Chapter 42: Semi-finals (3)
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In the undisguised skeptical eyes of the director on the scene, Ye Zi calmly walked to the sound control area and started working.
If you want to do it, let's go all out! Ye Zi thought secretly in his heart.
First, find the power supply in this area and turn it on. Immediately after that, on the equipment rack, Ye Zi found what he was looking for the most - a YAMAHA/REV100 digital effect device. With this equipment, the stage singing effect that Ye Zi wants has come out at least one-third.
What a stupid X! There is such a good thing and you don't need it! Ye Zi secretly despised that Zhang "Er" in his heart.
He doesn't need it, Ye Zi definitely wants to use it. Ye Zi immediately connected it to the send track of the 24-track analog mixer, also from YAMAHA, and then selected a hall type reverb mode that was most suitable for live singing on the effect, setting the wet and dry sound mix ratio to 70% and the reverberation volume to 100%.
This is just a preliminary setup. When the singer sings live, the reverberation is controlled, and Ye Zi will make different adjustments according to the contestants' songs and live singing.
This will be the next step that needs to be done.
By the time he found another good thing on the equipment rack - two DBX dual-channel limiters produced by Harman in the United States, Ye Zi was completely speechless. This "second" son doesn't know what he has learned, such a good thing is actually thrown here, no wonder the voice of the singing is so ugly!
These two limiters are the other one-third guarantee of the stage singing effect that Ye Zi wants!
Shaking his head, Ye Zi assigned the two limiters to the two adjacent tracks of the mixer, which will be used as special tracks for male and female microphones respectively. Subsequently, Ye Zi set the limiter as simply. The compression activation thresholds for male and female voices are set at -11 dB and -14 dB respectively, and the compression ratios are 3 to 1 and 2.5 to 1. Considering the characteristics of this era, it is basically impossible for the contestants to choose rap or dance music genre songs to compete, Ye Zi set the start time at the middle of 5 milliseconds, and the release time at 150 milliseconds.
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Quickly connect and set up two devices that are extremely important for the singer's singing. Subsequently, Ye Zi turned on the power of the CD player, and at the same time asked Zhou Fang to bring a few discs from the audition so that they could be used when adjusting the parameters of the equalizer.
Without waiting for the disc to come, Ye Zi continued to work.
He turned on all eight CROWN amplifiers with a peak power of 1000W, including two amplifiers that pushed the four monitors, and the volume knobs were all screwed straight to the maximum power.
The disc was quickly brought over.
Ye Zi selected an album "Dream Stage" released by Alan Tam, the king of the Xiangjiang music scene last year (1990), chose the sixth song "The Dream is Still the Same", set the single repeat on the CD player, and then pressed the play button.
On the mixer, Ye Zi pushed the two-track total volume and two-track echo volume faders at the total output to two-thirds of the way, and then pushed up the volume faders connected to the first and second tracks of the mixer to control the left and right channels of the CD player.
The prelude to the song immediately sounded in the big studio.
With the music, Zhou Fang and Zhang Wenliang's hearts hanging in the air finally let go.
Speak out, this damn system is finally out again! At the very least, the game can go on!
Ni Jun stood aside with a smile, quietly watching his disciple busy in a swift and orderly manner.
Because the second son of Zhang also zeroed the parameters of the equalizer,At this time,The sound coming out of the six big speakers is much better than when he was fooling around,At least the unique warm sound of the EV system has been shownγ It's just that the sound is still a little fuzzy and fluttery, and it is far from the ideal state that this system should have.
When the music sounded, Ye Zi walked quickly to the center of the stage, listened carefully, and moved the four listening speakers on the stage to focus the sound field of the four speakers in front of the center of the stage. Then, Ye Zi came to the opposite side of the stage, turned to face the whole system, listened carefully again for a while, and then walked back.
Putting on the monitoring headphones and squatting down, Ye Zi began to adjust the sound frequency on the three equalizers connected to the total output and two microphones on the equipment rack.
This adjustment will complete the last third of the puzzle of the stage singing effect.
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Start by adjusting the equalization settings for the total output.
