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On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:11:43 +0100
"Rick" wrote:


"Davey" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:41:46 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:

Oh dear what a cock-up!

Bill

Why, what happened?


Conductors radio mic was intermittent, then sound engineer handed him
one that didn't appear to work at all.


Ooops!
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Davey.

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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:59:35 +0100, Alan White
wrote:

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:11:43 +0100, "Rick" wrote:

Conductors radio mic was intermittent, then sound engineer handed him one
that didn't appear to work at all.

It worked fine on PA. Just programme sound that didn't have the feed for
whatever reason. Same on Radio 3, although they were much sharper at
getting the third mic. faded up than TV were.

In 'the good old days' nobody bothered with radio mics. Given the number
of mics scattered around the performing area, why did they need one?

There should have been a cabled spare at the very least. I'm sure they
used to use two on stalks of some sort.
It is just foolhardy to rely on a single radio mic. for something so
vital to proceedings.

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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:05:35 +0100, Rick wrote:

You just cannot rely on this modern crap these days.

Live Aid 1985?

And the jubilee concert 2002 at Buck Hice.

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"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:59:35 +0100, Alan White

wrote:

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:11:43 +0100, "Rick" wrote:

Conductors radio mic was intermittent, then sound engineer handed him one
that didn't appear to work at all.

It worked fine on PA. Just programme sound that didn't have the feed for
whatever reason. Same on Radio 3, although they were much sharper at
getting the third mic. faded up than TV were.

In 'the good old days' nobody bothered with radio mics. Given the number
of mics scattered around the performing area, why did they need one?

There should have been a cabled spare at the very least. I'm sure they
used to use two on stalks of some sort.
It is just foolhardy to rely on a single radio mic. for something so
vital to proceedings.


It was beginning to get a bit like a Norman Collier routine :-)

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In message , Davey
wrote
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:41:46 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:

Oh dear what a cock-up!

Why, what happened?


The BBC found out that it is not a good idea to let Meja students handle
the sound equipment. They replaced the faulty microphone a couple of
times with another faulty microphone .... and then someone discovered
the switch in the wrong position.
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Maybe the sub line should have been Last plight of the Proms?

Brian

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Oh dear what a cock-up!

Bill

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On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:19:16 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Maybe the sub line should have been Last plight of the Proms?

Given the lousy audio quality and balance, the dire vision presentation,
with no shot lasting longer than three seconds and often without
relevance to the music and Katie Derham's patronising delivery and who
is obviously paid by the number of times she uses the phrase "at the BBC
Proms", thank goodness it was the Last Plight. We know we're at the
bloody BBC Proms because it's plastered all over the walls of the RAH
and that's what we've chosen to watch. I gave up at 10:15 and went to
bed.

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"Alan White" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:19:16 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Maybe the sub line should have been Last plight of the Proms?

Given the lousy audio quality and balance, the dire vision presentation,
with no shot lasting longer than three seconds and often without
relevance to the music and Katie Derham's patronising delivery and who
is obviously paid by the number of times she uses the phrase "at the BBC
Proms", thank goodness it was the Last Plight. We know we're at the
bloody BBC Proms because it's plastered all over the walls of the RAH
and that's what we've chosen to watch. I gave up at 10:15 and went to
bed.
-------------------------------------------------------

I can remember when they were the "Henry Wood Promenade Concerts".

--
Max Demian

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On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:12:17 +0100, "Max Demian"
wrote:

I can remember when they were the "Henry Wood Promenade Concerts".

So can I. Happy days.

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By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

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"Rick" wrote in message
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"Davey" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:41:46 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:

Oh dear what a cock-up!

Bill

Why, what happened?


Conductors radio mic was intermittent, then sound engineer handed him one
that didn't appear to work at all.

Are you supposed to hear the conductor? I know there was that Radio 1 quiz
contestant who answered that the orchestra lead played the baton, but really
;-).

Paul DS.