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Learning From The BBC Goon Show For Theatre Sound Cues?

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One of my favourite things as a child was listening to the Goon Show from the BBC, re-broadcast here in Australia on ABC radio.  The humour appealed to me even then.   But it’s not the humour, as fun as it was, that I want to concentrate on in this article.  Here on this blog we’re primarily concerned with theatre sound and specifically theatre sound cues.

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What Happened To The “TwoCan”?

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Times change, companies shift their focus to match the needs of their customers.

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Theatre Sound Cue Theory – What's Reverb?

While most readers will probably be aware of reverb having been exposed to it in general life – bathroom to Grand Canyon, special effect “reverb units” and it’s abundant use in modern music and records, to use it effectively it’s important to understand it’s nature and the variety of types of reverb that are available.

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Using Audio Software for Theatre Productions

Audio Software Sound Cues For Theatre Traditionally live theatre has used an orchestra or band in a pit to take care of the music and special effects people to take care of “sound effects”.  But increasingly theatre is turning to recorded music, where appropriate, and sound effects for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is flexibility and cost.  Not all productions have the luxury of musical artists and sound wizards and certainly not all have the budget.

Whether you are a theatre company, theatre group, school or community group, like a church, it’s possible to use audio software in your theatre productions and it’s not painful at all.

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Crash, Boom, Bang! The Most Distinctive Sounds in Movie History – And Why Theatre Needs Them

weird-chills-1-panel Almost everyone you meet around the world, whether they be intellectuals, couch potatoes, fashion models or family men, have a certain fascination for movies.

We laugh and cry because of them, they may even inspire some of us to do great feats of our own, and more often than not they transport us to other worlds, alternate realities we can participate in safely – more intense and fascinating than our “real” and sadly often more mundane realities.

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