¶ Kailash Mital Theatre (KMT)
The Kailash Mital theatre is the largest performance space on campus.
¶ KMT Operational / Important spaces
Booth
Stage
Mezz
Sound Room
Piano Room
Sink Room
Prod Office
Green Room
Dressing Rooms
¶ Booth
The main space for operation for LX, and Audio for live audience.
¶ Important Gear
- CL5 audio Console
- Ion Lighting Console
- Barco Video Switcher
Inputs include Mac Mini, Spare, HDMI Patch point A+B (found beside LX console) - Signage Switcher
Inputs Include Yodeck, and Barco output, and spare
Yodeck Signage Device - Playback Mac Mini
Connected to both Dante and NDI networks. For use with QLab or Resolume. - Recording Mac Mini
Connected to dante only. For multitrack recording - Under the Audio desk
¶ Stage
Size: 32 across x 31 upstage to downstage (along center line).
It must be mopped before and after each show.
¶ Sound Room
This is where all the microphones,meyer monitors, and auxillary equipment are stored for the KMT. Upstairs there is some storage for curtain scraps.
¶ Mezz
Up the stairs from stage left. Additional light fixtures and Gels are stored here aswell as the Marley floor for dance shows.
¶ Cat-Walk
Access to the catwalk is from a staircase in the back of the mezz. There are large ethernet cables here that are connected to the video network. On shows where there are cameras in the auditorium these cables need to be dropped down on the sides of the hall.
¶ Piano Room
Piano storage space when the piano is not in use. It uses the same key as the Prod Office.
¶ Sink Room
Opposite to the sound room. You'll find the mops here
¶ Prod Office (Audio)
AKA Johns office: audio for broadcast/recording is done from this space
¶ Important gear
- QL5 Audio Console
- PC
Connected to Both Dante and NDI Used for audio playback and video monitoring for broadcast audio. - iMac
Connected to the dante network used for Audio Recording - Dante Switch
- Unmanaged switch (NDI)
- Symetrix
Distributes the audio to speakers and to greenrooms/dressing rooms.
¶ Prod Office (Video)
Video switching, graphics, and broadcast producers use this space to swicth and call a show for broadcast.
¶ Important Gear
- vMixatron 2.0
PC video streaming switcher - Mac Mini
used for graphics or additional broadcast computing - MultiMedia injector
SSD bay for uploading recordings (connected to vMixatron 2.0) - Netgear AV Switch
Network switch with PoE with vLan for NDI and Dante - Ninja Atmos Recorder
Recording device to record the broadcast externally from vMix
¶ Green Room
Passcode is visble from the poster in the prod-office
¶ Dressing Room
As of writing there is only ONE Keyset that has the key to these rooms it is marked with pink tape. Be extra careful with this keyset.
¶ KMT Routing
The KMT uses multiple networks to facilitate audio and video transmission. Dante transmits the audio while video along with internet is sent along the NDI network. Lighting fixtures are sent over sACN.
¶ Comms
the KMT is outfitted with a couple different types of coms for use on events.
¶ Wired Coms
These are the oldest coms that have physical patchpoints within the theatre. A standard 3pin xlr connects these to our silver belt packs to allow for communication on Channel A
¶ Wirless Coms
The wirelss coms are connected to the same channel as the wired coms. The rack unit that facilitates the transmissions lives in the rack in the Mezz. The antennas run out the window and are c-clamped on the stage left side of the P.A
In the future these will be able to be on a seperate channel than the main wired comm line, we are wating on a adapter to facilitate this.
¶ Dante Coms
These coms can patch into any Dante PoE switch and allow to listen to 2 channels of audio and send one channel of talk. By Default the Comms are all sending and reciving on the same channel as the wired and wireless coms. They can be changed, but must be reset at the end of the show as part of the tear down.
¶ Dante System
There are a couple different dante patches that are saved on the iMac in the prod office.
¶ Default patch
the Defalt for our operations. The Rio head amp (in the mezz) is transmitting to the CL5 FOH mixer, QL5 Broadcast mixer and the Multitrack record computer (iMac in Prod office). output of the broadcast mixer is sent to the Streaming computer (vMix)
¶ Recording Playback patch
An alternate setting for Dante is the recordingplayback patch where the inputs to the QL5 are the outputs of the Recording iMac. This patch is used for remixing an previously recorded concert, or as a way to have some additional soundcheck once the talent has left, but before the show.
¶ Broadcasting Mixer Settings
The Default output of the Broadcast mixer is Matrix 1+2. The only things that are sending to the matrix are the ST and the PC. This is to allow fo their to be a soundcheck while the stream is live by cueing the ST with its volumefader at -inf. The PC input from the the proad office PC goes directly to the Matrix so that music is not part of the cued soundcheck and can be live while the soundcheck is happening.