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Category: Production Tips

Tips and tricks for producing and perfoming successfully.

A Beginner’s Guide to DMX Lighting

Posted onFebruary 4, 2017February 4, 2017Leave a comment

DMX is the most common method for controlling intelligent stage lighting. DMX stand for “digital multiplex”. What that basically means is that a number of signals are sharing the same cable at the same time. This article has moved here.

CategoriesProduction TipsTagsDMX, lighting, production, tips

Ten Things Every Stagehand Needs

Posted onJanuary 27, 2017January 27, 2017Leave a comment

Ten Things Every Stagehand Needs (Updated for 2023) Not just anyone can be a stagehand. It’s physically demanding. It comes with long irregular hours and requires significant training to do well. A person must be able to focus in the face of distraction, work well Read More …

CategoriesProduction TipsTagsStagehand, tips, tools

Why Does My Mix Sound Muddy?

Posted onJanuary 25, 2017January 25, 2017Leave a comment

I’ve been a live sound engineer for most of my life. I’ve seen a lot of strange things over that time. Once, I sodomized a taxidermied coyote with a mic stand in the line of duty. And yes… there was a microphone on the stand Read More …

CategoriesProduction TipsTagsequalization, live sound, mud

What Are the Best Equalizer Settings for Live Sound?

Posted onJanuary 19, 2017January 19, 2017Leave a comment

Mixing live sound is both an art and a science. Each situation has it’s own quirks and what works in one situation isn’t always going to work in the next. The goal of a good live sound engineer is to have the act sound great Read More …

CategoriesProduction TipsTagsequalization, live sound, mixing

Stage Directions

How To Understand Stage Directions

Posted onJanuary 16, 2017January 16, 2017Leave a comment

It’s all about perspective. New performers and techs can get easily confused about stage directions. This is how they work. This article has moved here.

CategoriesProduction TipsTagshow-to, Stage directions, tips

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