[SML] Glazing of Control Booths

[Alex French]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Chip Wood via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> ...

Place a full sized, nicely dressed, mannikin seated in the best sound seat
> in the house.  Place very good binaural ear mics in him/her. Feed their
> output to a set of very good earphones on the sound op enclosed behind
> glass.
> ...
> What's not to like??
>

I remember discussions on Theatre Sound where knowledgeable individuals had
done roughly this (maybe minus the mannikin), with some success.  I believe
they were generally trying to compensate when they had no option for a
decent mix position.  It sounded like they did get results that they liked
more than their alternatives (probably *just* being in a crappy booth
location).

To really be seamless (which isn't necessarily the same as "good enough to
make this a good idea"), I see a few specific technical challenges that you
glossed over-

The mics and headphones need to be not just "very good", but also sound
like ears.  All those little flaps and folds (and the rest of your head...
and the rest of your body... are important) affect things.  And they need
to be mobile... if the operator cocks their head, the microphones should
adjust similarly.  That part isn't actually too crazy sounding today, but I
don't think there's an off-the-shelf robust option.

Alex French
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