| Back on subject- found a few older pictures of the hanging rig we used at the Ojai Music Festival (pix from 2006, but it didn't change this year). The orchestra in the picture is the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
We had to hang from a truss system on the front of the stage in front of the bowl cover (which is permanent). Mic cables and tie lines went along the truss in a pulley system to allow for adjustment from the side of the stage. The hanger for the single mic is my 3-way hinge hanger that allows for constant mic position as the position changes.
We hung the array of 5 omnis across (tree plus flanks) for both recording and sound reinforcement. The sound there was done in surround for the good seats and the majority of the amplified sound came from those overhead mics. Means there isn't a huge amount of gain before feedback, but there is plenty to allow the system to run as transparently as possible.
--Ben |