= A day in the life of a Soundengineer on a small tour =
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 08:30
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The alarm clock rings - time to get up
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09:00
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Breakfast in the hotel - hope they having a nice buffet
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10:00
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Leaving time - I get into my van and drive to the next hotel
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13:00
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Arrivel time at the new hotel - check in and get fresh
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13:30
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Lunch at the hotel (IF they have lunch) or a restaurant near by
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14:30
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Leaving time to the new location
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15:00
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Arrivel time at the new location. At each location a local crew is there, in order to set up
the equipment. onitor for him.
When finished with setting up the equipment (witch takes from 1 1/2 hours up to several hours, depending of the
size of the hall or church) I do a soundcheck to equalize the foh and monitor sound and for setting the delay times
followed by a line check. After this I take a break for a cup of tee or coffee.
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18:30
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Then the main sound check follows. This is a very fast thing that more or less verifys last days
eq settings on the individual channels. Then the group sings the first song of the first set to have everything
set for the concert.
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19:00
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Doors open - another little rest to get some food from the catering
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20:00
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Concert starts - usually the concert starts in time - sometimes it has to be delayed becase of
to many people in the audience - and still lots of people at the door... But then it's time to engineer the concert.
The Concert usually consits of three parts: a 45 min set, a 15 min break, another 45 min set, and, if wanted (and
usually it's allways wanted) an anchor of 15 to 20 minutes.
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22:15
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Breakdown time - all the equipment has to be packed away - the hand arrives at this time. Breaking
down takes one up to two hours. Average is 75 minutes.
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23:30
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Leave time back to the hotel.
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00:00
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Time to go to bed - another day of hard work is waiting...
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