Stupied Wireless
Jeremy Sewell 11 months ago // 2 responses // Stagehands On the job: work stories

SO I was on tour with a small musical production of Christmas Carol as there TD.I was also responsable for running audio durning the show. We were at a 1800 seat theater in Chicago and my worst nightmare came true. We loaded the show in as normal and for this show we were told that would use the touring system that was in for audio. Which was pretty sweet due to it was a large line Array system. So I get everything turned on and up and running and started seting up my Wireless mics. I get them all set up and started to test them and I realized that I cant walk more then 5 feet away from the rack without completely losing signal. I sweeped every frequency the recivers had and checked every connection and still the same result. I finally broke down and called the company we rented the wireless rack from and the only advise they could give me is that its eather a loose connection or there is RF interferance. So I ended up having to tell my cast that I cant get the mics to work and they are going to have to project as best they can to a 1800 seat full house. Ive never felt so helpless in my life! So we got through it and the audience appeared to injoy the show (or at least what they could hear). I checked out the wireless rack when I got to the hotel and everything worked fine so apperently the space I was at was a blackhole for wireless. Stupied Wireless!!!