=================================================== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = =================================================== Yeah Crew! I'm the Sound Crew chief for my HS's theatre department, and we're switching entirely over to minidisc for the next show... Although we'll probably run off of a portable as my school doesn't buy us anything. We're producing Fiddler on the Roof, but with a full pit (speaking of which, if anyone has any good rooster/chicken sounds, I'd appreciate them :) ). Anyway, I didn't actually have any suggestions, just wanted to acknowledge the existence HS sound techs using MD. Oh, and 15 full productions a year? I'm duly impressed. At 09:57 PM 2/23/00 , you wrote: > >Hi Jeremy, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>I don't know if anyone has already told you this; >> I'm a theatre technician(techie). Basically we do everything but the >>acting(lights, sound, backstage). Anyways, last year we bought 3 minidisc >>decks. We've used them for just about every show that we do(about 15 a >>year). Did I mention this is a high school. Funny thing happened during >>an original production of "Sleeping Beauty". All of the music was recorded >>onto minidisc, because we had no pit orchestra. About 5 minutes from the >>end of the show, it started skipping. Why? The minidisc deck was >>stationary. Please help. > >I'd check the disc for dust and dirt. You don't mention what MD >equipment you're using, but If the problem's happening with many >discs, your deck may be out of adjustment, or the optical block may be >going bad (a frequent problem with pre MDS-JE500 Sony decks). I'm >forwarding your note to the MD mailing list in case others have any >suggestions. > >Rick > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word >"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]