Lesson Five - Tech

Technical Assistant

Everyone will be a technical assistant at ARTC. Because we usually have to set up and take down temporary performance stages in between other acts or on a tight schedule, we need all hands on deck. Below is a description of our equipment along with how we use it and important tips.

Your job as a technical assistant is to know what these things are and to do whatever the people who are in charge of set up tell you to do with them.

IMPORTANT NOTE: FOR ALL ITEMS, DO NOT TURN ON THE POWER UNTIL EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED AND ZEROED OUT

EQUIPMENT:

Cables:

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  SOUND CABLES - Male tends to be input / Female tends to be output

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  SOUND CABLES - Male tends to be input / Female tends to be output

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  XLR - Most often used to connect from mics into the mixer (whether using the snake or not). Also from the mixer to the amp

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  Quarter inch - Most often used to carry signal into the mixer from a keyboard or submixer or into a direct box. Also usually into the speakers.