Within Zoom, we do have the option to restrict to computer audio and not offer phone connections. Regardless, if they are using a phone connection, you can throw “stereo sound” right out the window. Is it a landline? A cell phone? Each can sound different. Many services allow you to dial in with a phone to listen in. So they may not have a subwoofer to help them appreciate the depth charge sample that you’ve cleverly hidden in that cue in Scene 5 (I’ll come clean and admit this is the Wilhelm Scream of my designs…)įurthermore, they might be connecting to the audio feed using their computer…OR THE PHONE. Audience members tuning in may be listening via headphones, ear buds, laptop speakers, a stereo system… anything. In a venue with an audience, the sound designer and engineer can manipulate the audience’s experience, and can check what it sounds like from any seat of the house.īroadcasting over the internet, however, we have no idea what ends up happening to the sound once it leaves our network and hits the ’net. The first thing to understand is that we have very little control over the end user’s experience. We have a lot of ground to cover here are the areas we will examine: But we are all just trying to find ways to make this work in the new reality…)
It’s still early on in the shift to online, and standardizing hardware across an entire acting company can be a big budget line item. There are so many ways to go – built-in mic, webcam with built-in mic, USB mic, mics with an audio interface… It all comes down to budget, room sound/treatment, cast size, etc. NOTE: For this post, despite talking about sound, we are ignoring the obvious issue of actor mics. And, of course, we’ll be using Qlab! For the streaming service, we will focus on Zoom for examples – but many of these features and settings are available on the other platforms as well. We are going to look at sound cue playback in this environment. Zoom, in particular, has become a runaway hit, and the name has become a verb, much like Google did in the early ‘00s. Virtual meeting platforms, like Zoom and WebEx, are moving from corporate boardrooms and laptops of tech savvy consumers to become part of the everyday language of quarantined populations. One of the earliest groups to rise to prominence doing this has been “The Show Must Go On(line)” – which has been ripping through Shakespeare’s plays, in order. Actors perform in front of webcams at home, and find novel ways to interact with their fellow cast across the internet who are locked up in their own homes.
In response to people all over the world staying home, business closing, and large gatherings being banned, theatre companies have started experimenting with virtual performances.
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Here’s how to work with playback cues in this environment.Īt the time of writing this (April, 2020) a deadly pandemic has been sweeping the globe. More and more acting companies are moving online to bring their performances to audiences, via Zoom and other streaming platforms.
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