How Speakers Are Flown
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Flying speakers is just hanging them in the air, but how do we get them up there? In fact, how do we get the necessary equipment to hang them up in roof anyway? How do we make sure that they’re pointing at the right angles and at the right height? Who even decided what the right height was. Where do the cables go? In larger venues speakers are almost always suspended from the roof so we’re going to look at why that as and step by step how we get them up there. Before I hung a few line arrays I always wondered how it happened, now that I’ve done it a few times I thought I’d let yo know what I know, so that if you’re thinking about doing it, you know what to expect.
Dont mess about without training.
You always need a qualified rigger to assess safety.
Always consult manufacturers instructions.
Riggers truly are the unspoken heroes of live sound.
Couldn't agree more. Arrive before everyone. Keep everyone safe. Make magic happen. Then come back and take it all down again. Heroes
Being a rigger is definitely not easy, From hanging line arrays, lighting or video. I myself cannot sleep well, until I check every bolt,chain and motor before lifting and even before leaving a venue. I can’t stress enough how important it is to secure every point. Literally life or death
I'll never do this, but I've always been curious about this process. I sometimes play gigs in orchestras for big arena shows and everything is already assembled when we get there for sound check, but I'm always amazed at the setup and can't help but to think "how the hell?!?" when I'm looking at the complexity of those huge hanging sound systems. Now I have a better idea. Thanks for sharing this, and for the brilliant work that gets done before anyone plays a note on stage. It sure makes my side of the job easy.
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Maaaan I really needed this video! I'm a guitarrist, but a FOH at heart, great video!
Thanks so much 😊
THANKS! I was literally just looking at how to do this
Glad I could help
Excellent
Thanks so much 😁
Awesome video, can you go more into depth about system processors and which are best.
Sure, I can make a video about system processors.
Have you seen the Abi Shanti sound system ?, or the Channel one sound system ?
Hi, I really hope you fixed this after taking the video clip but the shot at 8:45 shows that you didn’t pin the back of those two Y boxes correctly. You did not put the safety pins in the correct place. There is a reason there are two pins on each box, one is the main pin that the weight of the array hangs on that attaches with the hook from the box above and one is a safety to go in the hole directly under the main hole (if main pin is in 11, safety would go in 13). I really hope this was fixed before you sent the array to trim or that you can go back and fix this. This is why it is important that people get proper training.
Thanks for pointing that out. I'll get the venue to contact the installer to double check everything
This is how you know things have went straight money
W vid!
Do I need to delay the different zones of the array?
No, you want to treat a line array as one big speaker. I would also suggest to keep EQ and level the same across the whole array. Gain shading should be handled with care.
Great Question. No need to delay no. For more details about arrays and how they work I'd recommend watching Michael Curtis on youtube or reading Sound Systems: design and optimisation. Though admitedly the book is incredibly dry.