to do with the coronavirus. I am always very impressed with how much it seems like every department in the theatre is relying so heavily on networking. I often hear that sound and lighting are becoming like IT jobs. Technicians are expected to know how to install these complicated networking systems. It seems like it is really making the sound world more efficient, though, and much more capable of complicated sound systems. I feel like with the switch to digital systems like these, the sound systems are able to handle so many more channels and the capabilities are expanding like crazy. I experienced some of this on Sound Stagecraft so I saw firsthand how some of these skills are being taught for networking and digital audio and it seems like a whole new skill set that technicians are going to need to rely on.