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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Simon Baker's Tony-Nominated Sound For A Christmas Carol - Live Design

Sound designer Simon Baker is nominated for his work on A Christmas Carol, which opened at the Lyceum Theatre in November 2019. Live Design talked to Baker about recording sound effects in his backyard and why reopening will require a make-do-and-mend approach for a while.

Live Design: The play has been done many times before, how did you put your own stamp on the production? 

Simon Baker: Matthew (Warchus - the shows director) originally described a very simple aesthetic, crates to represent desks and door frames to represent doors. Once into rehearsal we discovered that we needed sound to describe the missing visual elements - every door knock, every lock, was all effect work rather than real, that gave me a very clear style to work with.  The world of Scrooge is heavy, life is tough; I wanted all the effects to have an industrial feel--everything is an effort.  There’s a tendency to think of Christmas Carol in terms of ghosts, magic and illusion--we went a very different way. 

LD: This production has been described as equal parts festive and foreboding, how did you evoke these two parts and find a balance?

SB: If my work represents the exhaustion of living in Victorian London, then Chris Nightingale’s score represents the soul, spirit and hope of community. The battle between the two worlds is what carries the audience on the journey. 

LD: What parts of the sound design changed on the production’s journey from the Old Vic to Broadway?

SB: The Old Vic London production is somewhere between in the round and transverse. The Broadway show is a proscenium show.  For me, this is very slightly easier as it is less complex seating patterns to cover with audio. Working in proscenium allows more depth to the sound effect world - you can place things further away from the audience. 

LD: Tell us a little about the gear you chose for this production.

SB: I’m happy with my current work flow which dictates my equipment choices. I prefer a Digico console above anything else, QLab is an obvious must, I love d&b loudspeakers and in an ideal world only ever use one brand of loudspeaker throughout the system. The d&b workflow works for me and the sound is great, which ultimately is all you want from a loudspeaker. Wireless mics, this hasn’t quite settled yet so I’m happy to work with the rental shop on developing what might become a standard. I've become a real fan of keeping the signal path simple and clean, relatively old school: the right mic on the right instrument, with the correct gain structure through the correct loudspeaker.  

LD: What’s your favorite part of the design and why?

SB: The tiny detail effects are always my favorite.  The whoosh of the pendulum lantern flying past Scrooge’s head is a mix of sparklers and flaming torches - all recorded in my back garden in Bristol - very late at night.  

LD: Did you encounter any major problems for which you had to create a workaround?

SB: Every show has problems to solve, but that’s the fun part!  The show has way too many sound effects, it has a complex score with quick dialogue… it’s an incredibly tough and skilled mix. The solution is to work with great operators and I’m very lucky in that department. Ty Lackey (who mixed the show on Broadway)  is a genius and so, too, are the UK team.

LD: Lastly, when live theatre returns after the pandemic, how do you think it will change in general, and how will it change specifically for sound designers, if at all?

SB: I hope when we come back, the world will be more tolerant, much has happened in the last year. I think simply picking up where we left off is not an option.  For sound specifically - I think we’ll all have to be less fussy about kit as suppliers get back on their feet, and that may take some time. We’ll need a kind of make-do-and-mend approach for a while.  That’s probably not a bad thing. 

Gear List Lyceum Theatre
 

FOH Console 
01 DiGiCo SD10T Control Surface with Opticalcon (Core 2 v987> 
to comprise of 
01 Desk Cover
02 DiGiCo SD10 Power Supply 
01 Combined Keyboard & Trackball (2 x PS2) 
02 Little Lite for Desk (3-pin) 
01 Desk Cover 
01 DiGiCo SD Rack with Opticalcon 
to include 
07 192KHz Mic/Line Input Card 
02 192KHz Analogue Output Card 
05 AES/EBU Output Card 
01 100M Opticon 2 Way Opitcal Fibre Run for Above. 
01 Sonnet MacMini Based MADI Record System 
to include 
01 Apple MacMini i7 3.0GHz, 512GB (Flash/SSD) 16GB RAM 
01 RME MADIFace USB 64Ch MADI Sound Card 
01 Compact USB Keyboard 
01 Kensington Orbit Trackball Mouse 
01 M-Audio Midi USB MIDI Interface 
02 Genelec 8030a Near Field Monitors 
to include 
02 Gas arms for rigging
02 VESA adaptor plates for Genelec’s
Processing - Universal Audio 
02 Universal Audio UAD -2 Live Racks (Ultimate Bundle) (1 Main/1 Back Up) 
02 Apple Mac Mini i5/2.8Ghz Quad Core/8GB/256GB SSD Sonet Mounted 
01 MADI Switcher for above (running as Main and Back Up systems) 
01 ASR or Other KVM for above 
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Networking 
04 Cisco SG500-28 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (Fanless version) 
               - Stage/Amp Rack 
               - FOH Mix Position Control Rack 
               - Onstage Radio Rack
02 Netgear GS105 5-port Ethernet Switch 
               - DiGiCo SD10 
01 Engenius EAP600 Dual Band Wireless Access Point (No DHCP) 
01 Trendent Gigabit PoE Injector 

