The proj box is the name that is often given to the box at the back of a
theatre where the
lights and
sound are operated from. The name derives from the time when
theatres used to double up as
cinemas, when the proj box would be where the
projector is kept and operated from.
A lot of the time,
sound engineers prefer to be outside the proj box, as the mainly
glassed in front of a proj box doesn't help very much when trying to hear exactly what is coming out of the
speakers. If this is the case, then there are often other spots near the back of the
auditorium where the
sound engineer can go.
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