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    The Massillon Knock Out August 7

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    I had a great time last night in Massillon! It was an outstanding show and pretty much everyone brought their A game. True, the seating is a little cramped but otherwise it's a great environment with a super receptive crowd. I will definitely put this stop on my tour schedule next year. 

    Significant memory: in order to get a jump start on the exiting pile up, I made my way down before the end of Bluecoats' encore, so I got to experience The Boxer while standing directly in front of the horn cluster. I can die happy.

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    William "Allen's Town" - Saturday Night - Aug 5th, 2017

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    3 minutes ago, 2muchcoffeeman said:

    Anyone getting "sorry, there was an unknown error with the video media" message splashed across the screen, followed by a complete cutout of the feed? This is the second time.

    Using Roku 3 OTT unit here

    did not have this issue last night

    I had that happen once last night. I pressed OK and the feed came right back.  I'm on Roku Streaming Stick. 

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    What Chester Makes Makes Chester - TOC Show August 3rd

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    3 minutes ago, MikeRapp said:

    Well, Cavaliers actually has a huge array of shotgun mics all along the front of the field, as well as mics for soloists.

    True. And in Centerville on Tuesday it appeared they cranked the volume on the sideline input because it was often harsh, unpleasant and unbalanced. One of the more impressive moments was the section 3rdValve mentioned when the ensemble was farther back from the mics. I'm sure some amplification was present but it was hardly noticeable. Actually the nicest horn sound came at the very end when they moved past the sideline and therefore past the mics and there was zero amplification. THAT was the glory moment.

     

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    Centerville Soaring Sounds - Aug 1

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    9 hours ago, Iloveband said:

    I don't believe they are micing the corps. Maybe this was unintentional? I've seen them twice and not once did I hear the corps through the speakers. Regiment on the other hand, very noticeable. 

    It appeared to be intentional. They had four large mics on stands set across the front sideline; large ones with big, fuzzy wind covers. I had just seen the corps on Friday  in Nashville and did not hear or didn't  notice any brass sound coming from speakers other than soloists. I don't know if this was an experiment or what. 

    Centerville Soaring Sounds - Aug 1

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    Posted · Edited by FLBuzcut

    Cavaliers had a great run tonight. They've really tightened everything up and are firing on all cylinders. Crowd ate it up. Earlier in the season the hornline was a weak point but they're sounding much cleaner. Guard still has some breaks which they will need to eliminate if they want to challenge for best guard.

    Now, don't hate me, but here's a bad thing. The micing of the full corps is not good. This is the 4th time I've seen them live and it's never been this noticeable, but tonight it was far too loud. The sound coming out of the speakers was harsh and piercing at times and impossible to  balance, since whichever voices happened to be closest came out loudest. Maybe it was because of my seat location but I found it very unpleasant and detracted from both the horn sound and the overall show. Sorry, not hating, just recounting my experience.

    Still, Cavies win with a huge score!

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