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Examples of paperwork used by sound designers.
Microphone Plot / Mic Plot
A chart showing who is using each radio microphone during each scene, and when swaps happen.
Example Mic Plot: Theatrecrafts Microphone Plot
Sound System Schematic
A diagram showing the elements of the sound system, and how they’re connected.
The diagrams below are schematics from Starlight Express (1984), Sound design by Martin Levan, diagrams courtesy of Autograph Sound.
Starlight Express Schematic 1 (November 1983)
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Starlight Express Schematic 2 (November 1983)
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Starlight Express Schematic 3 (November 1983)
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Starlight Express Schematic 4 (November 1983)
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Starlight Express Schematic 5 (November 1983)
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Sound Cue List
A list, shown in the order in which they’re played, of the sound cues used during a performance.
How this is laid out will depend on the type of show being prepared. A traditional piece of drama, where the cues are mainly spot effects, music cues between scenes etc, may look like the following:
| Cue No. | Sound | Action / Notes | Timing | Page No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preshow Music | Play loop as audience are entering | 4 minute loop | 0 |
| 1A | Fade out preshow | Fade out as houselights fade | 7 second fade | 0 |
| 2 | Cityscape #1 | Very quiet, under scene 1 | 8 minutes, played twice | 1 – 4 |
| 3 | Crossfade into Crickets background | End of scene 1, crickets play through scene change | 1 minute 30 seconds | 4 |
| 4 | Car arrives | Just before Clive enters | 12 secs | 7 |
| 5 | Fade out crickets | With lighting blackout | 5 seconds | 9 |
Sound Desk Preset
A sheet representing each control on the sound desk, enabling the settings / connections on an analogue sound desk to be noted down, meaning the desk can be reset at the start of each show .
NB: Digital mixing desk presets can be saved instantly, so no preset sheet is required.
Example preset sheet: behringer_xenyx_x2442_usb_preset
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