Utilities 
03 APC Smart UPS 1500VA RM 230V 
          01 SD Rack 
          01 FOH Qlab/Control 
          01 Comms & All Network Switches 
01 Canford Audio Midi Distro (CA 20-152) 
02 Sonifex RedBox DA6 
02 Kenton Midi Line Driver Packages + PSU’s as required 
          02 Kenton Midi Line Driver Master 
          02 Kenton Midi Line Driver Slave 
01 Kenton MIDI Merge-4 (4 in 2 out) + PSU’s as required 
01 Denon DN 700R Network SD & USB 2 Track Recorder 
01 AJA Helo H.264 Video Streamer & Recorder 
01 SDI Camera 

Visual Monitors 
03 Dell P2214H 22” LCD Monitor 
01 FOH Qlab Local 
01 FOH DiGiCo Overview 
01 UA Audio 
02 Dell Touchscreen 22” LCD Monitor 
01 FOH R1/MADI Record 
01 BOH Radios 
02 Ergotron Two Monitor Mount Stacking Arm or similar 

Playback 
01 Main and Back Up Qlab FX System 
to include 
02 Apple MacMini i7 3.0GHz, 512GB (Flash/SSD) 16GB RAM 
01 Autograph XUSB2 KVM/MIDI Switcher 
01 Autograph XMADI Audio Switcher 
02 RME MADIFace USB 64Ch MADI Sound Card 
01 Sonifex RB-DDA6W Word Clock Distribution 
01 6 or 4 Button Go Stop Previous Next Remote 
01 Main/Backup Changeover Remote 
02 Qlab V4 Pro Bundle Licence 
01 Apple Keyboard 
01 Apple Mouse 
01 Compact USB Keyboard 
01 Kensington Orbit Trackball Mouse 

Wired Microphones 
04 AKG C414 XLII                                               
04 Sennheiser MKH40                   
03 DPA 4099 
01 DPA4099 Bass Clip 
01 DPA4099 Cello Clip                                                              
02 Neumann KM184                                       
04 Shure 58s Switched 
02 DPA 4017 c/w mount 
02 PTT Fist mics 
Mic Stands & Rigging 
06 K&M Tall Boom Mic Stand 
04 K&M Short Boom Mic Stand 
06 K&M Tall Pole Round Base Mic Stand 
02 K&M Short Pole Round Base Mic Stand 
12 K&M 240/5 Classic Clamp 
02 K&M 240/1 Microphone Arm 
12 K&M 215 Thread Adapters 

Wireless Mics - Analogue System 
18 Sennheiser 3732 Dual Channel Receivers 
36 Sennhieser SK5212 Transmitters 
02 Sennheiser A2003-UHF For use with 3732 1
02 Sennhieser ASA3000 
Every rental company has there own solution to this so please feel free to suggest the RF 
monitoring solution to fulfil the following needs 
• Visual RF monitoring at both FOH and Radio Rack 
• Audio monitoring at Radio Rack and one other position on stage 
• An analog (pref not bantam - GPO preferred) fully normal’d 1:1 patch at the Radio Rack 
1 RF Department to confirm antenna type please

Band IEM & Click Track Monitoring 
04 Shure PSM1000 P10T Wireless TX c/w suitable antenna distro and antennas 
09 Shure PSM1000 P10TR Wireless RX 
01 Sonifex Headphone RB HD6 2
 
Loudspeaker Systems 
06 d&b audiotechnik Y10P Loudspeaker              02 Stalls 
                                                                              02 Circle 
                                                                              02 Upper 
                                    
02 d&b audiotechnik V10P Loudspeaker               02 US FX
02 d&b audiotechnik Y12 02 Centre Cluster
10 d&b audiotechnik Y8                        10 Center Cluster                  
                
06 d&b audiotechnik B6-Sub Loudspeaker                       
12 d&b audiotechnik E8 Loudspeaker                04 Door FX 
                                                                            06 Stage Foldback 
                                                                            02 Bleak Mid Winter FX 
                                    
