CSB Showbook

Gehl / Schwartz — Affinity 11

Windhover Hall, Milwaukee Art Museum · Sat 2026-07-11 · Aragon 1779
Console X32 + DL32 · scene AFFINITY SHOWRDY · crew Garen + Jack
Toast intelligibility at every seat = the deliverable

Clock

12:30
Load-in — QUIET (museum open til 4:00; no PA noise) Mains: ML aims NE 45° at T15/T16 seam (table main), MR owns dance floor. Subs null upstage. 4 columns W1/E1/W2/E2 + K8.2 head pair at floral strip. Cable/AC perimeter, gaff/mats (verify w/ MAM). Network up, WWB deploys freqs. Silent −40 dB tone to every out incl terrace — check LEDs. Tape-measure fills. Gate 4:00 — IEM/wedge decision locked
4:00
LOUD WINDOW (25 min, confirmation only) 4:00 tone-walk 15/16 → 7 → 1–5 → 6. 4:08 pink: polarity, trims, delay spots T10/T12/T4/T6/head. 4:15 speech ring-out — protected, never shrinks: head-table position with MTX4 at −10, then dance floor with MTX4 at 0. Ch25 fader parks at ring level for the night. Seam stops T5 + T8 (lever: Bus13→MTX3 −3 dB). Gate 4:25 — speech clear at T1 T5 T8 T13 T15 T17 T19 + head
4:30
Band soundcheck — HARD STOP 5:30 Gains + 6 stereo IEM pairs. Resist SPL; keep Bus15 honest. 5:10 triage: band gets rough mixes — the T1→T19 speech walk happens anyway. Gate 5:30 — DINNER state set, room presentable
5:45
MC + playback check Taylor ch20 + playback through all zones. Toast mic: fresh batteries + spare.
6:15
MC live · 6:30 dinner + toasts DINNER state: MG1 band muted, playback up. Mix from the floor on the iPad. No scene recalls (resets ch25 fader).
8:30
Band sets — DANCE state Fills −6 more, MG3 speech muted, subs up. Standing crowd = absorption; re-trim by ear.
strike
Columns/head fills first (guest areas), stage last. Save as showready-POST.scn. Debrief tomorrow.

Numbers cheat

Zone	Delay	Music	Speech eff.	Primary
MAINS	0 ref	0	0	ML: T14–19 · MR: dance
W1	30 ms	−6	+4	T9 T10 T11
E1	28 ms	−6	+4	T7 T12 T13
W2	50 ms	−8	+4	T1 T4 (+T5)
E2	52 ms	−8	+4	T3 T6 (+T5)
HEAD	73 ms	−10	+10	Head + T2

Re-measure: new = shipped + (Δft × 0.885)
Bus13 sends: MTX1/2 −10.5 · MTX3 −12.5 · MTX4 −3.5 (coherent LR+Bus13 sum)
Subs (Bus15): kick 0 · floor −5 · bass 0 · tracks −6 — nothing else
Limiters: MTX1–4 comps ON (PEAK 4:1 thr −6)

Toast protocol

Ch25 ships MUTED, fader at 0. Bus13 is post-fader — a pulled fader is a dead toast mic no DCA can rescue. From ring-out on: speech on/off = DCA6 / MG3 mute only. Never touch the fader. Never recall a scene mid-show.

Toast AT head table (typical): MTX4 to −10 or out — the couple hears the live voice at 5 ft; the head fills feed the mic. Thin margin? Second lever: Bus13→MTX3 −3 dB.
Toast from dance floor: MTX4 back to 0 so the couple hears from the K8.2 pair.
Playback dim −12 during toasts; unmute ch25 via DCA6.

Floor plan

Ring color = owning zone · dashed (T5/T8) = seam overlap. Swipe sideways.

Zone boxes

Zone	Box	Where / aim
MAINS	2× Meyer X40, poles ~8′	Straddle stage. ML → NE 45° (tables), MR → dance. Downtilt 10–15°, never parallel to E glass.
W1 / E1	EV Evolve 30 columns	West wall mid / east glass mid, cross-fired into rows 7–13
W2 / E2	EV Evolve 30 columns	West / east prow lines, cross-fired into rows 1–6
HEAD	2× QSC K8.2, short stands	Head-table apron at floral strip, aimed N at head table
SUBS	2× QSC KS212C	Stage lip, cardioid null upstage, aux-fed only
TERRACE	2× QSC K10.2	Cocktails, independent zone (MTX5)

Spares on truck: 1× Evolve 30 · 2× X40 · 2× K8.2 · RCF EVOX J8 ×4 = backup column pool.

