Getting Ring of Fire ready to open was an amazing ride... and here are some of the things we worked out.

If you read the first installment - Adventures in Wireless - you may remember that two of question marks for me were the…

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Last week I wrote about the idea of biography play, inspired by my next production - Ring of Fire. Today, I'm writing the impeding…

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As promised, this week is a detail of my recent show experience...…

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This past weekend, I taught several sound sessions at the Alabama Thespian convention - an organization for high school students and teachers that put on a conference once a year do workshops, put on performances, do improv sessions, network,…

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Happy Holidays!

During my sparse vacation, I've had wireless mics on the brain coming off of a musical, and gearing up for a straight play that will be using at least 2 mics during it's run - in a addition to several hits on my old posts so - for my last post of 2011 I thought I'd share some additional tips and ideas on wireless microphones - some my own brain children as well as those I've run across lately.

Because I've been using wireless mics for years, I…

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One of the most frequent (and heated) debates with audio folk is the question of using rechargeable batteries in wireless microphones and other gear. With the footprint dead alkaline batteries can make in a landfill, it's a reasonable topic to bring up.

For me personally, I'm a strong advocate of rechargeable for wireless headsets, back-up mics, and for smaller mic numbers or shorter run shows. Long show duration and large numbers of mics, I'm more inclined to want to use a…

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To condom or not to condom, that is the question. No.. this has nothing to do with sex... I'm talking about wireless mic packs.

This is a much bickered over topic, and both sides have points, but in my experience of the musical, weather you prefer condoms, choose to construct gortex sleeves, or rig mic belts with plastic wrap or sandwich bags, you've go to take some protective measures where mic packs are concerned, because sweat kills. So - bag that puppy -…

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Happy New Year, ya'll!

Last time I talked about set-up and tuning of your wireless system to get the best results. The next step is making sure the mic pack and accompanying element are placed correctly on your actor.

Starting with the mic pack... There are lots of places a mic…

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I’m sitting to write this blog between projects – cleaning up holiday gunk and writing a strike list. When this blog posts, the ASF Christmas musical, Peter…

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Here's How To Keep Your Transmitters Dry

A small zip lock bag provides great protection for a wireless mic transmitter when it must be worn in a place where it is exposed to sweat.



Both the antenna and the lavalier cable can exit thru the zip lock opening and the bag can be sealed tight enough to keep sweat from contacting the transmitter or penetrating the battery compartment.



The bags can be written on with a Sharpie Marker so you can note which performer uses the… Continue

From my vantage point as the Technical Representative of a major Wireless Mic manufacturer I have seen a tremendous amount of confusion about what is happening to the RF spectrum due to the DTV transition currently taking place. This spectrum, which up to now consisted of TV channels 2 - 69, was supposed to shrink on Feb. 17th to encompass only channels 2-51. In other words, we are losing channels 52-69. At the same time all analog TV broadcasting will cease, leaving behind only DTV… Continue