As I’ve mentioned on the PSN blog before, many (many) years ago, I went to high school with former Mythbuster Adam Savage. We didn’t know each other, but I’ve always kept an eye out for his work ever since I was flipping channels one day years later and thought, “Wait a minute, that guy looks so familiar….” These days, he hosts the online series, Tested, and in a new episode, he moves into PSN territory, interviewing Kevin McCoy, FOH engineer for the theatrical production of Hamilton at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco.
Give it a watch — the pair are clearly having a blast as they explain for the uninitiated what a FOH engineer does, how different engineers have different mixing styles, the give-and-take of bringing the performance to the audience and more. McCoy also provides a tour of his DiGiCo SD7T console and shows off his Hamilton script’s intricate notes for muting and un-muting mics, joking “Some people have told me it looks like I’m playing Soundboard Hero.”