Live Audio Briefcase-Opinions?
jpen...@mailbox.bellatlantic.net
Just out of curiousity, what are most live sound engineers carrying
with them in their breifcases. Please respond with anything you find
particularly useful or invaluable on a gig or describe the perfect
live-sound breifcase. Thanks for your help,
JP
Rich McCarthy
wrote:
I'm not a sound man, just a musician who had the good fortune to spend
5 days this summer at a music camp, learning something about sound.
The teacher was the sound man who did the folk festival on the
following weekend. He also did 4 evening performancesthat week, 3
groups each time, as well as day time programs which were part of the
curriculum for various students of the week long music college.
His brief case contained two things: a dozen or so favorite mics that
he likes to use; and 5 pounds of dutch licorice...which I almost
became addicted to, that week.
Rich
Wes Selwood
AA batteries
multimeter (with continuity tester)
white electrical tape (or bookbinding tape) for labeling desk
black electrical tape for cables post show
Nashua 357 gaff
small screwdriver set
spare blank audio tape
black & red marker pens
small notebook
600ml bottle of Coke
litre of water
pocket knife
leatherman
headphones
3.5 to 6.5
6.5 to xlr
mxlr to fxlr
mxlr to mxlr
fxlr to fxlr
rca to xlr
rca to 6.5
6.5 to 6.5
... and a bigger breifcase!
drumz...@my-deja.com
headphone amp
SPL meter
lots and lots of tools(drivers, wrenches, etc)
punts(xlr f-m's, xlr m-f's, x-cables, lifts, phases, 1/4"-xlr)
tape: gaffers, electrical, paper
note pad
pen
sharpe markers(thin tip, normal)
batteries, 9v, AA, AAA
flashlight
leatherman
CDs
solder gun and solder
wire cutter and stripper
multitester(with line tester)
Portable CD player and 1/8" stereo to dual xlr (modified radioshack
stereo 1/8" to RCA)
pair of drumsticks (nice to have when the drummer's not around for
check)
Actually, its not a briefcase. Its a craftsman toolbox and I need
wheels for it(my back!!)
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Before you buy.
ozf...@my-deja.com
Hex Keys - often handy, especially for guitarists
Fuses - variety
Staple Gun
Drum Key
often we have to assist our fellow artists and crew with their problems.
In article <8rp8um$jrl$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Shaun
> Almost all of what the last few replies mentioned +
>
> Hex Keys - often handy, especially for guitarists
> Fuses - variety
> Staple Gun
> Drum Key
Shure SM-58s (switched mic) & mic cable
Your own ClearCom headset
TP, gum, condoms, earplugs
blank cassette
CD and cassette for setup, with your own ref. music, pink noise, tones,
etc.
--
Shaun K. Wexler,
Hellsgate Sound
http://www.hellsgate-sound.com
Adam Fillius
headphones
electrical tape
board label tape
sharpies
multimeter
sony discman w/xlr to 1/8" adapter
CDs for system testing
a switched SM-58
DAT to test the system
MiniDisc to test the system
butane soldering iron w/solder
misc. adapters
Shure tone generator
Gerber multiplier
Adam Fillius
www.soundsummit.com
Plus3dB
>
> Folks,
> Just out of curiousity, what are most live sound engineers carrying
> with them in their breifcases. Please respond with anything you find
> particularly useful or invaluable on a gig or describe the perfect
> live-sound breifcase. Thanks for your help,
>
> JP
My perfect briefcase will not fit onto a plane, so I have had to make
concessions and get rid of some stuff. I now carry an anvil mic case with
the 1/2" foam on the inside and 5 Shure mic bags for dividers. I used to
have a road box. and a tackle box, and a computer bag, but it just got to
be too much. I've been looking at one of those Pelican cases with
dividers inside that look like an airline rollaboard, but so far I haven't
purchased one. Maybe next tour...
I carry:
my headphones
Multimeter
SPL meter
ATR3M gooseneck talkback mic
A mic bag filled with audio adaptors to do most common connections
Mic bag with sharpies, pens, hand lotion, sunscreen, and my mixer
mascot, Buzz Lightyear [hey, don't laugh, I won him in a Happy Meal!]
A bag full of asprin, bandaids, protein bars, superglue, electrical tape
Bag with screwdrivers, cutters, knife, pliers, c-wrench, cordless solder iron
White Permacell board tape in 1/2" and 1/4"
My favorite lanyard, the one with the sharpie cap that's zip tied to the
D-ring, and the single AAA maglite.
A box of Altoids for sharing backstage
A Cinnamon Altoids box full of foamies (earplugs)
--
Joel Farris
Plus3dB Productions, LLC
*Sound Reinforcement*
*Technical Direction*
cjt&trefoil
Just be sure you don't reach for a protein bar and get the superglue by
accident.
Dinsdale
>
the single AAA maglite.
Just got a streamlight stylus from the local cop shop.
Plenty bright and 100,000 hour led so no bulb breakage
(unless you REALLY tried). Blue, red, or white. Uses
AAAA batteries and is about the size of a pen.
Looks like it should hold up nicely. Time will tell.