#unit 71

[philipmashederblog]

Pub gig rider for sound.

Mic+stand+cable= £55 X3= £165

Drum mic's £125

XLR cablesX 12= £35

2 speakers and stands £1,189

Sub woofer £69.41

2X 4ways= £12

Sound desk=£223

Over all cost £1818.41

The over all cost of £1818,41 leaves £181.59 to spend on other equipment that may have been listed. The rider covers all aspects.

There is a drummer who needs drum mic's

A bassist with an amp who needs it mic'd

A guitarist with an amp who needs it mic'd

And one vocalist who needs a mic.

There are speakers to give the sound to the audience.

And a sub to give a bit more of the bass.

The desk is to change the levels of the music.

All of the cables are there because they are necessary for the gig.

Rider box.

We started with getting some 4 way cables, these were to get power to everything, because everything in sound is in need of power.

We counted which instruments needed what cables to make sure that we got out the correct amount of each, so we had a few XLR cables to get the signal from some instruments and to connect everything together. We also got some jack to jacks for certain instruments and jack to XLR for a select few of others.

We also used a multi core to connect the XLR to the patch bay.

In the band pit we used a small mixer to give the band in ear monitoring.

To assist with this we also had to use jack extenders and jack to mini jack adaptors.

The desk we used is called sound craft SI compact. Which is a digital desk that has in built faders and multiple busses and channels.

IEC cables were use for giving power to the appliances form the four way extenders.

Speakon cables were involved in signals to the speakers.

We also used loom cables as XLR cables just neater, this is to get the signal from the patch bay to the desk.

We had a four mackie speakers which we had to set up for the audience to hear. We also had to add in two monitor speakers and cables when we had to swap desk. Which means we also used the mackie desk.

[jadeeh96]

Sound Unit 71 Criteria 4

Within a sound team you have different roles for a selected performance. You have head of sound, sound designer, sound effects, sound number 1 2 and 3.

If you are the head of sound you are expected to keep organisation within your team, you are expected to keep maintenance with all of you equipment making sure it is all working for a performance and you have to lease with the theatre company to make sure you have what they want and get the best out of the show. 

The sound designer is in charge of speaker placement, which is where the speakers will go to give it the best sound for the audience and performers on stage. Whilst designing where the speakers will go the sound designer will have to lease with the head of sound if they need new equipment. The sound designer has to speak to everyone involved within the show. They have to speak to the set designers to find out what the set will be like so they can find a suitable place for the speakers. They have to speak to lighting in case the speakers are blocking any lights and to see where lighting wants to put their lights so they don't clash. They will have to speak to construction in case there is a certain material in front of the speaker it could block most of the sound coming through. They sound designer would also need to speak to the md, musical director, to find out what instruments will be in band to work out how many monitors will be needed. They need to speak to the directors to find out what the directors want to hear and if they want to be high speakers or low. Finally the sound designer will have to speak to the sound operators to tell them where the speakers are so they can adjust they sound coming out. 

The sound effects guy has to sources different sound effects depending on the type of show by reading the script and interpreting their ideas of what sound effects might be used. Once they have got a list of potential sound effects they would need to go to the directors and ask the directors what they want and if the sound effects are good enough for the show.

Sound number 1 is the important part of the final technical department as they mix the band during the show, they are the final creative tech for the show. They have to talk to the designer to find out what they want to hear, they have to talk to sound number 2 to show them what they are doing and why so in case sound number 1 is ill sound number 2 can step in and finally sound number 1 has to speak to the md to find out what instruments are playing, who's in the band and what sound he wants to hear.

Sound number 2 is normally on book which means going along with the actors and making sure the sound effects are played in the right place, they have to sort out the effects making sure they are in the right order, they are always on canns talking to the dsm making sure the effects go at the right time, they are an assistant to sound 1 so they can go on breaks and know everything will be alright. They will have to talk to everyone that sound 1 talks to, to know the same information. One of the equipment the use is qulab. In a big theatre sound 3 normally checks the battery charge on the performers mic pack but at miskin we have a mic rack next to the desk and sound 2 has to make sure that there is enough battery charge in the packs.

Sound 3 will have to mic up the performers before a show making sure they are put in the right place and the are turned on. They would have to talk to sound 1 and 2 to make sure they know what is happening on the desk and can step in if they are needed. they would have to speak to the sound designer to find out where they want the mics on the performers face. they would also need to speak to costume to find out what the performers are wearing so they know where they can hide the mic pack.

At miskin you will have a go at doing all of these jobs and have turn using the desk and mixing. 

[lilysoundblog]

Unit 71 c6

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kvc8nv104573iip/Risk%20Assesment%20monsters.docx

http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm

[lilysoundblog]

Unit 71 c2

Tech rider

Band of electric drum kit, guitar, keyboard, ipad

6x4 ways

4 jack to xlr

8 xlr

2 nl4

4 kettle leads

2 mackie srm 450 (monitors)

2 mackie srm 1500 (subs)

5 music stands

1 mixing desk

2 jack to mini jack

2 jack to jack to jack extended

[siggersblogbook]

Unit 71 c4

There are different roles in the sound team in theatres. At the top of the chain is the sound designer. The sound designer creates the design for the sound rig in the theatre and decides what equipment they want to include for the sound team to use for example, speakers, mixing desks and microphones. Next is the sound 1 who operates the desk during shows, the sound 2 stays on book during the show and gives the sound one their cues. Finally there is the sound 3 who's main responsibility is to fit up radio mic's to the actors as well as checking equipment.

