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On 2004-10-19 said:
vocals on one then add the other stuff as you go?is there a
universal accepted norm? There's no universally accepted norm, but
people get used to their favorite layouts, so if you're setting up
for someone else to mix, their preferences might be different from
yours. Almost all of the live sound work that I do is festivals
where I don't always know the group and rarely have a good idea of
what they'll do until the set is nearly over. So I have some sense
of relating the board to what's happening on stage, I tend to group
vocals together in a sensible order, then start with the
instruments that change, dedicating a reasonable number of channels
to things that I'll be using throughout the day.
For example (assming the board is big enough) I'll decide what the
maximum number of vocal mics I'll need will be and if there's a
little "headroom" allow for a couple more. If I think I won't have
any more than six vocals in a group I'll dedicate channels 1-8 for
vocals. I'll set them up left to right across the stage for the
vocalists (who, in the festival scene, usually also play
instruments) with a couple of exceptions. If the drummer is (as
typical) in the middle, I'll put his mic last so the four up-front
players/singers will be on four consecutively numbered channels.
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and the MC's mic (and I always try to have a dedicated one) is
always the last channel, so it's easy to grab without thinking too
hard.
Everything else goes left-to-right across the stage, starting with
the next channel following the vocal set. So a solo singer with a
guitar would be on channels 1 and 9 on my preferred festival setup.
Mine as well. I've worked the other way with vocals all grouped near
the master section where it seemed handy to the folks that used the
board. Usually my last channel next to the master section is a
talkback for my position if the board doesn't provide adedicated
talkback circuit.
ONe school of thought is to put often used channels such as vocals
over near the master section, works well if you use aux returns for
effects returns and your acts have a lot of effects cues. I like to
return effects through channels if possible.
I use vocal mics according to position as MIke does, stage right
being my leftmost channel.
Richard Webb,
Electric SPider Productions, New Orleans, La.
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