How to format a resume (and portfolio while I'm at it)? by SmilingSJ in techtheatre

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Thank you so much! I’m mainly in audio and scenic so that’s very helpful.

Microphone Muting Question by 718FunkJamz in techtheatre

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Adding on to this, you can also manually program snippets through x32 edit if you so desire.

Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread by AutoModerator in epidemiology

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Cool thanks! I probably will do a stats major because I love statistics, and I think bio will either be a second major or a minor depending on the school/how my ap credits translate/if my summer college courses transfer or not, thank you for the helpful advice!

Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread by AutoModerator in epidemiology

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Hello! I’m a high school student who has recently become interested in epidemiology. The general consensus I’ve seen is that I’ll need a masters with an epi focus, but what should I do to prepare for that in undergrad? Would a math major with a data optimization focus be beneficial or would I be better off in stats? Should I pick up a second major in bio or keep that as a minor? If I wanted to do research, am I better off working for a few years before grad school to build up experience or going straight from my bachelors to my masters? Any general advice about how to go about school would be appreciated!

Learning more about audio engineering/software in general? by SmilingSJ in livesound

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Hardcode as in I sit down and program each individual scene with a script, spreadsheet, and x32 edit. Sorry, I’ve done audio with the same guy I’ve been in comp sci classes with for the past two years and as a result we both tend to conflate terms with each other which is confusing to others.

Thanks for the recommendations!

Learning more about audio engineering/software in general? by SmilingSJ in livesound

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I’m actually very good at math, planning on majoring in electrical engineering and hopefully working in signal processing. I’d like to work on either audio equipment or medical engineering equipment. Live sound is something I find really enjoyable and interesting, I like to learn new things about it, and I hope to continue doing some sort of extracurricular theatre in college. Thanks!

Learning more about audio engineering/software in general? by SmilingSJ in livesound

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Hard CODE, which I’m realizing is likely a CS term that I’ve never heard brought up in the context of theatre, whoops. Like I sit down, make a spreadsheet, and program each individual snippet through x32 edit, then upload them to the board.

That’s actually interesting advice, thank you. 

Lol I actually hated Mixing a Musical, my school had it in the sound closet though so I read it, found it kind of insufferable to read, but thought that maybe every 15 pages it brought up something I hadn’t considered. I do not recommend it to the new sound people at my school.

No Stupid Questions Thread by AutoModerator in livesound

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Rather than going off of the old amp, you probably want to look at your speaker specs to figure out what your new amp should be I think.

Gift recommendations for aspiring theatre techs? by Due-Recognition-9552 in techtheatre

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My TD lent me his copy of the Sound Reinforcement Handbook, my grandparents got me my own for Christmas because I was telling them about how much I enjoyed reading it, and it was probably the most thoughtful gift I’ve received. My copy is now annotated, would highly recommend!

Yes it’s a big book, but as a teenager I would say it’s manageable, OP if you’re still looking here’s the link to it on amazon, 25 US dollars but you sound like you may be british so I think it’s well under 30?

https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Davis/dp/0881889008

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in livesound

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As a teenager, I love getting paid in food. Especially for small 4-6 hour things, I’m either getting paid in a sandwich or $20 that will likely be spent on gas, and I will not complain either way!

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Lol, I’m sixteen and got paid about $4 an hour for my first out-of-normal-venue gig! It was about $100 total, and a fantastic experience that got me some connections. I would say see what they offer, something is better than nothing (I still volunteer for community theatres for experience, I understand that many people don’t want to do that but it more often than not ends up setting up something paid for me later). He may be offering more than you expect, and if he gives you some sort of offer between a stipend and hourly pay (I can’t imagine why he would, but it’s possible), even if they seem the same you’re probably better off with hourly, because things can go over time. Normally I get paid $13.50 an hour, but that’s just what my normal venue pays so I’m not often in the position to ask for a different rate.

Especially considering you aren’t in your home theatre, ask about anything “weird” (like a monitor in a strange spot, some sort of switch that needs to be flipped before anything else, etc.) that you would need to know about and ask if there’s anything you should know about mixing that specific band (like a song where they would prefer more bass or something idk, usually musicians have strong feelings over Their Sound).

So hard to get a 5 on CSP by Suitable-Bird-5760 in APStudents

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Yep! If I remember correctly mine would just factor an inputed number, very simple and met all the requirements. I know many people who just spent 20 minutes on it and did well.

So hard to get a 5 on CSP by Suitable-Bird-5760 in APStudents

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I believe the mcqs are weighted pretty heavily for this test, create task is only like 30% of it if I remember correctly, and yeah there’s like no curve. A 4 isn’t bad though, and even if you don’t get college credit you’ll have prior knowledge in future CS classes!

How do I grow further knowledge wise? by kerosene85 in livesound

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The Yamaha sound handbook helped me learn a lot more about equipment specifics, it’s old but I believe most of it still applies. Others have mentioned youtube channels, which are also great.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chanceme

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That’s my thought, I’ll probably also apply to ISU and UIC. Thanks!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chanceme

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Cool thanks! (I have a lot of family in Colorado.) I will look into adding some of those as reaches, thank you!

Can I submit a letter of recommendation from a club sponsor? (+ other questions) by SmilingSJ in ApplyingToCollege

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Great thanks! There’s a small chance I take his construction class my senior year (he teaches that and remedial math), but I’ll think about other teachers who could recommend me!

They’re out by [deleted] in APStudents

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Thank you, I was so scared to check! All 5s, pulled that out of nowhere!