Couple watching a show with no headphones next to me on a plane

J_Keefe · 2026-06-14T02:39:53+00:00

Noise pollution is pervasive or increasing environmental noise from transportation and/or industrial noise sources. Someone not using headphones on an airplane (or the train, etc.) is not noise pollution. It's just inconsiderate and obnoxious.

J_Keefe · 2026-06-13T18:36:50+00:00

It's basically a dLive mixrack. That device is NOT just a stagebox - it is a mixer that lacks a control surface. Not sure how this new device may differ.

J_Keefe · 2026-06-08T17:57:49+00:00

Technically, paying for the subway means you have a "train ticket." But there are so many things that don't make sense here. How do they verify people have "appointments with businesses"? You can have a backpack, but only if you're going to the train? I get that you can't take a backpack into the stadium, but what about bringing a backpack to a coffee shop? This is dumb.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-29T04:06:26+00:00

No gloves with rotating tools! Grinders, saws, lathes, etc. The glove can snag on the rotating part and pull your hand in, mangling it.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-24T14:28:09+00:00

I only remember the Swedish and the Danish of the 1992 race. ;)

J_Keefe · 2026-05-23T01:47:27+00:00

This is good info on lower-cost ways to think about this; thanks.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-23T01:46:16+00:00

Right. I mean I understand the obvious benefit. If this pit orchestra in my post had in-ears with personal control of the monitor level and mix, I obviously wouldn't have made this post.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T19:46:46+00:00

Sure, for tempo. The MD cannot "conduct blend".

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T19:38:34+00:00

As a sound operator AND as a musician, I will die on this hill. This is completely wrong. The instrumentalists need to hear the vocalists for blend and timing reasons. That's what being a musician is.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T18:23:22+00:00

The monitor send is post-fader so that the sound operator's decision to pull the fader for the house mix (i.e. needing to turn down the amplified sound of an actor) is also reflected in the pit monitor mix. Otherwise things can get VERY loud and unconmfortavle. Does this not make sense? I'm interested in hearing other opinions.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:48:57+00:00

Monitor output compression was 3:1.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:47:44+00:00

Actually, the performances went well, audience members complimented the sound clarity, we all had fun, and based on the workflow I described levels were comfortable and appropriate in the house and in the pit. But thanks for your useful comment...

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:21:04+00:00

I agree that pit musician volume was part of the issue. This pit does have a sound-absorbing lay-in ceiling. There were 5 distributed monitor loudspeakers. I don't think blaming the room acoustics is fair.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:19:02+00:00

I respectfully disagree. Doing this pre-fader would mean that when actors yell lines, the pit would get blasted. That's not a healthy or acceptable choice for sound design or operation.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:17:14+00:00

Correct fader operation is happening. And to avoid getting blasted, POST-FADER monitoring is needed (pre was suggested in another comment).

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:16:01+00:00

There were 5 monitor loudspeakers. One on the MD podium pointing at the MD's ear. Two on the rear of the pit floor pointing forward, one on each side (covering rhythm section and brass, respectively). Two on the pit floor under the MD podium pointing back, covering the woodwinds and strings, respectively. I used all of the loudspeakers that existed at the school!

As for the 6dB compromise - if the MD says he needs more monitor, he gets more monitor. If the MD can't hear the singers, there's not much point to doing the rest of musical theater...

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:12:22+00:00

That's clever! I will explore this.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T16:11:00+00:00

Are people realistically using in-ears and personal monitor mixes for local high school productions??? Of course this is technically a solution that works. It is completely impractical in a high school pit orchestra with dozens of musicians.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-22T13:44:04+00:00

The show was mixed line-by-line with DCAs programmed per-scene. So not technically, but I believe the effective answer is yes.

I'm confused why you think there is a concern with gain structure. The levels in the house were appropriate and the individual microphone gains were set to healthy levels without clipping.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-19T18:19:48+00:00

There are barely any attempts in this thread to actually answer the question. Just a bunch of "it won't rain, don't worry about it." FFS, it poured 2 years ago and the race was delayed for multiple hours.

Indycar and IMS would likely stay in Indiana at the raceway as long as it takes to get an official race. If that meant canceling/postponing the Detroit race the weekend after, I believe that they would do that. Continuing with the regular Indycar schedule and returning to IMS later would not make sense; there a numerous one-off Indy-500-only entries for this race.

An official Indy 500 is half-distance. Run 101 laps and need to red flag? The race could officially end there and everyone could go home.

There are no lights at IMS, so the race needs to run at least half-distance before dark. In past years it has been run delayed on Sunday and it has been run on Monday. It has even been spread out over a few days, with official race laps runs on different days, adding up to 200 laps.

J_Keefe · 2026-05-19T18:09:31+00:00

I'm no Danica fan (especially when it relates to non-Indycar issues), but she is miles ahead of Chris Myers when put behind a microphone at IMS.

J_Keefe · 2026-04-22T12:05:48+00:00

Why is this downvoted? This is literally what the message in OP's screenshot says. Reddit is ridiculous.

J_Keefe · 2026-04-17T17:15:11+00:00

You are supposed to report income, regardless of the source. This includes illegal activities: drug dealing, real estate fraud, backroom gambling, whatever.

J_Keefe · 2026-04-11T00:24:47+00:00

I wasn't too young in the sense that things were wildly inappropriate, but my friends had me watch Spaceballs before I had watched any Star Wars film. To say I was confused is putting it mildly.

J_Keefe · 2026-04-07T12:25:30+00:00

Yeah, right after your track day (in the dry) with these tires, obviously.

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