[jakessounddiary]

Unit 71: Criteria 1 - Venue Issues

The Auditorium

  The acoustics of the Auditorium in the Miskin theatre are not particularly good as the location of the sound platform and the lighting control room mean that the back wall of the auditorium is set at different depths meaning that the sound hits the walls at different times and reverb at different times. All of the walls are solid brick and do not absorb sound, so the sound bounces off of all the walls in the room increasing the amount of reverb produced. Also the size of the room and the distance between the back wall and the stage means that when the sound-waves hit the wall they have not completed their wave-length and can hit the wall in the middle of a crest or trough (or anywhere in between). However these are fixed by hanging blacks and graphic EQing the room.

For the dance show we require power for ten speakers and four subs as well as power to the desk and mac. There are a few empty plug sockets on the sound platform so we use those to power the desk and mac. Down on the stage floor there are four wall boxes around on the walls which each have a few plug sockets on; so if we connect some long four ways then we can power the four subs and six speakers on the ground, as for the four in the rig they are powered by more wall boxes up on the ceiling.

The speakers are positioned so that the sound can be heard from anywhere on the seating bank or from any of the tables, they all play at the same volume and so the sound is balanced and not focused to the left or right. This will mean a nice balanced sound for anyone in the audience.

[jakessounddiary]

Unit 71: Criteria 2 - Tech Rider

Technical Rider for the insect play

Electronic Drum kit:

·         Jack to male XLR x2

Electric Guitar:

·         Jack to Jack x1

·         DI Box x1

·         XLR x1

Bass Guitar:

·         Jack to Jack x1

·         DI Box x1

·         XLR x1

Keyboard:

·         Jack to male XLR x1

Korg Kaoss Pad & Korg Micro Player:

·         Jack to Jack x1

·         Jack to male XLR x1

Sample Pad:

·         Jack to male XLR x1

Singers:

·         Microphone x2

·         XLR x2

  Radio Microphones:

·         Trantec radio microphone x4

Speakers:

·         Active speakers x2

·         Passive speakers x2

·         Two core NL4 x2

·         XLR x2

·         Jack to Male XLR

·         Kettle leads x2

Subwoofers:

·         Subwoofer x2

·         XLR x2

·         Kettle Leads x2

Monitors:

·         Active speakers x2

·         Kettle leads x2

·         XLR x2

Amplifier:

·         Amplifier x1

Sound-desk:

·         Mackie sound-desk

Four ways:

·         Four way extension lead x4

XLR Extensions:

·         XLR x 10

Spare equipment:

·         XLR x5

·         Speakon x5

·         Four way extension lead x5

·         Jack to Jack x5

·         Jack to male XLR x5

  Comms:

·         Communications units x6

·         Headsets x6

[jakessounddiary]

Unit 71: Criteria 4 - Sound Crew Roles

Sound Roles for “The Insect Play”

  For “The Insect Play” there were people undertaking the following roles:

  Sound 1: Performed by Matt Thursfield (on two nights) and Tyler Rayson (on two nights)

Sound 1’s job is to operate the sound desk during a performance, mixing the band and controlling any other channels there may be (such as Q-Lab and microphones).

Sound 2: Performed by Me (on two nights) and Matt Thursfield (On two nights)

Sound 2’s job is to communicate between sound 1 and other departments, when I did it for “The Insect Play” I had to communicate between sound 1 (Matt) who was operating the mixing desk, sound 3 (Jade) who was putting mic’s on actors, AV (Rob) who was playing video clips on a projector, the band and the DSM (Taylor). I was also reading through the script along with the play and letting sound 1 know of any upcoming queue’s that had been written down on it (e.g. “Lower the band level after this line…”, or “The Chrysalis speaks on the next page so get her mic ready” etc.)

I also had to communicate with the band in case they had any issues with equipment or in case they wanted certain instruments raised in the monitors. I had to communicate with the DSM and with AV so that I got queues to unmute the Q-lab for the video clips.

Sound 3: Performed by me (on two nights), Tyler Rayson (on two nights), Jade Herbert and Robert Gifford.

Sound threes job is to put mic’s on actors before and during a show and maintain them throughout (changing batteries, readjusting them on the actor etc.) they also have to take them off of the actors afterwards.

Sound Designer: v

The Sound Designer is in charge of produce a sound design and deciding where all the speakers and subs will be placed throughout the venue to ensure the sound is heard by all evenly and gives the right effect to the piece.

Chief of sound: Performed by Matt Thursfield

The chief of sound is in charge of all the other sound departments, they are also in charge of ordering and maintaining all equipment.

  Sound editors: Performed by Matt Thursfield, Victoria Cole and Myself

The sound editors record and edit all sound clips that need to be played during the performance, we recorded in Matts office and edited using Logic Pro on the mac. They also find or make required sounds that aren’t voices (The weeing man, the fire crackling etc.)