Technical requirements
Mugar is a group of ten musicians, all playing acoustic instruments.
Stage arrangement : musicians seated around
small round tables or seated on platforms.
Stage
Minimal size : 10 m x 8 m. (33 x 26 feet)
The stage arrangement must allow the seated musicians to be seen.
To be provided :
• ten wooden chairs, standard height
• three small round tables, standard height
• four 2 m x 1 m (79 x 39 inches) platforms
• one spotlight to warm the percussion skins to be located on the floor at prompt
side.
• a staircase at downstage to allow three musician to go down into the audience
at the end of the show
Sound check
After system equalisation and platforms, chairs, tables, microphones, speakers,
stands and cables have been setup, ONE HOUR AND A HALF MINIMUM for
instrument and voices sound check.
Sound
Microphones and DI (please refer to the miking diagram)
Microphones stands and cables
1
4
1
6
6
Type
C 535
MD 421
SM 57
SM 58
DI active
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Brand
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AKG
SENNHEISER •
SHURE
SHURE
SCV
nine tall stands, black, with booms
four small stands, black, with booms
All booms must be telescoping type
nineteen microphone cables, black.
Backline
A bass amp for the gumbri : AMPEG or
TRACE-ELLIOT, 300 W mini.
Mixing desk
The 24 input mixing desk, should feature 8 VCA, 8 subgroups, 4-band channel
equalisation (preferably parametric, but with a minimum of two sweepable bands), 8
aux sends, and lighting. Preferred model : PM 3500 Yamaha or Vienna 2 Soundcraft.
The desk should be centrally located in the auditorium and not in a closed sound
booth or under a balcony.
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Sound
(cont.)
Effects / outboard
• Reverberation type PCM 70, SPX 900 YAMAHA. M5000 TC ELECTRONIC if
available.
• Eight DBX 160 compressors or equivalent
• CD player
• A DAT wired to record
Equalization
31-band equalizers are required for house left & right and also for each separate
monitor send.
FOH
A high quality, four bands, preferably hung, stereo PA system suitable for the venue
is required, sufficient in size to provide good coverage to all parts of the auditorium.
Compact, active-controlled systemps are preferred. In case of wide stage opening,
a center cluster is required. Recommanded systems : ADAMSON, EAW, NEXO, LAcoustics (ARC). The system should be ready two hours before sound check.
Monitors
Ten identical monitor speakers (NEXO PS10, L-Acoustics MTD 112). These speaker shall be on four aux send. Each mix must have a 1/3 octave equalizer.
In an auditorium of more than 500 seats and in open-air, please provide:
• 24/8 monitor mixing desk
• monitor engineer familiar with acoustic instruments
• ten identical monitor speakers (NEXO PS10, L-Acoustics MTD 112)
• two side-fill 1kW
• ten amplification channels
• ten 31-band equalizers situated near the monitor mixing desk
Lighting
Dressing rooms
Catering - Meals
Accomodation
Appendix
technical
director
Updated 12th April 2001
Minimum power : 40 kW in auditoriums under 500 seats, 60 kW above. Console with
two scene operation. Three or four main cues. No follow spot. Back lighting (PAR)
and laterals (PC, FRESNEL), front lighting (PC) at 50% of maximum brightness.
• Two dressing rooms for a total of twelve people.
• Catering on arrival : cold meats (no pork please), raw vegetables, cheese, fruit,
mineral water, sparkling water, beer, two bottles of good red wine.
• Hot evening meal for twelve.
• Accomodation : twelve individual rooms.
• Appendix 1 : stage plan and miking diagram.
Yann Lemêtre
142 rue Victor Hugo
92270 Bois Colombes - France
email : [email protected]
Mobile : + 33 (0) 6 81 12 80 52
Tel : +33 (0) 1 47 80 24 10
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Miking diagram
input
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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musician
Céline RIVAUD
Jean-Claude PHILIPPE
Abdenour DJEMAÏ
Philippe HUNSINGER
instrument
micro or DI
fiddle1
active DI
fiddle 2
active DI
banjo
active DI
bouzouki
active DI
guitar
active DI
Lahouari BENNADJADI
gumbri
active DI
El-Hadj KHALFA
t’bel
421 SENNHEISER
Jean-Bernard MONDOLONI bodhrán
604 provided
Nasredine DALIL
bendir
421 SENNHEISER
Jean-Bernard MONDOLONI didjeridoo
SM 57 SHURE
Youenn LE BERRE
bagpipes drones
C 535 AKG
Michel SIKIOTAKIS
bombarde
421 SENNHEISER
El-Hadj KHALFA
gheita
421 SENNHEISER
Lahouari BENNADJADI
background vocals
SM 58 SHURE
El-Hadj KHALFA
background vocals
SM 58 SHURE
Jean-Bernard MONDOLONI background vocals
SM 58 SHURE
Michel SIKIOTAKIS
flutes, vocals
SM 58 SHURE
Youenn LE BERRE
flutes, bagpipes & vocals SM 58 SHURE
Nasredine DALIL
flutes, vocals
SM 58 SHURE
four compressors inserted on groups 1 to 4
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stand
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