The Beatniks
Technical Requirements
- Stage Plot
- Sound System Requirements
- FOH
- One industry standard FOH console that includes sixteen inputs and six discrete auxiliary sends
- One industry standard digital delay unit
- One industry standard reverb unit
- One CD player
- Four channels of noise gates
- Eight channels of compression
- FOH Speakers
- House speakers should be at least one stack per side and triamped
- The low-end should be at least one eighteen or fifteen per side
- The midrange should be at least one fifteen or twelve per side
- The highs should have at least one one inch horn
- FOH Amps
- FOH amps should be industry standard and should be able to provide twice the continuous power rating of speakers
- Monitors
- Industry standard monitor console that includes sixteen inputs and six discrete auxiliary sends
- Four discrete monitor mixes
- Six matching monitor wedges that can produce 120 db @ 3ft
- Two stereo industry standard amplifiers that provide at least 500 watts per channel @ 8 ohms
- OneTwo stereo industry standard long throw graphic eqs
- Six industry standard long throw 31 band graphic EQs
- Staging
- Minimum stage required by The Beatniks is 16x24
- Lighting
- All lighting should be on an independent AC circuit
- The lighting should provide adequate illumination of the entire stage area
- All lighting should be interfaced with an industry standard lighting console and dimmers capable of dimming and or blacking out individual scenes
- Stage Power
- Stage power should be at least one twenty amp circuit independent from anything else
- Input List
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| Input |
Instrument |
Stand |
Mic Preference |
Insert |
| 1 |
Kick |
Short |
B-52, Beta-91 |
Gate |
| 2 |
Snare |
Boom, Short |
SM 57 |
Comp |
| 3 |
Hat |
Boom, Short |
Cond |
None |
| 4 |
Tom 1 |
Boom, Short |
SM 57 |
Gate |
| 5 |
Tom 2 |
Boom, Short |
SM 57 |
Gate |
| 6 |
Floor Tom |
Boom |
SM 57 |
Gate |
| 7 |
Bass |
Short |
DI |
Comp |
| 8 |
Gtr SR |
Boom, Short |
SM 57 |
Comp |
| 9 |
Gtr SL |
Boom, Short |
SM 57 |
Comp |
| 10 |
Voc SR |
Boom |
SM 58 |
Comp |
| 11 |
Voc/Bongo |
Boom |
SM 58 |
Comp |
| 12 |
Voc SL |
Boom |
SM 58 |
Comp |
| 13 |
Voc Drum |
Boom |
SM 58 |
Comp |
- Backline
- 5 Piece Ludwig Drum Kit
- 1 6x15 inch snare
- 1 8x13 inch tom
- 1 8x14 inch tom
- 1 16x16 inch tom
- 1 22 inch kick
- 2 Vox AC 30 guitar amps
- 1 Ampeg SVT bass rig