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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.
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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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