Live entertainment
Talkback microphone
A microphone routed for crew, performer, recording, or remote communication rather than audience program.
Setup
- Control destinations, latch behavior, priority, privacy, level, and accidental open microphones.
Venue contexts
- Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable
Signal flow
- Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.
In practice
Control destinations, latch behavior, priority, privacy, level, and accidental open microphones.
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Sources
- Audio Systems Guide for Theater Performances — Shure
- Published Technical Standards — Entertainment Services and Technology Association