WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:02.119 --> 00:00:07.200 Hey, Anthony Murano here with Cirque du Soleil.  As a live sound engineer here on the show my   00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:11.580 responsibilities are to take care of the mix  for the live band and all the elements of the  sound system. 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:16.080 I've been with the company for  about five years now and I've toured with   00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:21.900 their big top shows Lucia Volta and was a part  of the news Creation in Orlando Drawn to Life   00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.760 the band for a typical search show is  about five to seven members 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:30.637 and they can either play on stage or backstage  in a pit 00:00:30.868 --> 00:00:36.180 they'll have moments where they get up and walk around and use wireless  DPA microphones while playing on stage 00:00:40.980 --> 00:00:46.260 some shows the band is all in the same room and  others can be fit into four different locations   00:00:47.460 --> 00:00:51.240 it's also very common to have each musician  play multiple instruments during the show   00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:55.044 to keep everyone on the same track  they play to a click coming from Ableton 00:00:55.208 --> 00:00:59.640 as well as having instrument stems  to help supplement the live band out front 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:06.960 Cirque shows are highly dynamic and the  mix has to reflect that some songs are   00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:11.760 big and powerful like a rock show, others are  really intimate like a solo singer on stage 00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:20.880 A Cirque show is a combination of concert  and theatrical style mixing at moments you're   00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:25.440 calm and you're focusing on the balance of  the music and others you are required to   00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:30.780 have extreme focus for example taking 70  individual sound cues during a clown act 00:01:36.360 --> 00:01:40.500 you really have to be in tune with that artist  because you are an extension of that performance   00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:45.240 the sound team is usually made up of  three to five sound technicians that   00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:51.240 rotate between mixing 100 channels of audio out  front for the 2600 audience members every show   00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:57.000 or they'll be in the monitor Booth managing all  the audio for the band and mixing their in-ears 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:03.720 we also have to handle the 30  plus wireless microphones and   00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:08.520 IEMS backstage during the performance as  well as help wire up performers and the band 00:02:21.540 --> 00:02:27.180 The music is very whimsical and atmospheric  world beat music style it brings a lot of musical   00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:31.380 instruments from around the world and cultural  influences that really makes mixing that's hard 00:02:31.380 --> 00:02:36.960 Cirque quite unique. Some microphones we can even  hide inside costumes so they're barely visible   00:02:38.220 --> 00:02:43.500 on a big top 10 show we transfer city to city  every six to ten weeks. We need to make sure that   00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:48.180 the show and the system is packed up correctly  and efficiently loaded into the truck then we   00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:52.027 get to the next city and unpack the truck  and set everything up again 00:02:52.027 --> 00:02:53.950 this process takes about two weeks. 00:02:56.435 --> 00:02:59.340 Every Cirque show uses  a different sound system and different sound   00:02:59.340 --> 00:03:04.260 system components which challenges us to know  the different workflows and system architectures   00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:10.740 we will typically deploy about 50 to 60  point source speakers in a 5.1 configuration   00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:18.660 which is left right center  rear left rear right and LFE 00:03:20.940 --> 00:03:25.008 during load in we will hang all the speakers on  the main four masts of the Big Top 00:03:25.756 --> 00:03:31.260 a tech will harness up and climb about 50 to 70 feet up  and have our local crew hoist up the speakers   00:03:31.260 --> 00:03:34.463 individually while we handle the connections  and the rigging  00:03:35.896 --> 00:03:37.264 once the speakers are hung   00:03:37.264 --> 00:03:42.362 and cabled I will perform a system check with the  system processor software to make sure every line   00:03:42.362 --> 00:03:45.866 coming from the amplifier racks is going to its  intended speaker   00:03:46.061 --> 00:03:47.691 after the seating is installed 00:03:47.691 --> 00:03:54.000 I'll use a custom 3D printed laser mount on  each speaker to help me align to each seat 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:04.260 we use the surround sound systems that are behind  the audience pointing back at the stage to help   00:04:04.260 --> 00:04:09.120 localize the sound effects and to be able to pan  and move instruments through parts of the entire system 00:04:09.806 --> 00:04:14.880 working at Cirque du Soleil is such a rewarding  experience from mixing on big complex systems to   00:04:14.880 --> 00:04:19.980 working with casts from 17 different nationalities  speak nine different languages it's unlike   00:04:19.980 --> 00:04:25.140 anything I've been able to do in my whole career  in sound I hope you've enjoyed thanks for watching