In view of the relatively soft and weak bass of the EV system, which makes the sound a little fluttery, Ye Zi greatly increased the low frequency of 31HZ to 125HZ by three to five decibels; Medium frequency is the strong point of EV, Ye Zi didn't move too much, but the brightness and clarity of the relevant person declared2500HZ or so slightly improved, which is also a special adjustment made for the TV speaker; THE MIDDLE AND HIGH FREQUENCY PARTS ARE INCREASED BY TWO OR THREE DECIBELS AT ABOUT 5000HZ TO THE FREQUENCY POINTS THAT CAN BEST ENHANCE THE FEELING OF SINGING ON THE SPOT, AND THE FREQUENCY POINTS AROUND 8000HZ THAT ARE EASIER TO MAKE THE SOUND HARSH ARE ATTENUATED; Ye Zi's solution to the lack of ultra-high sound in the EV system is to increase the frequency above 10,000 hertz by a small amount.
The sound in the speaker gradually changed as Ye Zi adjusted it gradually. Originally, there were still some vague and mixed sounds, but they slowly showed themselves in front of everyone.
The bass of the system is solid and powerful. Although there is still a lack of flexibility, this is a problem with the system itself, and it is completely enough for the contestants to sing; The midrange is originally the best part of the EV system, and after Ye Zi's adjustment, Principal Tan's singing voice is clearly recognizable, even the subtle breathing sound during the recording, it is also vivid. The high frequencies already show a transparent feeling, bright but not harsh. The effect of UHF is not too obvious, but the afterglow can be slightly reflected.
Now listen to the disc, and the whole soundstage of the song is fully revealed. Listening to the song, it is as if Principal Tan is standing in front of you with the accompaniment of an excellent big band, singing a farewell song for you affectionately.
Looking at the time again, Principal Tan's singing was only repeated once, and now it is the third time it is played, and it is less than fifteen minutes.
Although he was not very satisfied, Ye Zi did not have so much time to make more refined further fine-tuning, so he could only get to this step for the time being.
Next, Ye Zi began to adjust the microphone balance settings for the singer's singing non-stop.
Time is pressing, and it is also necessary to slowly fine-tune it by Ye Zi. Based on the experience of his previous life, he could only cut the low frequency of the male voice microphone from 80HZ and the high frequency from 8500HZ. THE FEMALE MICROPHONE IS LOW CUT AT 95HZ AND HIGH CUT AT 9000HZ; Subsequently, he raised the low frequency of the two microphones from 100HZ to 200HZ a little, 2250HZ, 5000HZ and 8000HZ respectively, and the balance adjustment of the microphone was over.
After the rough adjustment, Ye Zi took a microphone and followed Principal Tan's singing voice to start testing the feeling of microphone singing. While singing along, Ye Zi continued to fine-tune the equalization, pressure limit and reverberation of the microphone on the mixer and equipment rack. After a while, Ye Zi's almost perfect beautiful voice was already echoing in the wide and open space of the big studio.
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Zhou Fang couldn't have been more satisfied, Ye Zi's expression was completely beyond her expectations.
originally thought that Ye Zi would be able to turn on the system and make a sound, even if the task was completed. At this point, at least the game can go on normally. As for the effect of the contestant's singing effect due to the bad voice, it won't take care of so much for the time being, so let's deal with the current level first. Unexpectedly, Ye Zi gave her a surprise, the little guy could actually debug such a set of the most advanced imported stage sound system to the current point.
Zhou Fang is now more satisfied with Ye Zi. An accident that was enough to cause an uproar within the TV station was solved quite perfectly by Zhou Fang with Ye Zi's hand. This is extremely beneficial for Zhou Fang to consolidate her position and right to speak in Taiwan.
Just imagine, if there was no Ye Zi to help today, the game really couldn't be carried out on time, and the first person to be held accountable would definitely be Zhou Fang, the main person in charge of the TV station. No matter who made the mistake and led the result, Zhou Fang could not escape the blame. At least one reprimand for "lack of ability to solve problems in the face of emergencies" is absolutely impossible to avoid. Next, Zhou Fang was taken the opportunity to step down because of this, which is very likely.