Patch

Ch	Input	Ch	Input
1	KICK	17	HORN SPR
2	SNARE	18	PERC SPR
3	HH/RIDE	19	MORGAN
4	RACK	20	TAYLOR (MC)
5	FLOOR	21	DREW VOX
6	OH L	22	ASHLEY
7	OH R	23	GREG VOX
8	BASS	24	VOX SPARE
9	AARON GTR (MD)	25	SPEECH — toast mic
10	DREW GTR	26	PROD (confirm)
11	KEYS L	27/28	DJ L/R
12	KEYS R/DI	29/30	AMB L/R
13/14	TRACK L/R	31/32	PLAY L/R

DL32 out	Feeds	Delay
1 / 2	MTX1 W1 · MTX2 E1	30 / 28
3 / 4	MTX3 → W2 · E2	50 / 52
5	MTX4 → K8.2 head pair (Y)	73
6 / 7	MTX5 terrace · MTX6 subs	— / align
8	Bus13 speech utility	—
9–13	spare (wedge fallback MON 9–13)	—
15/16	Main L/R → X40 mains	0

Buses 1–12 = 6 stereo IEM pairs (A Aaron · B drums · C bass/keys · D horns · E vox 1 · F vox 2) on P16 → local XLR. Bus13 speech zone · Bus14 plate · Bus15 subs aux · Bus16 hall. DCA6 SPEECH · DCA7 PLAYBACK · DCA8 FX.

Degradation ladder

Cut terrace (K10.2s stay in van).
Cut E2 — T3/T6 fall back to HEAD + E1 (not W2).
Cut K8.2 head fills only if toasts are dance-floor-only — never after step 2 (they become T3/T6's primary).
Never cut: mains, W1/E1, speech ring-out, speech walk.

RF + network

CSB supplies ALL RF. 6 vox (ULXD/QLXD, G50/H50) + speech + MC/PROD + PSM1000 stereo transmits (vox ears only; band is wired).
WWB calc runs Friday against shop stock; deploy to receivers over the network Saturday; walk the floor with all transmitters live.
Network: router (DHCP, isolated) → switch at console → X32 · laptop (X32-Edit + WWB) · PSM racks · ULXD/QLXD racks. iPad Mixing Station = the room mix position (FOH is behind the drape).
Antennas high with line of sight to the head table (toast mic works at 85 ft).

Pull list

2× X40 + 2 spare · poles
5× Evolve 30 (4 deploy + spare) + sandbags ×4
2× K8.2 + short stands (+2 spare)
2× KS212C · 2× K10.2 (terrace)
X32 + DL32 + 2× AES50 Cat5e
3× PSM1000 dual + Combine-6 + P10R packs (count Friday)
ULXD/QLXD racks + 8 channels of mics (6 vox + speech + MC)
Switch + router + iPad + laptop + ~10 Cat5e + 50 ft spare
2× radios
XLR: 6× 100–150 ft home runs + stage looms
AC: 6× 50–100 ft Edison + quads + rubber mats
Scene on USB + phone

Friday (before the truck packs)

MAM: loud-window OK 4:00–4:25? · terrace door crossing (mat / pocket / neither) · verify prow power + gaff on arrival
Planner: K8.2 pair at floral strip (send plan image) · toast positions
Morgan: final vocal count · who supplies wired ear packs + earbuds
Shop: P10R count (need vox coverage) · WWB calc + save to laptop
Recall AFFINITY SHOWRDY in X32-Edit · scene → USB + phone

Sources: SHOW-DAY.md · sound-system-design.md · patch.md · zone-geometry.json (all in events/2026-07-11-affinity-x32-dl32/, repo mirrored to mini:git/bruno.git). Design verified 2026-07-09/10: delays are tape-measure-grade starting points; final by ear on site. csb-showbook-mam-affinity-mobile-v1.