Under The Radar Technical Rider

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1 Under The Radar Technical Rider Scope This Technical Rider shall define the requirements for the Under The Radar (The Artists) Front of House (FOH), Monitor Mix sound system, stage dimensions, stage AC Power, Lighting and Video projection requirements. General The sound system shall be in perfect working order and free of noise, hum or distortion. Ground loops, RF interference, hum, hiss, pops or buzzes are not acceptable. In some situations, substitutions of components may be unavoidable. All substitutions or deletions must be approved by the Artists in advance. The general stage layout is shown in Figure 2. Vocal mics shall be mounted on tripod boom stands for Mark, Gary and Christa. The drummer has an AKG Headset mic which he will bring with him. One Direct Box will be used for the Acoustic/Electric guitar. Front of House (FOH) Sound System Requirements The FOH system should be an active 3 way stereo system with the following features: 16 Input channels, as a minimum Effects Processing: Reverb (2 channels), Separate Effects Returns 4 Vocal Channels with Inserts to a separate Compressor / Limiter Mixer Input channels: Pre Fade Listen (PFL) or Solo function, 4 band EQ with 2 mid bands sweepable Stereo Line level input for House music playback via CD, MP3 player, Laptop/Tablet etc. Stereo Line level output (XLR balanced) for reference recording Acceptable Mixer Brands: Soundcraft, Yamaha, Allen and Heath, Midas, PreSonus, Crest Acceptable Amplifier Brands: Crest, Crown, Clair Brothers, QSC, Yamaha Acceptable Signal Processing Brands: dbx, Lexicon, BSS, Klark Teknik, TC Electronic Acceptable Speaker Brands: JBL, Electro-Voice, Yamaha, EAW, Clair Brothers, Meyer, McCauley, Renkus Heinz, Martin Audio The FOH mix desk and effects processing shall be placed in the audience area with full visibility of the stage and performers. Sound system output shall be able to produce a level of 100 dba at 50 feet from front of stage center with Pink Noise Monitor Sound System Requirements The monitor system shall be an active 2 way (12 inch LF driver and HF horn minimum) system (passive is acceptable) with the following features: Five separate monitor mixes, each with o a separate 31-band EQ. or Parametric EQ (minimum 4 bands) or Feedback Eliminator (minimum 12 filters per channel) A floor standing slant monitor for each separate monitor mix with different slant angles for standing and seated performers. Four total monitors are needed and one can be run in parallel with Monitor Mix 5. Page 1 of 8 10 June 2016

2 If space is not available on the drum riser for the slant monitor then the monitor can be placed in the vertical position as long as it is elevated to the drummer s head height while seated. Guitarist (Gary) uses an In-Ear Monitor (IEM) system which he will bring with him. Gary s IEM input signals are shown in Figure 1. Operates in Stereo mode. Lead Vocalist (Mark) uses an In-Ear Monitor (IEM) system which he will bring with him. Operates in mono mode. Acceptable Amplifier Brands: Crown, QSC, Clair Brothers, Yamaha Acceptable Signal Processing Brands: dbx, BSS, Klark Teknik Acceptable Speaker Brands: JBL, Electro-Voice, Yamaha, EAW, Clair Brothers, Meyer, McCauley, Renkus-Heinz, Martin Audio Figure 1. In Ear Monitor Signal Connections - Gary The Monitor Mix input sources are called out in Table I. Slant Monitor placement shall be as shown in Figure 2. Mix Monitor 1 Christa Monitor 2 Mark Monitor 3 Gary Monitor 4 Rob Monitor 5 Greg and Jason Table I. Monitor Mix Sources Sources Christa Vox, Mark Vox, Greg Vox, Gary Vox, Keys, Gary Guitar Mark Vox, Christa Vox, Acoustic Guitar, Keys, Gary Vox, Greg Vox, Gary Guitar, Rob Guitar Gary Vox, Gary Guitar, Mark Vox, Christa Vox, Greg Vox, Rob Guitar, Bass Gary Guitar, Mark Vox, Christa Vox, Greg Vox, Gary Vox, Bass, Greg Vox, Mark Vox, Christa Vox, Gary Vox, Bass, Gary Guitar, Rob Guitar Input List Table II. Input Channel Assignments Ch No. Assignment Settings Comments 1 Kick Drum Sennheiser e602 or AKG D112 Page 2 of 8 10 June 2016

