Sugarland concert stage collapse.

[Hillbilly]

The best seat in the house is mine....at FOH.

 

[mammynun]

The best seat in the house is mine....at FOH.

Yeah, but you're working... If I'm paying to be at a show I don't want to think about scrolling through layers, taking the bottom snare mic 180 out of phase, etc.

Yes, I too know what all those knobs do!

 

[thompal]

Yeah, but you're working... If I'm paying to be at a show I don't want to think about scrolling through layers, taking the bottom snare mic 180 out of phase, etc.

Yes, I too know what all those knobs do!

SCROLLING THROUGH LAYERS?? Meh, you young whippersnappers and your newfangled digital stuff. Give me a Midas MR4, or Soundcraft Series Five, 40 or so S4 cabinets, and I'm happy. I want my knobs where I can grab them instantly, and not have to scroll through menus while trying to do something else at the same time. I may be a computer geek by trade, but I HATE digital audio, for more reasons that I can list here. My most fundamental reason though, was reinforced (no pun intended) when I was talking to someone who had just taken the newest Soundcraft digital console out, and he said it was pretty nice, except that the control interface locked up during sound check, and it took FOUR MINUTES to reboot the mixer. Yeah, and as maddening as that would be, imagine that happening while you were mixing a metal show in front of 18,000 people.

 

[Westside]

SCROLLING THROUGH LAYERS?? Meh, you young whippersnappers and your newfangled digital stuff. Give me a Midas MR4, or Soundcraft Series Five, 40 or so S4 cabinets, and I'm happy. I want my knobs where I can grab them instantly, and not have to scroll through menus while trying to do something else at the same time. I may be a computer geek by trade, but I HATE digital audio, for more reasons that I can list here. My most fundamental reason though, was reinforced (no pun intended) when I was talking to someone who had just taken the newest Soundcraft digital console out, and he said it was pretty nice, except that the control interface locked up during sound check, and it took FOUR MINUTES to reboot the mixer. Yeah, and as maddening as that would be, imagine that happening while you were mixing a metal show in front of 18,000 people.

You keep your old analog stuff. I will keep my shiny Digico D1, D5, and my new and shiny SD7. and all Digico consoles have a magic button that will reboot the computer system while the console passes audio at present level. And everyone knows Monitor world is the best world.

 

[jsharmon7]

Sorry to interrupt the tech talk, but a sixth person died from injuries sustained.

 

[Westside]

Sorry to interrupt the tech talk, but a sixth person died from injuries sustained.

yes that is sad there was also a stage collapse in Belgium yesterday.

 

[cowgirl.sdm]

yes that is sad there was also a stage collapse in Belgium yesterday.

This is sad that indy's made national news and yet it is still happening. You would think that people would learn from past incidents. This is very sad.

 

[thompal]

This is sad that indy's made national news and yet it is still happening. You would think that people would learn from past incidents. This is very sad.

Well, considering that Indy was less than a week ago, and there's no official cause of the collapse yet, it's far too soon for any changes to be made. From some of the reports I've seen of the Belgian collapse, it appears to be different. It sounds like trees were uprooted by the storm and crashed into the staging, which caused it to collapse.

Given the amount of unnecessary crap that people insist on hanging from truss outdoors, there are certain conditions that nearly guarantee that things will come down, unless you evacuate the area and drop the roof. It still might come down, but at least there won't be people around to get hurt by it.

People seem to have forgotten that an outdoor concert is not the same as an indoor concert. For that matter, people seem to have completely forgotten that a "concert" is a band playing music. It's not a multimedia presentation.

 

[cowgirl.sdm]

Well, tne first case has been filed. Say a pray for all involved. This is going to be hard on all sides.

 

[Gabriel]

I just found out the Indy Mile is cancelled now because of this stage collapse.

 

[blackenedman]

Given the amount of unnecessary crap that people insist on hanging from truss outdoors, there are certain conditions that nearly guarantee that things will come down, unless you evacuate the area and drop the roof. It still might come down, but at least there won't be people around to get hurt by it.

People seem to have forgotten that an outdoor concert is not the same as an indoor concert. For that matter, people seem to have completely forgotten that a "concert" is a band playing music. It's not a multimedia presentation.

Fantastic summary right there...

 

[thompal]

Well, tne first case has been filed. Say a pray for all involved. This is going to be hard on all sides.

I expect lawsuits to be filed against everyone even remotely involved in the show, some justifiably, but many are going to be just collateral damage.