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# Mic Table

**Mic table** is a special allocation used to record a mic being returned to or collected from the table.

It helps distinguish a direct handover between people from a return followed by a later collection.

## Assigning Mic table

In the **Mic plot**, choose **Mic table** from the allocation dropdown for the relevant mic and scene.

Use it at the point in the plot where the return should be shown.

## Return and collection

Consider this allocation:

<table>
  <colgroup>
    <col width="100" />

    <col width="127" />

    <col width="135" />

    <col width="133" />

    <col width="125" />

    <col width="136" />
  </colgroup>

  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Mic</th>
      <th>Scene 1</th>
      <th>Scene 2</th>
      <th>Scene 3</th>
      <th>Scene 4</th>
      <th>Scene 5</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>

  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>John</td>
      <td>Mic table</td>
      <td>Mic table</td>
      <td>Unassigned</td>
      <td>Alice</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

StageMic detects two changes:

* John returns mic 1 to the table in Scene 2.
* Alice collects mic 1 from the table in Scene 4.

These are separate handovers, with separate completion states.

## Mic table and blank scenes

A blank cell does not explicitly say where the mic is.

For example:

| Mic | Scene 1 | Scene 2 | Scene 3 |
| :- | :- | :- | :- |
| 1 | John | Unassigned | Alice |

This produces a direct John-to-Alice handover in Scene 2.

Mic table should be used when the mic remains at the table across multiple scenes.

## Several scenes at the table

A mic can remain assigned to Mic table across several scenes.

Consecutive Mic table assignments do not create repeated return handovers. StageMic shows the return when the mic first moves from a wearer to the table.

A later assignment to a character creates a collection.

## Returning without a new wearer

A Mic table assignment can record a return even if nobody collects the mic later in the show.

This is useful when you want that return included in the backstage plan.

## A planning instruction

Selecting Mic table records the intended location in the plot. It does not confirm that the pack has physically arrived.

Cast/crew should mark the corresponding handover completed when the return or collection has happened.


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