[Peter Perry]

OK, so they don’t make the mixpad anymore…lol…take a look at the Peavey pv8.
Peter

[Peter Perry]

Hi David,
You could get a small mixer like a Samson Mixpad 4 or 9 to use as a source switcher.
Peter

[Peter Perry]

Hi John,
Page 72 of your manual shows you how to display the meters. I don’t know if they have dBFS markings or not.
Peter

[Peter Perry]

No, you don’t want to do that.
Try turning down the amps feeding the PA system. Then you will be able to push more level through the console, which should raise the level on the record outs.
Peter

[Peter Perry]

Hi Bob,
Absolutely the audio crew interfaces with wardrobe in theater productions. What happens a lot is that the pack is hidden in a wig whenever possible and the mic is hidden in the hair, so there is no clothing rustle or hanging wires to deal with. A lot of the more “rock n roll” type theater productions are also going to the mics that hug that cheek and come close to the mouth.
Peter

[Peter Perry]

Hi Tony,
You are actually looking for two different things….a hybrid and an IFB system. The unit you are looking at is the hybrid part of the equation, and will work if what you are using is a PBX type phone system.
Now you need to find an IFB system. I don’t know of any that can be either wireless or wired, they are usually one or the other. And do you need true IFB? Do you need a director or producer to be able to interrupt the program and talk to the talent, or do you just need the talent to be able to hear the phoner? The difference could amount to thousands of dollars.
If you don’t need true IFB, then an in ear monitor system like this
https://www.nady.com/eo3_pg.html
could suffice.
Peter

[Peter Perry]

Hi Todd,
Would it be possible to hang the mics to get better placement?
Peter

[Peter Perry]

Update….I found this on pdinfo.com.

Sound Recording Rule of Thumb:
There are NO sound recordings in the Public Domain in the USA.

Records, cassettes, CD’s, and other music recordings come under a general category called Sound Recordings or Phonorecords. The publication of Sheet Music placed a song or musical work under copyright protection. Sound recordings, however, were protected by a hodge-podge tangle of state laws, but were not covered under Federal copyright law. It was even determined that there was no federal criteria to actually “publish” a sound recording. This was fixed with the 1972 US copyright act which officially “published” all sound recordings in existence on February 15, 1972, and 75 years of copyright protection was enacted for essentially every sound recording created in 1972 or earlier. (1972 + 75 years = 2047). The Sony Bono Act of 1998 extended all copyright protection an additional 20 years. Therefore, the earliest that copyright protection will expire for any sounding recording in the USA is 2067 (2047 + 20 years = 2067).

It is important that you understand the difference between a “musical work” and a “sound recording”. A musical work and a sound recording of a musical work have separate copyright protection. The children’s song, “Three Blind Mice” is absolutely in the public domain worldwide. You may publish it, record it, sing it, use it in your movie, or do anything else with “Three Blind Mice” that you can ever imagine. However, no sound recordings of “Three Blind Mice” are in the public domain. If you want to use any sound recording – even a sound recording of a public domain song – you must either license a recording or create your own recording.

[Peter Perry]

Hi Ty,
There is the rub. I didn’t say SONGS. There are plenty of songs in the public domain. I said recordings.
I can take a song in the public domain, record it without restriction. That recording, if I copyright it, then will be protected under copyright law and cannot be used without my permission.
I probably have the exact date wrong, but I think I read that the earliest recordings don’t become public domain until 2048 or something like that. I’ll try and track that article down and repost.
Peter

[Peter Perry]

There are virtually NO recordings in the public domain at this time. If you want to use any recording in any way, you need to negotiate the rights to use the song. You need to find out if the song you want to use is ASCAP or BMI or someone else and contact them, then be prepared to open your wallet.
Peter