On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:49 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote:

> The sound quality at some points was indeed weird, usually when there was
> more than one voice and/or instrument on the stage.  For instance, while
> both Adele and Shirley Bassey kicked ass, the mix with Adele and the
> backing musicians was muddled.  Bassey had the house orchestra (which was
> really up the street), and there was no issue with the sound. (SNIP)
>

My daughter, who is studying film and television in college, came home from
her Oscar party just now and made the same point about Adele. What I don't
understand is, is this a mechanical malfunction (did some machine or gizmo
break or not work properly, and they could not fix it on a live show) or
was this some professional error of human judgement (whoever is in charge
of this kind of thing thought it sounded right, but it didn't).

When I was in high school I was in charge of the sound for our church (for
no good reason). One of my most common problems was that I often could not
tell from the little room in the back where I was stationed what the
speaker, and the audience, could hear, so the pastor was always giving me
hand signals. But I assume the Oscars has a more sophisticated set-up.

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