Mixing musical theater! Sound design tips and techniques!
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- A quick insight into how I tackle mixing a theater show with limited time, budget and without an A2!
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I love how i'm finding this years later for running tech tips, and realize that I was in that show! Thanks so much for running the sound for Hunchback!!!
Amazing!!!
Thanks for this. Did a show last summer and wish I’d thought of the ensemble and principle busses. I also am slapping my forehead because I didn’t think to sidechain the vox into a compressor on the music even though it’s something I so frequently do in studio work.
Charlie Hoyt thank you! I’m happy some of this helped you! Mixing theater can be some of the most challenging work yet what a payoff!
Really liked the idea of feeding your headphone out into the clear com. Never thought of that.
Scott Vogel! I’m happy this helped you! Thanks for watching!
I'm mixing a show for the first time ever coming up soon, and this is a good way to know what to expect! 🙌🏻🔥
Have a great show!
I've been doing so much m32/x32 work recently, its nice to look at m7cl in a video cause thats the first board I ever worked on. My community college is probably gonna replace it with a tf5 soon but I'd still love to get on it a few more times before they do.
Thanks for the comment! I always enjoyed the fader layout of the m7. I could see everything so easily. Best to you on your next show!
Thanks for the tips! Setting the ensemble instead of snapshotting every scene seems like the perfect technique for what im doing. I love it!
D Sharp great! I’m happy this helped you!
Bloody fantastic tip on the PFL split to the coms head set!
Definitely a why haven't I thought about that before moment!
Michael Nguyen great! I’m happy this helped you! Have fun!
hey can you explain how to route that program feed into the com system? loved the video!
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Hi, could you explain a little bit about hacking intercom ? what is the box ??
Doing much of the same, LOVE the idea of ducking music to actors though. Gonna get that setup too.
Great! Let me know how it goes!
Excellent! I was always wondering how people wing it when you don't have time to program scenes
Kieran! Let me know if it works well for you, too!
this was really helpful, thanks so much :)
you're welcome, Joe!
Enjoyed top about compressor on the music to stay below the vocals . Just finished a show and that was one of my complaints to try and improve for next time.
Wonderful! Yes, it can be tricky! Additionally, making a broad EQ cut from 2-6k on the "music" can help the actors pop through. Let us know how it worked for your next show!
Great Video!!!!!! Post more Like This!!!!!!!!
Sammy Wilde thank you! Will do!
some great tips, how any days rehearsal would you typically have?
Thanks! For these shows, usually 1 or 2 days. Maybe 1 real chance at running the entire show before opening night. Very tight!
For the layered tape a GLD-80 board would be helpful!
Or go one better with a GLD-112, 32 extra channels!
Very nice!
Thank you!
What’s the Routing for your microphone groups. I’m interested to set mine up the same way. Are your stereo and mono on matrix’s?
I'm thinking of doing this when I leave school (I'm leaning towards sound for theater, concerts, basically live performances.) Do you have any tips on it (like what school to go to, how to get a job, etc)
Might not apply to you now but you can join your local IATSE union. Let them know that you’re experienced/interested in sound and you’ll start getting mixing gigs.
Hey Nicholas, what exactly is the Wireless Workbench app for? Does it let you troubleshoot RF problems as they occur? Reason asking is I've recently worked a local high school that has 23 Sennheiser G3 evolution wireless mics, and quite a few of them were peaking at the board even with the transmitters off! So i spent a few hours scanning for fresh clean frequencies. Even after getting clean frequencies, I STILL had pops and sharp static noises from some of the actors's mics which absolutely SUCKED because it could be heard during the opening night. Why do wireless mic systems such as the Sennheiser NOT mute any static or pop noises BEFORE they can be heard through the PA?? I'm very much interested in knowing how to combat this type of situation. Thanks!
Hi! Thanks for your question! In a nutshell, scanning with one wireless mic and choosing whatever it returns is generally safe. YET, when adding a second mic/transmitting freq things get more complicated. Letting computers do what they do best and handle the math required to calculate compatible frequencies that wil not interfere with one another is essential. With you application, you were probably experiencing intermod issues. Using softare such as WWB will help you mitigate these issues. I'm happy to take a look at your frequencies to try and help you. More resources here! www.soundnerdsunite.org/
@@tigeraudio anyone who compares a ew100 belt pack system worth about $500 with axient system costing up to $2500 per channel clearly knows fcuk all.
How does one get to learn and start working on this kind of this? I would love to try it out, im a graduate of film production specialised in sound and im really keen to learn theatre sound!
Thanks Alfonso! I was able to start working in theater years ago by starting with children's theater. Maybe look around your town for schools or community theater organizations.
Do you mix the actors line by line on their channels or just on the groups?
Hi Rob! Line by line on the actor channels...unless a complicated move and I may go to groups. Really depends on the show. With not much time to rehearse, this gives me the best chance at success! Thanks for watching!
@@NicholasRadina Hi Nicholas, I’m a sound engineer over in the UK and have been mixing musicals for the last 30 years and we mix each channel line by line. We can’t trust our actors not to swear. Lol
@@RobSummers Excellent!
He said "do do"! Heh Hh!