3 Table II. Input Channel Assignments Ch No. Assignment Settings Comments 2 Snare HPF Reverb: Lex MX Shure SM57 3 Hi- Hat HPF Shure SM-57 4 Rack and Floor Toms HPF Sennheiser MD-421. Mic combiner 5 Overhead HPF AKG C1000S with phantom power 6 Keyboards 1, Jason Roland KC-550 amp, Balanced XLR Out Left. Yamaha Motif XF8 keyboard 7 Keyboards 2, Jason Roland KC-550 amp, Balanced XLR Out Right 8 Bass - DI Ampeg SVT XLR Line out, gain at 2:00 position, Post EQ 9 Guitar 1, Rob - DI XLR Direct Out from Pedal board (Line 6 Helix) 10 Guitar 2, Mark - DI Acoustic guitar to feed Direct Box with Phantom Power 11 Guitar 3, Gary - DI Kemper XLR Main out Right out to splitter for Monitor/FOH Mixer. Left out to IEM-1 Left Channel 12 Mark Vox Compression ratio: 4:1 Shure Beta58a, tripod boom. Performer has reverb / harmonizer stomp box 13 Christa Vox Compression ratio: 4:1 Shure SM-58 or Telefunken M80, straight mic stand. Performer has reverb / harmonizer stomp box 14 Gary Vox Compression ratio: 4:1 Shure SM-58, tripod boom 15 Greg Vox Reverb: Male Vocal, Plate Compression ratio: 4:1 AKG Perception SR45 Headset, XLR Out from Receiver, Channel 1 16 If additional mixer channels are available they can be assigned as shown in Table III. Table III. Spare Input Channel Assignments Ch No. Assignment Settings Comment 17 Drum Overhead - Right HPF AKG C1000S with phantom power 18 Talkback Talkback mic to Aux Mixes Page 3 of 8 10 June 2016

4 23 24 Stage Area The stage area and riser dimensions, as a minimum, should be: Stage Area - 19 feet wide by 15 feet deep with no obstructions Drum riser - 77 inches wide by 88 inches deep by 16 inches high, centered on stage rear Keyboard riser - 72 inches wide by 60 inches deep by 16 inches high, stage right rear. Relative positions of risers on the stage are shown in Figure 2. Summary of Equipment The Band will supply the following: Guitars, stands and Guitar Amps Keyboards, stands, Keyboard Amp, Keyboard Riser Drum Kit Drum pad and stand Drummer s AKG Headset Mic, Transmitter / Receiver Vocalists stomp boxes (reverb and harmonizer) In Ear Monitor Systems (Transmitter / Receiver) and Ear buds for Gary and Mark The Venue will supply the following: FOH Sound System and cabling Monitor Sound System and cabling Microphones, stands and cabling Direct Box AC Power and stage boxes with Edison connectors Drum Riser Lighting Control console, Fixtures, Assorted color gels, dimmers and cabling Video projector (front or rear) and screen If the Venue is unable to provide any of the equipment above, please contact Bill McMullen (mctechproduction@gmail.com) so we can coordinate other arrangements. Page 4 of 8 10 June 2016

5 Figure 2. Performance Stage Layout and Monitor Placement Top View Page 5 of 8 10 June 2016

6 AC Power Requirements Two 110 Volt (V) AC Power stage boxes rated at 15 amperes (A) should be located in the rear on stage right and stage left for the performers on stage equipment. Two stage boxes in front of stage between Mark s and Christa s monitors. The stage boxes should be equipped with a minimum of 2 Edison style connectors each. Lighting Requirements 16 - PAR 64 or 56 cans with 500 watt (W) wide flood (WFL) lamps each or equivalent 8 - PAR 64 or 56 cans with 500W narrow spot (NSP) lamps each or equivalent Lighting fixtures can be either mounted on trees on stage left and right or flown from above. Minimum height of the fixtures should be 10 feet above the stage floor. Safety lanyards should be equipped on each fixture. Control console with a minimum of 8 channels and 2 scene settings. Bump buttons for each channel. Dimmer control for each of the 24 separate cans Acceptable Control Console Brands: Strand, ETC, Leprechaun, Elation, Chauvet A light plot is shown in Figure 3. Acceptable color gels are shown in Table IV. General Color Yellow Red Cyan Table IV. Color Gels Rosco Number(s) 313 Light Relief Yellow 332 Cherry Rose 66 Cool Blue, 62 Booster Blue Page 6 of 8 10 June 2016

7 Figure 3. Performance Stage Light Plot Top View Page 7 of 8 10 June 2016

8 Video Projection A video projection (Front or Rear) system shall be available with the following features: Support for at least one of the following formats: HDMI, VGA (15 pin) or DVI Video format of XGA (1024 Horizontal by 768 Vertical) as a minimum Brightness of 3000 lumens, as a minimum Projection screen size minimum of 105 Inches wide 59 inches high mounted above the Drum riser. The bottom of the screen should be at least 1 foot above the head of the drummer while in a seated position. Stereo audio playback to FOH system with volume control Acceptable Projector Brands: InFocus, Barco, Panasonic, Christie Contact Information Questions on this Technical Rider should be directed to: Bill McMullen McTech Production mctechproduction@gmail.com Mobile Phone: Acronyms AC dba DI DVI EQ HF FOH HDMI HPF IEM LF NSP PAR PFL RF RTN VGA WFL WUXGA XGA Alternating Current Decibel A-weighted Curve Direct Input Digital Video Interface Equalizer High Frequency Front of House High Definition Multimedia Interface High Pass Filter In Ear Monitor Low Frequency Narrow Spot Parabolic Aluminized Reflector Pre Fade Listen Radio Frequency Return Video Graphics Adaptor Wide Flood Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array Extended Graphics Array Page 8 of 8 10 June 2016