Things to Do in the next few weeks…

So now that Easter is behind me I have a growing list of projects I would like to tackle in order to make audio production in the auditorium at KCC more efficient and professional. I’m going to make the list in no particular order so that those of you I work with can help me get the list finished…

1. Create two subsnakes from the multipair I’ve found – one for drums and one for keys. Drum snake should have 12 XLR channels and 4 XLR returns, keys snake should have 6 channels and 4 returns.

2. Implement an organization plan for audio gear in the auditorium. There are so many small pieces and parts and they are currently spread between three storage locations. I would like to centralize everything, label it with the label maker, and make things overall much easier to find and stay organized. At the same time, all of the wireless need updated channel labels as many have peeled off or are close to it.

3. Implement the use of a keys mixer for headphone monitoring rather than wedges as normal practice. The second Mackie 1402 will be a perfect fit for this. Need to also devise a stand and cabling that will look clean for this purpose.

4. Hang all of the lav mics on hooks by type so that they will not have so many kinks and bends in the cables.

5. Make six or eight more 10-15ft mic cables to use with the subsnakes.

6. Clean up the console default scene to better implement video submixes, monitor mixes, effects patching, etc.

Easter 2007

Sorry for the lack of posts…caught up in rehearsals for Good Friday and Easter at Kensington. If you’re in the area, come check it out. I’ll pick back up with regular updates after the weekend.