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What I do on most Saturday nights.
Jun. 23rd, 2013 10:53 amOn most Saturday nights, during the summer, I am basically unreachable and here is the reason why; I am engineer for a DJ at a local restaurant.
The DJ is Tony, the owner of the CMSL (Cape May Seashore Lines), the RR I volunteer for.
To show you what I work, some pictures.
First what it looks like from the dance floor:
Now what the board looks like from my perspective:
From left to right, top to bottom:
Left Case: Controls for CD players 1 & 2; drawers for CD players 1 & 2; receiver for wireless mic; filtered power strip for all the above.
Players 1 & 2 are normally used for "drop ins" and jingles.
Center case: The mixing board. This is the nerve center for the entire operation.
Right Cases: Top Case: Unused equalizer; Amp for speakers. This case is a loaner until Tony gets a new amp.
Bottom Case: Controls for CD players 3 & 4; Drawers for CD players 3 & 4; Graphic Equalizer and amplifier for monitor speakers; Filtered power strip for all the above.
Players 3 & 4 are our normal song players. Easier to keep everything under control when you are only using two players at a time.
Just below the table you can see the top of a monitor speaker.
And now a shot of me ready to start a new song:
Yes, it is me without my baseball cap. :=3
Two reasons I don't wear it: it gets hot and, most importantly, it doesn't look professional.
In this shot you can also see:
On table: Wireless mic; headphones for checking cueing of a track.
On the left you can see part of the light board I also run.
Before you ask, the reason why Tony hasn't gone to a MP3 player is because he, like me, doesn't like the way they sound. Not quite the dynamic range. Also it is easier to mix up the play list this way. He does a lot of requests. It took him years to convert from vinyl, which he still has, to CDs, and I do not see him converting to MP3s any time soon.
You might take note that everything is professional grade. This is because Tony is no nonsense when it comes to his DJ work. He used to work at a local radio station, Philly's 56 WFIL, as a producer working with some of the top jocks of the time, and that same professionalism has carried over to his DJ work.
The DJ is Tony, the owner of the CMSL (Cape May Seashore Lines), the RR I volunteer for.
To show you what I work, some pictures.
First what it looks like from the dance floor:
Now what the board looks like from my perspective:
From left to right, top to bottom:
Left Case: Controls for CD players 1 & 2; drawers for CD players 1 & 2; receiver for wireless mic; filtered power strip for all the above.
Players 1 & 2 are normally used for "drop ins" and jingles.
Center case: The mixing board. This is the nerve center for the entire operation.
Right Cases: Top Case: Unused equalizer; Amp for speakers. This case is a loaner until Tony gets a new amp.
Bottom Case: Controls for CD players 3 & 4; Drawers for CD players 3 & 4; Graphic Equalizer and amplifier for monitor speakers; Filtered power strip for all the above.
Players 3 & 4 are our normal song players. Easier to keep everything under control when you are only using two players at a time.
Just below the table you can see the top of a monitor speaker.
And now a shot of me ready to start a new song:
Yes, it is me without my baseball cap. :=3
Two reasons I don't wear it: it gets hot and, most importantly, it doesn't look professional.
In this shot you can also see:
On table: Wireless mic; headphones for checking cueing of a track.
On the left you can see part of the light board I also run.
Before you ask, the reason why Tony hasn't gone to a MP3 player is because he, like me, doesn't like the way they sound. Not quite the dynamic range. Also it is easier to mix up the play list this way. He does a lot of requests. It took him years to convert from vinyl, which he still has, to CDs, and I do not see him converting to MP3s any time soon.
You might take note that everything is professional grade. This is because Tony is no nonsense when it comes to his DJ work. He used to work at a local radio station, Philly's 56 WFIL, as a producer working with some of the top jocks of the time, and that same professionalism has carried over to his DJ work.
