First off, when we got there I found the door to the sound room unlocked
and blocked from closing because of junk being stored there. The
cleaning supplies have been moved downstairs (there are already
redundant supplies upstairs). The party decorations which still looked
good are behind the bar. The string lights have been thrown out. Some
very dangerous "repairs" had been made to them which could cause a shock
or fire. Only 3 or 4 people (myself, Chris S, Ted and I think Bob
Good) have keys to this room and it should not be used to store anything
besides sound equipment.
First the bad news
The system as it is is not functional for a show because all of our long
XLR (mic to amp) cables are gone. In addition one of the long 1/4 inch
2 channel cables (amp to speakers) is gone and the remaining one is in
very poor shape. There is only one short 1/4 inch cable (amp to mixing
board) there should be 2. This can be improvised using a longer 1/4
inch cable but the one we have is not that good. We have one working
mic, one mic that might work (couldn't test properly due to lack of
reliable XLR cables) and three mics that are dead. One intact mic
stand, one stand with a broken mic holder, and the boom mic stand looks
to be in working order.
The good news
Mario says he might have some cables he could loan us for the two
upcoming shows. But he won't have access to where they are until Monday.
The powered monitor speaker appears to be OK. Suspect tinny sound was
due to poor cable or mic. Again a thorough test was not possible due to
lack of a known good XLR cable.
*OK so here is what we must have in order to have a working sound system
by Thursday*
*2 25-50 foot XLR cables*
*1 25-50 foot 1/4 inch 2 channel cable*
In addition here is what we should get to keep the system functional for
the future
An additional 25-50 foot 1/4 inch 2 channel cable
2 1-3 foot 1/4 inch 2 channel cables (mixer to amp)
1 or 2 additional mics
spare XLR cable
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