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:	post by Aegathis at 2009-01-12 13:01:34

xmikex said

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I've got a job coming up at work. It's a student production of the Vagina Monologues, and it's being held in one of our auditoriums. We use it 5 days a week for lectures, and the audio system is set up specifically for that purpose with 2 wireless lavs, and 2 wireless hand helds in house, and a handful of aux mic inputs on the stage.

For the most part there will only be 1 or 2 people on stage at one time, so a well disguised lav should take care of it. However, there are a few parts where there are 4,5, or 6 people on stage all with speaking parts, and I just don't have the mics to lav all of them. I've got 3 additional lavs, but then I'd have to have the receivers up at the stage. I've got a handful of other mics (cardiods, shotguns, PZMs) but given that I've never miked theater before I'm not sure what the best way to approach it is.

Thoughts?

Ive done these types of things many times, basically whats gonna happen is everyone is going to show up, do a last minute rehearsal, then and expect to get their own wireless microphone a couple minutes before the show. If they feel inclined to actually ask for one the will just say "I need a microphone" without specifying wired or wireless. And then everything is going to get set back till you properly explain to them that its not an option.
How the whole performance is going to be miked depends on the performance itself, and no one knows that better then the performers, so its really their responsibility to tell you way before hand what it is they are going to need mic wise. Such factors to take in consideration would be where everyone is going to be standing at a given time and props on stage which would be good places to hide mics. Or maybe even establish certain cues as to when they can trade off mics without being noticed. Its a pain in the ass on their part, but its either that or they can hire someone else who has the right amount of mics that they need to take over and make the performance go over more smoothly. People like to take the sound guys/ sound equipment for granted not realizing they get what they pay for, and when they pay less they gotta work harder.

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