ProSoundWeb: Rather than deal with the legal and logistical challenges of short-range FM transmission, many drive-in concert events in the U.S. are simply opting to fly PA. My friend and touring mix engineer Fletcher McDermott recently reached out to me as he was preparing to mix a drive-in concert, wondering if I was aware of any data pertaining to tuning a PA for folks listening from inside their cars. I replied that I hadn’t seen anything, but it seemed easy enough to measure.
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This was a great read especially as radio plays and drive-in plays and movies and concerts all start popping up a lot more. This article specifically thinks about Drive-In events but it raised really great points for any theatre or art that is taking place where the audience is hearing sound not live/not directly from what is coming out of the amplification system. People talk a lot about video lag but not always sound lack that happens with Virtual Theatre as everyone has different internet speeds/radio signal strengths. This is wild to see the data and how small a change such as just having both windows open makes the sound so much better. I think this article shows how important it is for when presenting works virtually or over the radio or in a drive-in setting to make sure the audience is educated on how to watch. Should they be using headphones or a certain browser? It is also wild reading about how the brain adapts sound based on where you are and how this could certainly also affect an audience's experience.
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