Posted by Roy W. Rising on 09/14/06 01:29

"HiC" <brassplyer@xahoo.xom> wrote:
> They spend the whole friggin' show hyping the appearance of this girl.
> Someone's charged with picking a mic the guest is going to use. Said mic
> is going to be routed to the board and someone is supposed to be
> responsible for making sure said mic works, and its channel is live and
> routed to the broadcast output, yes?
>
> So how does the talent pick up the mic and there's nothing there??
> They're not mic'ing a symphony, it's one kid and one lousy mic. You can
> all but hear the engineer knocking their coffee cup over fumbling for the
> fader. Come on people, jeezus, this isn't some cable access show, it's
> hugely popular show on a major network. They did the same thing to her on
> America's Got Talent. What the hell are they paying these people for?
> Where are they getting their production crew from, the day labor pool?
>
> When something like this happens, do asses get chewed?

Sometimes.

So ... I guess you've never made a mistake. Like "... THE engineer
knocking THEIR coffee cup over ..." I'm sure you meant "... HIS coffee cup
....".

I've mixed the Oscars, the Emmys, the Grammys, Network News, Local News,
various sports and numerous other live on-the-air TV shoots where there's
no turning back. Some tape shows are done that way as well. Do-overs
never are my decision. All I can say is, when I make a mistake, I
apologize and move on. Dwelling on a problem usually guarantees there will
be another.

--
~ Roy
"If you notice the sound, it's wrong!"

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