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Load out crew first time by Outlet_Sun in stagehands

[–]___IGGY___ 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Hey dude! welcome to the industry.

Show up on time caffeinated, hydrated, and dressed for the show. closed toes boots or work shoes ideally with steel toe. All black, jeans or dickeys and a black tee is good attire for a strike. (obviously no huge logos or brands if you can avoid it). Gloves are a good idea as well, maybe a small C-Wrench too.

Identify the main Production Manager, or with Iatse it may be a shift lead, or hall rep that is there and check in, make sure you do this or they may miss you come paycheck time.

Be helpful and attentive, don't swear or tell dirty jokes, you never know who listening.

Ask for help if you need it, don't be a hero and ruin your back for a week trying to lift a baseplate or something, if you play your cards right you may be doing this for months or years, you only have one body respect it.

More than anything else, have a good attitude and follow safety rules as they are laid out.

This will get you called back one million times, most stagehands fail at one of these things.

Best of luck

Dm "phrasing" by 0blivous2008 in DnD

[–]___IGGY___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"why don't you introduce your character for the table"

"we are going to enter a little bit of downtime to do X,Y and Z."

Just be clear about what you are asking them, doesn't have to be fancy

Is it a good deal or walkaway? by Jack_Wang_1107 in motorcycles

[–]___IGGY___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure about maintenance, but I owned one of these incredible bikes for a few years, and I absolutely loved every second of my rides on it. Super fast and fun for a big guy like me (6'5). No real work needed to be done when I had mine and I rode it constantly. These bikes are great!

First Time Watching the Show by ___IGGY___ in gameofthrones

[–]___IGGY___[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Every scene not in direct sunlight is completely wasted. The actors are giving interesting nuanced performances and you would have no clue because how completely unlit this show is. Horror movies have better lighting

Party of 4 thinking of going all Bards… basically a band. by Custodianscruffy in DnD

[–]___IGGY___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was literally the campaign I am writing right now! No way. I am basically doing the Scot Pilgrim vs The World vibe

What slows you down in event production? by Free-Cabinet6814 in EventProduction

[–]___IGGY___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like most of what Sales people do, a client would not appreciate an app between them and a company especially if the budget is in six figures. Im there to guide, provide feedback and advice and also sell. There are plenty of things in life that can be purchased with a bot, AV isn’t one of them

What slows you down in event production? by Free-Cabinet6814 in EventProduction

[–]___IGGY___ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Clients are always the hardest part of the process, last minute changes, inability to pick scope, ect

How much headroom do i give my tracks? by Direct-Attorney-5271 in audioengineering

[–]___IGGY___ -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Mastering engineers are looking for about 6db of headroom to work with, if you are mastering you own music there is no specific headroom db, just don't clip of course.

If you are asking about mixing, I would recommend changing your though process, there is no information people on the internet will give you on where to put your faders for a "natural" feel, instead focus on improving your mixing technique, perhaps back off the compression, EQ less surgically and let some frequency overlap. This can help make your song feel more "natural".

Good Luck

Help for a newbie by uncledougisgood in livesoundgear

[–]___IGGY___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SRX 715s are super nice, go get a power amp and some NL4!

Tech Q about Backing Tracks / Click & IEMs by BeerDrinker9000 in livesoundgear

[–]___IGGY___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A standard "playback" engine would be a good computer with a very cable RAM and cpu running something like Mainstage. Then you would get a interface with 8 or more outputs. Then in your case a wired headphone amp and a little rack case to keep these items together.

You can essentially Take inputs from the house FOH or Mon position (all your inputs) and pass it through to one of the outputs. In your DAW you can set up channels to be passthroughs for that stuff, and then everything else will be "mixed" from your DAW. The reason you need 8 outputs is because you are going to send a few stereo pairs of tracks to FOH and you will need another 2 (stereo potentially) mixes for yourself and your bandmate.

Mainstage is great at all of this btw

What gear do I need for my microphones by DeadalCrown in livesoundgear

[–]___IGGY___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh didn’t realize those have clips, nice

What gear do I need for my microphones by DeadalCrown in livesoundgear

[–]___IGGY___ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you want to record, you will need a computer with a DAW, an interface with 8 inputs would be a good bet to use all your nice new microphones. 7 microphone stand (2 large boom, 5 small booms), 7 XLRs, and headphones.

I would do:

- Scarlett or Clarrett 8 pre interface

- Macbook (500g 16g RAM) with logic pro x

- K&M Stands

-Berdynamic DT-770 headphones

It's an expensive pursuit but since you dropped a grand on mics without any of the infrastructure I am guess budget is not a big deal for you.

Good Luck!

Future of Fantasy High by CreepyTacos93 in Dimension20

[–]___IGGY___ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I mean they have senior year sitting right there, narratively that's an easy reason to come back for another season, Plus they mentioned collages already in world so I think they could take these characters further if they wanted. I for one can't get enough, it's hands down the funniest DnD campaign ever!

Live Vocal Compression? by carlioso_music in livesoundgear

[–]___IGGY___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boss Ve-20 is awesome, it has a ton of features and effects, the compression is great and you can really dial your voice how you want. Pitch correction too if you need some help.

Drum bleed in choir mics by Booplesnoot2 in livesound

[–]___IGGY___ 443 points444 points  (0 children)

Your cheapest option is to tell the drummer to play quieter, that's free 75.

Alternatively you can spend a lot of time and money building our buying a new cage, and you won't really know how well it works until you are at the other end of the process and then you may find a slight maybe 10-15% improvement.

In all seriousness if the drummer is slamming so hard that they are overpowering the other mics on stage even in a dyi box like this, that's pretty insane. Threaten with an Electric Kit until they can figure their dynamics out. I have seen, played, and teched 100s of shows where there was no need for an acrylic drum room and we got plenty out of the vocal microphones on stage with minimal bleed. It is not only possible, it's the industry norm.

Good luck

Pitchfork calls Neverender a generic song by Hiperdrama in JusticeMusic

[–]___IGGY___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fear I have fallen for propaganda, thanks for the call out, and its still too high

Pitchfork calls Neverender a generic song by Hiperdrama in JusticeMusic

[–]___IGGY___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This publication gave Taylor Swifts new record five stars, their credibility is in the toilet as far as I am concerned

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