kusankusho Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Like I said to DCI, once that show starts, it is in the hands of the performers, not the staff. It's not though. They have a staffer on a mixing board during the performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajedrummer Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 It's not though. They have a staffer on a mixing board during the performances. Valid point - I wish it were 'set and forget', but I guess that is not practical. At least the sound board person should not be in communication with anyone upstairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Please tell me it's against the rules for someone to sit in the stands with a cell phone and communicate with the "electronics operator" during the show nope. and to be honest thats smart, because field level is not the place to address balance...it should be done from upstairs, tho in Crowns case, their brass is so #### wonderfully loud and the guy is cocooned under the DM podium, they probably cant even hear the call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I heard of someone doing that at a show earlier this year (posted on a different corps message board) and I forwarded the post to DCI. They replied and said that it is ABSOLUTELY against the rules to do that and the offending corps had been contacted and told to cease.If people are indeed doing that, DCI needs to be told and that crap stopped before Indy! Like I said to DCI, once that show starts, it is in the hands of the performers, not the staff. I saw it happen all weekend...guys with phones to their ears, bluetooths going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyfromhowardst Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Maybe if the judging reflected both negative and positive impacts that the use of electrics have on your show, like registering too much activity or bad use, etc. it would even out. Correlation being an orchestral piece here and there that goes beyond normal symphonic instrumentation yet doesn't change the core structure. It does with, or without, or basically with what's needed in that particular moment. "Mr./Ms. corps instructor, I'd like to give you a better score but your synth stuff is horrible" could be a scenario. It's better than simply getting higher scores for using them. Objectivity would be difficult though, I would concede. So you get a Lincoln Portrait or some Cageian thing now and then? It might be forced to be good, or it's curtains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 a judge saying the synth stuff is no good is a judge protested and soon out of work, especially if it's a top corps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiodb Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I heard of someone doing that at a show earlier this year (posted on a different corps message board) and I forwarded the post to DCI. They replied and said that it is ABSOLUTELY against the rules to do that and the offending corps had been contacted and told to cease. But the rules specifically say it is legal for the sound board operator to communicate with another person in the stadium during the performance via wireless device. They've been doing that for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 and at times had 3 people at the sound board saturday night also noticed 2 synth players wearing headphones...whats that about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 so....my thoughts after seeing everyone live. they work for sound effects. if used for bass it's too loud, and the piano sounds are very out of place feeling. and as usual, balance issues galore that get ignored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMichael1230 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My thoughts after seeing everyone live ? What a waste of effort for such little effect from the keyboards, the pits were too loud, too much reverb and hissing and what not......a waste. Geoffrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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