-=> Quoting Timothy Trace to T Owen <=-
 
 ->If the lighting crew doesn't have proper communication systems, they
 ->shouldn't be involved in a major production to start with.
 TT> Ahh, sh*t happens in the wierdest places on a production site - but
 TT> you know that, right?  :-)
Yeah, and it often happens to me.... but that's the way the live sound
industry goes.... I actually had a reversed hot/neutral in one of my
AC feeds that I put together *myself* (he says while slapping himself in
the face repeatedly); I shouldn't wire AC feeds after working for 4
days with no sleep.... >:) I can't imagine making a more stupid mistake!
 -> The shows were spectacular, but it didn't sound good.
 TT> That's typically.  It sucks, but it's typical.  Adjust your
 TT> expectations and enjoy hearing "The Wall Part II" performed live for
 TT> the umpteenth time.  :-)
Yeah, that, what you said..... There is a lesson here somewhere....
 -> 1/2 an hour is never enough time to align a system the way I like...
 TT> Unfortunately, though, and you know this, lengthy soundchecks are
 TT> _right out_ in most roadshows these days.  Again, a "typically sucky"
 TT> situation :-( ...
I know it; I have turned down a lot of work lately, simply because I
didn't want to be so rushed as the schedule would have forced me to be.
I feel that if it doesn't sound reasonably good I have not done my job,
and I prefer to avoid those no-win situations altogether; not that it
is possible to avoid them all.....
 -> The exception would be those venues that are just plain impossible to
 -> cover properly...
 TT> A 20,000 seat hockey arena falls in that category.  Hell, even Bob
 TT> Scovil has admitted publicly to giving up after 30 minutes of beating
 TT> on a system's rigging, when in an arena...
Yup; I wouldn't tough such a venue with *someone else's* 10 foot pole!
 
 ->seating installed so high that the air is thin.  Take care.
Ah yes.. the nosebleed seats..Bloomin' awful!  You take care too.
... Posted by the committee to outlaw BAD VENUES!
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