Got a question from Michael, an EQ Strategies customer about live sound: My question is whether do I use same EQ technique mentioned in your guideline for both recording and live sound. Or are there differences in technique when you EQ for recording and live sound. One difference I can think of is that you...
The On-Location Engineer is a cross between a live engineer and a recording engineer. He’s the guy that bands call when they want to record in their rehearsal studios or onstage. So what on earth do you give to somebody with such a complicated job? Easy. The Mixer My all-time favorite business model that I’ve...
Just got a great comment from a . This doesn’t only apply to live sound. It’s important to anyone that deals with signal flow. There’s actually a part in my Signal Flow in 10 Easy Steps chapter that can be confusing. When I said: “Use a microphone cable to connect your vocal microphone to the mixing board....
Back when I was doing live sound, I had this constant struggle with the bands. They were ALWAYS late! I told them sound-check was at five and they’d show up at six with their drummer missing. Just another typical indie band that doesn’t know how to be professional. It seriously used to annoy the $#!t...
Back when I was doing live sound, I had this constant struggle with the bands. They were ALWAYS late! I told them sound-check was at five and they’d show up at six with their drummer missing. Just another typical indie band that doesn’t know how to be professional. It seriously used to annoy the $#!t...
A reader wrote in with a question about getting a good live vocal sound: My vocalist has a very soft voice, and we are trying to mic her for live performances. We are getting tons of bleed from other stage sounds like drums and guitar amp. We also are right on the edge of feedback,...
I’ve seen a fair amount of bad behavior when it comes to live sound-techs. I’ve probably been pretty bad myself on occasion. But if you really want to mess everything up before you’ve even got a steady live gig, you should definitely try some of these things out. 1. You shouldn’t care about what the...
This is a guest post by Ashley Coxx. If you would like to submit a guest post, check out the guidelines here. While musicians have access to state-of-the-art recording studios, many travel to record their tunes on location. Challenging perhaps, for producers to get the sound quality they need, the practice of recording on location is...
Related to last week’s post, How to Use a Reference Track to Improve Your Mixes, here is the flip-side focusing on getting the best sound out of your live sound system. Depending on your live sound situation, you need to adjust your P.A. system correctly. It’s one of the most crucial things to do when setting...
On the subject of mistake…. Never, ever, ever, ever….do this: The no sound. On that note, have a great weekend!