Christopher Smith wrote:
On May 9, 2007, at 10:02 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
Once, many years ago, a rock sound guy (perhaps not the tightest
cable tie in the bunch, if you get my drift) was setting up mics for
a pops concert of ours. I mentioned to him how we had a problem at
the rehearsal getting a solo heard. He said to me, missing the point
of what I had just said:
"That's the great thing about a symphony job. You just put up a
bunch of mics, turn 'em on, and it sounds like a symphony!"
How can you argue with logic like that?
Well, I'm not sure he's so far off.
I give a lot of... well, let's say constructive... comments to sound
engineers, especially if I am in the audience and paying good prices.
I went up and spoke to the sound guy at a Joe Lovano concert here in
Montreal at the Jazz Festival because of the bad sound quality, and
darned if the sound didn't get better in the second half. All I said
was, "Do you think the bass drum is that loud on stage?" Amazing the
difference that made.
On the flip side, I also make it a point to mention when the sound has
been good, and every time I do, I get variants of the same answer: "I
didn't do much, just set a basic position and balance and let them
play." ...
Christopher
Difference was - it sounds like your guys had some idea what they where
doing.
RBH
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