Addendum to Independent Study in Sound Design and Sound System Component Operation :: essays research papers

Addendum to Independent excogitate in Sound propose and Sound System Component Operation     This past year (2000) I have been working in the sound booth for The John Lyman Center for the acting Arts. Here at the John Lyman Center (JLC) we have been going through a time of transition. The former resident technical guru who had taken care of JLCs happenings had retired, passing the JLC in a semi chaotic state. The dance school season was just about to start which happens to be our busiest time of the year. The administrative staff present at the JLC was franticly trying to find a replacement while interim Chris Hudacs fought his was through the perilous dance school season.      Fin every(prenominal)y, when every the hullabaloo was over David Starkey, formally serving as Technical Director of the Theatre Department at Southern Ct. State Univ. was named the new title of Events Manager. When David was still working in the arena department I had approached him when it was pointed out that there was no one person on staff who knew how to fully operate the sound system. The idea I had set about up with was to design an independent study which would allow me to be in the sound booth and empirically discover how to operate the sound system and all of its support components. He agreed that it was a good idea because Greg had never explained anything but remedial board operation. Since I first started working at the JLC I had wanted to work on the sound system, now I was being given the chance. The independent study was written up as followsIndependent Study in Sound Design and Sound System Component operationObjectives-To demonstrate competence in properly operating the sound system and all its individual components in Lyman Auditorium. Which includes but is not limited to the following     Sound board     Tape impostor     DAT player     Min i disk player     Compact disk recorder     Compact disk player     Digital effects processors     Patch bay     Wireless microphones     Digital synthesizer-By the 8th hebdomad be prepared to work with the head sound designer in developing a sound design for the crescent players fall production of "lead penny opera". The sound design should incorporate as many of the listed devices as possible to ensure that a high quality production is obtained.     The learn process I have been going through has included help from many people. I would sit and pick the brain of every sound railroad engineer that came through here. Finding out what you did with an Omni Drive or how to use the feedback detector and the graphic equalizer to get rid of feedback.