It can be said that Ye Zi's help today saved Zhou Fang's future and reputation in the TV station. That's not an exaggeration!
Zhou Fang had already figured out how to repay Ye Zi for this effort. As for the arrogant and stubborn Second Prince Zhang, she had already made plans in her heart. Now that she has won this game, it is something anyone can imagine to chase after the victory, not to mention a figure like Zhou Fang who has been in the "rivers and lakes" of the TV station for decades.
The hat of "Yan zhΓ²ng affecting the normal progress of the game" is just the right size, and the accusation that "the reputation of the TV station was almost ruined" is also full of human and material evidence, and it is by no means alarmist. Zhou Fang's basin of "cold water" poured on his head, I am afraid that even the father of the second son of Zhang may not be able to afford it.
Zhou Fang will definitely settle accounts after the autumn! Even if Ye Zi has basically debugged the system now, the anger in her heart is still unabated!
In the future, Zhou Fang will have to fight with that Yanei!
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The on-site director has long been so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut.
He patted Ye Zi's shoulder vigorously to express his gratitude, and at the same time kept asking, "Director Zhou, Section Chief Zhang, can you get ready to start?" It's almost time! β
"You ask Xiao Ye, he has the final say on the sound today." Zhou Fang looked at Ye Zi and said lightly. However, anyone can understand the meaning of the importance in the words.
"Xiao Ye, haha, this γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» has worked hard. You see, now that the stereo is ready, we can get started, right? The director immediately turned to Ye Zi.
"Director, it's better to give me another 40 minutes." Ye Zi thought for a moment, and then said.
Although the time is really not early, it is already half past one o'clock in the afternoon. According to the original plan, 2 p.m. was the start of the first semi-finals. However, since he has achieved the current Cheng dΓΉ, for the sake of the players, Ye Zi feels that it is better to finish things.
The director was stunned: "Why?" Isn't the sound all right? I'm listening to the sound you just sang is already good. β
"That's the director." Ye Zi explained: "Now the voice of this microphone is more suitable for my singing, but the voice of each singer is different. I think it's best to walk the stage again, and I can adjust the microphone to be more suitable for each singer's singing according to their different vocal characteristics. I think that's a little fairer for everybody. β
"Re-stamped? No, no, no, absolutely not! When is it going to go? There's no time! The director immediately vetoed it.
"Director, in fact, it's very fast, everyone can go on stage and sing half a song. Besides, the sound system has just been tuned, so let them get used to it again, and the singing effect will be much better later. I saw it with my own eyes, and they were all complaining when they came back from the stage just now. β
Zhou Fang and Zhang Wenliang stood aside, and their hearts moved when they heard the conversation between Ye Zi and the on-site director. If you can make the players play better during the game, this little delay is also worth considering. Especially after such a thing happened today, if the contestants' singing performance is even better, this will give Zhou Fang and Zhang Wenliang more confidence to deal with that Yanei. The facts are placed here, and there is nothing to say about who will come.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Zhou Fang nodded slightly.
"Then listen to Xiao Ye's arrangement." Zhang Wenliang opened his mouth and said: "You ask everyone to get ready, and tell the contestants to get dressed and walk again, just so that you can shoot a little material for later." The afternoon game will be changed to three o'clock, Xiaoye, you take your time, don't be in too much of a hurry. β
"Okay, Mr. Zhang." Ye Zi nodded and responded: "By the way, Mr. Zhang, I need the competition process, the repertoire of the contestants, and a little sticker." Wellγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» it's better to find someone to help me, the tapes of the players need to be in charge of someone, and they need to be sorted out in order to avoid being in a hurry. When I go on stage to compete, I need someone to take a break for me. β
"Yes, yes, I almost didn't care if you didn't say it." Zhang Wenliang immediately agreed: "Xiao Zhao, what about Xiao Zhao?" Da Liu, go and call Xiao Zhao. β
Zhang Wenliang casually pointed to a field attendant and commanded.
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