I didn't actually see the parade, so take this with a grain of salt. Wireless belt packs are no longer needed. There are attachments for both mics and guitars that forgo the belt packs. They are more common w/ mics, where the "belt pack"
Additionally, as far as the sound quality, goes, most likely the instruments and mics were plugged into a mixing board. The signal from the mixing board was what went out over the airways. Because of the close proximity of the mics to the source, there would be very little crowd noise. What you heard coming out over the airways was probably significantly better quality than what the people at the parade heard. From what I've seen in the past, it is fairly common for the audio performance to go out of sync with the visual performance in live situations like this. But, I cannot comment on the specific event. I avoided the holiday hooplah rush by turning off both my TV and computer for [most of] the last four days. At 04:03 PM 11/27/2005, you wrote: >Subject: Friday Rant #2: Macy's Parade >From: "Dawson, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:26:26 -0600 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=19521&forumid=5#184099 > >If any of the musicians, on this list, saw the parade, I'm sure they saw >the microphones with their XLR connections and no cables. Hmmm. How >can all of these electronic intruments (keyboards, guitars, etc) be >audible without a cable. Oh, and they aren't wireless. If they were >wireless, you would still see the cable extending from the instrument's >jack running to the belt pack. > >Also, how can people sing, with their mouth right next to the >microphone, then pull the mic away to the side, let's say about 12" >inches away, and still have the same volume level as before? > >Don't these people know that when you move your mouth even a couple of >inches from the mic, that there is a noticeable decrease in volume? > >Let me also mention that you can't record good-quality sound that >originates from tiny speakers on the floats. You know the crowd would >easily drown out any sound from the floats. Therefore, the parade's >directors/producers played-back pre-recorded music, with full vocals for >the lip-syncers (and they were all lip-syncers) and then the sound was >piped directly into the recording console. > >Who else noticed all the "fake" flash photography taking place over >Macy's store front? They had the awning, or whatever you call it, >decorated with random strobes to make it look like there were many >people taking lots of flash photos. Jeesh. > >Then, what's the fekking deal with the searchlights that would flash >across the balloons? Was that to give the crowd/viewers more of a >Hollywood feel to the parade? It was distracting, damnit. > >Then, how many of the performers actually follow the parade for its >entire length? My guess: none. I would assume that the stars hope on >the float a block before Macy's, then disembark on the block after >Macy's. Why, however, would they want to be where no television cameras >were? That would be a waste of their time. > >Does anyone remember when the parade was just a parade? Why the hell >did the parade have to evolve into the moveable-stage medly-fest that is >has become? > >BTW, the only reason I watched it was because I had no internet access >at the in-laws and the kids wanted to watch it. > >I'm so fekking sick of people trying to fake us all out with illusion. >There is no reality or simplicity in anything anymore. > >M!ke -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184253 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
