Blue Traces technical requirements

- Grand piano

- One or two condenser mics on boom stand(s), close-micing the piano. Mic(s) sent to board, with aux send(s) to computer.

- Analog (not digital, please) connection from my audio interface to mixing board: 4 outputs from my interface, 1 or 2 inputs depending on number of mics.

- Foot pedal at piano. I would provide this, as well as cables to interface it with stage snake (XLRF jack) and FOH snake termination (XLRM plug). I would also bring the box that converts the pedal switch to MIDI for my audio interface. The cable run from stage to FOH must not pass through a DI box or other transformer.

- Audio cables to carry mics and pedal signal from piano to mix position

- Quad (or larger) speaker system, positioned in stereo pairs, preferably with 4 across the front.

- One stage monitor, positioned between piano bench and audience in such a way as to minimize leakage into piano mics. Monitor signal generated at mixing board as a mix of all four output channels.

- Adequate setup space at or near mix position for computer rig, which includes laptop, half-rack audio interface, and very small control surface: 24 W x 20 D at a minimum. It will not be possible to move this during the concert.