Worst Halftime Ever?

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Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Whoever was working the board for the Stones should be flogged. Everything was off, which is pretty inexcusable for a 10 minute set.

I agree with the anthem - there are things you can do to "personalize" it without trashing the whole song.

When the sound is tested the stadium is empty and you have to kind of guess on how much it will change with a packed stadium. I would say it was about 50/50 both the sound and the Stones sounded rough. Another thing I noticed is that the sound for TV sounded like it was coming from microphones and not a direct feed from the board and that can realy screw with the sound.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by firstdown

When the sound is tested the stadium is empty and you have to kind of guess on how much it will change with a packed stadium. I would say it was about 50/50 both the sound and the Stones sounded rough. Another thing I noticed is that the sound for TV sounded like it was coming from microphones and not a direct feed from the board and that can realy screw with the sound.

I'm talking about timing, not the initial mix. They forgot to turn up Ron Wood's guitar for his solo until about 5-10 seconds into it. Jaggar's mike was all over the place, although, you're right, it's hard to tell whether that was the board or just Mick forgetting to use the mike.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

I'm talking about timing, not the initial mix. They forgot to turn up Ron Wood's guitar for his solo until about 5-10 seconds into it. Jaggar's mike was all over the place, although, you're right, it's hard to tell whether that was the board or just Mick forgetting to use the mike.

I would guess that the RS would have had their own person running the board. most bands of any size have a sound crew which after everything is set up they take over and run the system.