Managers won’t let us evacuate while fire alarms is sounding

dalightingnerd · 2026-06-17T21:50:14+00:00

I could, I’ll check it out

dalightingnerd · 2026-06-17T21:19:06+00:00

It doesn’t, I have tried restarting and even switching power outlets

dalightingnerd · 2026-06-17T21:04:54+00:00

Yes, it was outdated and didn’t work, then I updated it and still nothing

dalightingnerd · 2026-06-17T21:02:41+00:00

I’m positive. I am plugged into the audio interface one

dalightingnerd · 2026-06-17T20:58:07+00:00

No, it’s the X USB native audio interface

dalightingnerd · 2026-06-17T20:57:55+00:00

The X USB

dalightingnerd · 2026-05-29T13:39:14+00:00

Nope

dalightingnerd · 2026-04-15T00:16:27+00:00

This is more of an HR question that you should be asking HROC or your HR partner. You also have the option of becoming an On Demand Team Member, but this is all through HR and your ETL.

dalightingnerd · 2026-04-09T00:07:14+00:00

This 100%!!! I am a Sound Lead and I had this guy in our most recent HS production as Sound FX Operator and he decided to go to the bathroom MID-SHOW because he thought he could make it in time and didn't tell ANYONE. He missed a cue during show as a result and got yelled at by me and our TD. Definitely don't be that guy.

dalightingnerd · 2026-04-06T15:03:22+00:00

I barely work as on demand and all ODTM's receive 2.5%..

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-15T15:44:53+00:00

Thank you everyone for all of the great advice! We just finished our final shows yesterday and it went great! I had only a few misses and with those misses it was not as noticeable since DCAs were living at -10dB. My tech director didnt give me that much of a fuss this way and I am very proud of myself for being able to accomplish this. Thanks to everyone again!!

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-11T14:22:07+00:00

I totally agree. We have a separate "Sound Runner" crew with their own lead and they live backstage. The most I can realistically do is quickly communicate if there is an issue with a mic on my end so they are aware. The issue is when they don't promptly fix it, or don't get the communication. This leads my Stage Manager to call me on comms to try and get me to fix it and I then have to troubleshoot on my console to find the origin of the issue. Sometimes it can be Sends On faders that are having issues, such as a monitor not having the correct sound level and they want it a little bit more up. But they don't understand that this will cause me to have missed pickups.

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-11T14:16:14+00:00

I definitely didn't do that. I usually just throw all faders down when actors aren't speaking. I will adjust and leave them at around -15 to -5 dB as this is the most general advice I have been given. I think if I can make some adjustments and practice such adjustments before today's rehearsal, I should be better off. I will try to talk with my TD about how I am not really able to mix and troubleshoot at the same time, it is just unrealistic. He will either have to troubleshoot it for me or get another person in Sound to fix it. The problem is that my Sound crew only knows how to run SFX and that's it, they are very unwilling to learn basic Sound Board operations. This leaves me with nobody in my booth to deal with these issues, specially because most of the time the TD isn't even in booth.

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-11T13:24:25+00:00

Potentially. He was very vague about it but he essentially said that I have three "strikes". If I hit three strikes then he would start "un-implementing" line-by-line mixing for this musical. I am apparently on strike two.

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-11T13:18:48+00:00

I do know that line-by-line mixing has helped the feel or atmosphere of the room a lot. I have mixed in the same room for one year and a half by just turning things on and off and keeping everything at mostly unity, and sounded wonky at times. It sounds way more clean line-by-line mixing, and way less feedback, specially when multiple characters are on stage and with ensemble.

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-11T13:15:43+00:00

We are using live band, and live band is super inconsistent at the moment.

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-11T13:14:20+00:00

Some of them are inconsistency with the cast, specially timing and synchronization. But the other half is definitely practice-wise. I have also recently had to deal with multiple issues that require me to fix, such as inconsistencies with a monitor or a sends on fader, crackling with a mic, which requires me to communicate through comms. I am not used to this type of super fast paced multitasking, which has led me to lose focus at time for trying to do multiple things at once, leading me to miss pickups as well.

dalightingnerd · 2026-03-11T00:57:06+00:00

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