34 d&b audiotechnik E6 Loudspeaker                04 Front Fill 
                                                                            02 Stalls Fill 
06 Dress Circle Delay 
02 Dress Circle Fill 
06 Balc Delays 
02 Balc Fill
                                     04 Off Stage FB 
                                             04 Band Foldback 
02 Genelec 8020 Powered Speaker                    02 MD Chair
10 Canford Audio/Anchor AN1000 Powered Loudspeakers 
         

Amplifiers 
14 d&B D20 Amplifiers 
System Control 
01 Sonnet MacMini running R1 
to include 
01 Apple MacMini i7 3.0GHz, 512GB (Flash/SSD) 16GB RAM 
01 RME MADIFace USB 64Ch MADI Sound Card 
01 Compact USB Keyboard 
01 Kensington Orbit Trackball Mouse 
01 M-Audio Midi USB MIDI Interface 
                
Loudspeaker Hardware 3
01 d&b Y Flying Frame c/w hoist connector and safety set 
02 d&b VP Mounting bracket (Z5383) c/w pipe clamp and safety set 
06 d&b Y mounting c/w pipe clamp and safety set 
34 d&b E6 Horizontal brackets c/w pipe clamp and safety set 
12 d&b E8 Vertical brackets c/w pipe clamp and safety set 
06 750mm Gallows Arms for VP system 
02 Pair of drifts to 500mm budgie bar (drift length TBA but allow for 3M)
3 Please see PSE for bespoke rigging requirements

Comms 4
02 ClearCom MS-704 4 Ch Main Station (inc spare) 
02 ClearCom RM-704 4 Ch Remote Station 
04 ClearCom RM-702 2 Ch Remote Station 
06 ClearCom RS-702 Belt Packs 
04 ClearCom KB702 Station (in V Box) 
02 ClearCom FL-7 - or other 
04 Clearcom HS6 
04 Clearcom HS6 Hangers 
28 Clearcom CC-300 Headsets 
02 ClearCom FreeSpeak II - Base II 
10 ClearCom FreeSpeak II 1.9Ghz Beltpack 
05 ClearCom FreeSpeak II 1.9Ghz Active Antenna 
02 ClearCom AC60 Battery Charger 
10 ClearCom BAT60 Additional Batteries 
01 Clearcom CC Manager 
08 Back To Back Motorolas plus headsets plus chargers 

Rehearsal Systems - Main Room 
FOH Console - Rehearsals 
01 Yamaha MGP16X (10 mono in/2 Stereo In/2 Effects/2 Auxs/Main Out)7
01 Cover for above 
01 Flight Case for above 


Playback - Rehearsals 
01 2 Channel Qlab 4 Rehearsal system 
to comprise of
01 Apple Mac Mini i7/Quad Core/8GB/256GB SSD 
01 Qlab Pro/Midi/Audio License v3> 
01 M Audio M Track 2x2 Audio I/O 
01 Apple Wired Keyboard
01 Apple Wired Mouse 
01 22” Monitor (DVi/HDMI)
Loudspeaker Systems - Rehearsals 
02 d&b audiotechnik Y7P Loudspeaker c/w frame and poles to mount on Subs              
02 d&b audiotechnik Y-Sub Loudspeaker                             
                                    
Amplifiers - Rehearsals 
01 d&B D20 Amplifiers
01 d&b D20 Touring Rack Assembly c/w I/O & Mains Distro 

Loudspeaker Hardware - Rehearsals 
02 d&B YP Mounting Bracket Z5399 
02 d&b YP Loudspeaker Stand Adapter Z5024 
Cable Call - Audio/Multicore - Rehearsals 
08 10M XLR3 Mic Cable 
02 20M XLR3 Mic Cable 
04 03M XLR3M Jumpers 
10 20M Speakon 4 Core Loudspeaker Cable 
08 Speakon Couplers 
04 03M 1/4 Jack Unbalanced to XLR3M 
04 03M 1/4 Jack Unbalanced to XLR3F 
04 03M 1/4 Jack to 1/4 Jack Unbalanced 
02 iPhone to Desk 


Cable Call - Mains - Rehearsals 8
02 13Amp Out to 16 Amp C-Form 
03 20M 16Amp - 16Amp Cable 
03 Rubber Box RUB TR3-16Amp Distro Box (Keys/Mixer/DSM) 
Cable Call - Network/Digital - Rehearsals 
01 03M HDMI Cable 
02 03M Ethernet/Gigabit Cable 
01 03M USB-C to USB-2 Type A Cable 
01 03M USB-2 A Cable Extension 
Consumables - Rehearsals 
02 White 19mm PVC 
04 Black 19mm PVC 
04 2” Black Gaffa Tape 

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