Theatre and live events
A stage manager calling the show, crew around the building, and a house talkback system already in the rack.
- Stage managerA priority line, in a browser or the desktop appTalkback both ways
- CrewPhones, on the venue Wi-FiTalkback both ways
- Front of houseA phone, or a browser at the deskTalkback both ways
- ON CommsON Comms Server, on a Mac or PC in the buildingForwards, never mixes; AES-256-GCM
- House talkbackThrough an audio interface or DanteTalkback both ways
- Show relayA desk feed into a listen-only lineTalkback into ON Comms
- Stream DeckThrough Bitfocus CompanionPush-to-talk keys into ON Comms
What goes wrong, and what ON Comms does
Beltpacks and cable runs don’t reach everywhere.
Crew use the phones they carry, on the venue’s Wi-Fi. ON Comms Server runs the whole system on one Mac or PC in the building, and needs no internet.
The stage manager has to cut through.
Make the calling line a priority: while the stage manager talks, every other line ducks by 6, 12 or 20 dB, or goes silent.
The house talkback system stays.
Connect any line to it through an audio interface, or Dante Virtual Soundcard on a Mac, with its own gain each way.
54 ms
from the stage manager pressing a priority line to the other lines ducking. Measured by our end-to-end tests.
How it all fits together: How it works. What it runs on: the spec sheet.
Try it before the tech.
We’ll walk your production manager through ON Comms Server in a building like yours — the Wi-Fi, the house system, the calling line.