Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:13:32 -0500
From: Mark Keetch <info-AT-zagadka.ca>
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sound equipement


Hey folks,

It was just as cold here in Toronto yesterday and I rode my trike and trailer to
a show.  The trike is a great winter vehicle, and the trailer is able to carry a
show with lights and sound etc. that weighs about 200 pounds.  The weather has
never stopped me so far!

Mark

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Mark Keetch
Zagadka Zoological Society
http://www.zagadka.ca


Quoting Mathieu <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>:

> >Bike to your show?
> >What do you do when it snows? You do live in Canada, eh?
> >Don't want to dampen your pleasure, but, just asking.
> >Stephen
> 
> Hi Stephen
> I figured I could make a show for the warmer times.
> Even though Canada does get freakin' cold (-40Celcius yesterday), it is 
> "bikable" in summer, fall, and spring.
> I work small scale, so I could get enough gigs in the nearby are of 
> Montreal.
> Plenty of schools and cultural centers.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mathieu René Créaturiste
> Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
> Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
> creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
> www.creaturiste.com
> (514) 274-8027
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Kaplin" <skactw-AT-tiac.net>
> To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sound equipement
> 
> 
> > Bike to your show?
> > What do you do when it snows? You do live in Canada, eh?
> >
> > Don't want to dampen your pleasure, but, just asking.
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> > On Dec 20, 2004, at 10:42 PM, Mathieu wrote:
> >
> >> Wow!
> >> What a quick set of answers!
> >> thanks Kismet!
> >> I saved it all in my puppet archive.
> >> I'll be looking into the micro verb you reccomended.
> >>
> >> I do use my home sound system for tests right now, but for a show, I'll 
> >> get a good system like you said.
> >> My Behringer mixer is powered and does boost the sound significantly. I 
> >> tried to plug my microphone directly into the sound system, and even in 
> >> my computer's sound in,  and yikes, almost inaudible. As soon as a got 
> >> the mixer, problem solved.
> >>
> >> I'll keep my show as lightweight as possible, as I do not drive. Either I
> 
> >> have to be able to carry it by foot, or by bicycle(with a trailer).
> >> Since a lot of sound equipement I've tried is heavy, can I assume it 
> >> almost always is?
> >> lol
> >>
> >> I think I might be tempted into making my first solo show into an old 
> >> fashionned, voice-only no equipement show.
> >>
> >> I just finished a hand puppet intriductory course, and we were working 
> >> with my mike, another of similar quality, and a guitar amp.
> >> The sound was kind of crappy, but it kind of worked with the kind of work
> 
> >> we were doing. I could live with it.
> >> But I'd be happy to add the reverb...
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mathieu René Créaturiste
> >> Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
> >> Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
> >> creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
> >> www.creaturiste.com
> >> (514) 274-8027
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kismet" <kismet-AT-bigpond.net.au>
> >> To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:41 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sound equipement
> >>
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