On 03/08/14 13:31, DerbyBorn wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
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In article ,
Nightjar \cpb\@ insert my surname here wrote:
I watched that last night on BBC 4. Anybody know why the drummer was
surrounded by clear plastic screens? Were they expecting somebody to
shoot at him? Was it some form of acoustic screening? Was it to
protect equipment it would be difficult to run off stage with in the
case of torrential driving rain (although I would have thought a
conveniently placed tarpaulin would be better for that)?

Acoustic screens to help prevent him 'spilling' on other mics.
Surprised you haven't seen them before on TV. You'd use something more
effective in a recording studio - but those would block off the view
of the drummer. ;-)


On a similar vein I have sometime seen heavy metal bands use a mic stand
which has what looks like a plastic tube alongside the microphone. Any
ideas?

that's a talkbox. Use the mouth as an acoustic cavity to modfiy the
guitar sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLgeTtYwQ7o

is the classic example...



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