Show threadNielso12h ago

đŸ§” 
 I thought, I was the FOH Overlord.

But in the end, all that remained was
 FOH overload.


 oh, and did I mention the jazz trio? You can see the pianist's face at least. But mic'ing up that #grandPiano was one of the easier things I did in those last two days. I had a pair of #Neumann #Mcm114 with me.

(My photo camera would go mad when I had other colors on those onion rings hanging from the ceiling, these are actually RGBW
and my workload didn't allow for any camera settting other than full auto.)

#EventTech #Veranstaltungstechnik #Tontechnik #AudioEngineering #AllenHeathSQ5 #AllenAndHeath #AllenHeath #LscMantraLite #LSC #MantraLite #DMX #StageLight #Choir #Beschallung #Beleuchtung #Waves #SuperRackPerformer #chor

Nielso21h ago

Berufskrankheit: Ich sehe ein Foto von einer Veranstaltung und weiß sofort, dass der Sound mies war.

#Veranstaltungstechnik #Tontechnik #EventTech

Adrian Segar2d ago

A critique of Cisco meeting room designs that try to satisfy in-person and remote participants, but inadvertently privilege the latter.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/meeting-room-designs

#meetings #hybrid #Cisco #EventTech #eventprofs

Nielso3d ago

Gestern dann nochmal #AllenAndHeath, volles Haus und gute Stimmung beim #Allbum-#Release-#Konzert von #HASA im #SudhausTĂŒbingen.

Und #Waves in #SuperRackPerformer. Es ist einfach leider geil und macht den Sound dieser Kapelle ĂŒberhaupt erst möglich in dieser QualitĂ€t – PSE, X-FDBK, DeEsser.

NĂ€chster Aufbau in ca 2h.

#Veranstaltungstechnik #AllenHeathSQ #AllenHeath #TĂŒbingen #Sudhaus #Kultur #EventTech

Nielso5d ago

„Frau Werwolf, der Kunde saaaaagt
!”

Wer kennt's noch? Die Ă€lteren #SWR3-Opfer erinnern sich. (Hier langer Rant ĂŒber unmögliche KundenwĂŒnsche gelöscht. Stattdessen: Extended Voodoo zwecks Ermöglichung des Unmöglichen.)

Der #Bildmischer muss also neben die BĂŒhne, aber vom FOH bedient werden. JaguttĂ€h. Also eben die Multiview per #NDI an #OBS schicken. Die #ZowieBox macht das nach anfĂ€nglichem Zaudern ganz gut, aber mit spĂŒrbarer Latenz.

Am Ende: „Frau Werwolf sagt, des g'hört so!” – muss ich eben durchsetzen, dass es lĂ€uft, bei der Kundschaft. *grunz*

#Blackmagic #Atem #BlackmagicAtem #VideoSwitcher #Video #Switcher #EventTech #Linux #OpenSwitcher #OpenSwitcherControl #Veranstaltungstechnik #EventTech #FrauWerwolf

Show threadNielso6d ago

@tm

Well, you can apparently download some tool by Intel that allows you to have fixed graphics settings like in the old days of Windows 10.

However, I often have to connect laptops of the client, and usually their users don't have admin access to their own machine, so everything must work directly and driverless, so I only use class-compliant USB gear, and HDMI – which reminds me of
 using Linux. Except for
 it works on Linux.

Recently we had to set up a timer on a mobile phone and move the mouse every X minutes, because
 the client did not have permission to deactivate the screen lock which would switch on after 15 minutes.

But in the business world, Microsoft is as given as the rotation of the earth.

My frustration with this is that business clients do not even consider that all of these problems are actually Windows problems. For them, it's #EventTech problems that they want solved by
 me. And if I fail, they blame
 me. Not Windows.

#Windows #Windows11 #Windows10 #Veranstaltungstechnik

Adrian Segar6d ago

Human process technologies can fundamentally improve your events at far less cost and in ways that a new device or app cannot. Don't reinvent the wheel!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/11/event-technology-dont-reinvent-the-wheel

#meetings #EventDesign #EventTech #technology #events #eventprofs

Show threadNielsoMar 13

đŸ§” #atkAutomixer, the first #automixer #plugin for #Linux to my knowledge.

Testing the demo right now. It is very promising!

It works in #Mixbus (I use #MixbusPro). Just dropped its VST3 folder to ~/.vst3, rescanned plugins
 go.

It has a cool and crazy concept: You just add an instance to every channel. And all instances will talk to each other, forming one huge inter-connected insert voodoo.

The screenshot is from a recording I found in my archive, 2 lectern mics for 1 speaker, + 1 other mic for an interpreter. Very reverberant large hall. Whenever the interpreter interrupts, the lectern mics will get turned down, lowering the overall reverb coming from these.

The only thing that didn't work out that well is the order of channels after re-opening the project. I guess Mixbus does not instantiate the plugins in the order of the channels on loading. But usually I don't adjust anything in the automixer anyways, so it doesn't matter.

#LinuxProAudio #LinuxAudio #EventTech #Veranstaltungstechnik

NielsoMar 13

I haven't tried it yet, but I just found out, it finally has arrived! I have been waiting for this


đŸ§” The #automixer #plugin for #Linux!

For those who don't know, automixer is a circuit invented by a guy named #DanDugan. (Today: an algorithm.)

Basically it is a tool that compares all mic channels to all other mic channels. In effect, lowers mics not in use. When multiple mics are used, it averages their levels – very quickly.

Most good digital mixing consoles have a built-in automixer these days, such as the #AMM by #AllenAndHeath. I use it all the time when live-mixing dialogue. Especially with headset omni mics, this isn't a handy tool, it's a live-(sound-)savior. (I once used it on 16 open omni mics, would have been a feedback orgy otherwise.)

If you quickly need to mix down a multi-track recording of spoken live dialogue, this thing will save your behind.

If it works as intended, which I'll have to try.

https://www.atkaudio.com/products/atkautomixer

#LinuxAudio #LinuxProAudio #EventTech #Veranstaltungstechnik

atkAutomixer

NielsoMar 13

#MacOS is my second best.

Regular followers know I am a long-term #Linux user, and I hate #Windows11


Getting prepared for a job at the mixing console I just booted up my #Waves #SuperRackPerformer setup, which runs on a #MacMiniM1 with a #RME #DigifaceDante. Basically, it's for using Waves #plugins live.

X-FDBK fights feedback when used with care, and PSE reduces bleed from drums into vocal mics, and since my #AllenHeathSQ5 has only one insert per channel, I also like to use the de-esser of Waves.

This setup doesn't pay off, but it improves my life on occasion, and the last occasion was a few months ago.

If you boot up a #Windows 11 installation that was last run several months ago, it's simply impossible to work with it.

MacOS however
 comes up, logs into the Wifi, gets date and time right, I pop into Superrack Performer and everything works – this is Apple!

(That I had to spend over 150€ for a third-party touch screen driver
 that's also Apple then.)

#EventTech #Veranstaltungstechnik