Our monitor guru, Dan, came up with a great way to combat the interference that drummers often get when playing their kit.
Any experienced IEM monitor engineer knows that often you can get RF "hash" from playing the hi-hats on a drum kit. The metal against metal must produce some sort of interference. I've never really studied it, but I've defintely heard it and heard many drummers complain about it.
Well, Dan now does his RF scan (with the new Sennheiser 2000 series
Christian (user: guessi) has just uploaded the second version of OpenMixTools
http://www.trbtr.de/pmw/pmwiki.php/OpenMix/OpenMixTools
This program allows the export and import of XML data to the Yamaha session files. What this means is that data from one type of console can be exported and then imported into another console. For example, you can take the data from a scene in a PM5D and bring that information into an M7CL. The program is still in alpha, but shows great promise.
Sounds a bit rude, doesn't it!
I have tested and verified now that the MIDI bulk dump format for the Yamaha consoles, once converted from 7-bit to 8-bit is in fact the same format the setup files are. This opens up possibilities for sending and receiving large amounts of data without having to save and load files. Not sure of the practical applications just yet, but it's interesting, nonetheless.
The data is formatted as 8 bytes of 7-bit data which needs
With the group I'm currently working with, we have a unique problem that I haven't run into before. The cast of 5 players have "alternates" who will replace the main cast members from time to time, from just one player to all players. The combinations and permutations of cast members is a lot.
Some use wedges, some are on IEMs, although they are all currently "on their way" to using IEMS.
So, we had to come up with a way to have everyone's IEM and wedge mixes accomodated,
Well, it took a bit of work, but we now have all of the "die-hards" who said they would "Never use IEMs" on IEMs now and they are loving it.
Here's what worked in our case:
1. Get the best gear you can afford. We got the new Sennheiser 2000 series IEMs with one of those fancy-shmanzy (directional?) antennas. The band bought UE-11s for each player with custom moulds. They wore the IEMs for a while with their iPods to make sure they fit well and were comfortable.
2. Use a
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