In the last post, we talked about the basic concept of gain staging your input channels, how not to do it and introduced the two major schools of thought for setting gain. For simplicity, let’s call the two schools Faders at Unity and Maximized Preamp Gain. Today, we’re talking Faders at Unity.
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When it comes to live sound, input gain is one of those things you have to get right. If your gain structure is wrong, no amount of EQ, compression or fancy plug-ins will fix it. Over the years, I’ve seen my share of gain disasters, and have found many who simply don’t know how to properly gain stage their console.
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Do you love salt on your french fries? Shake on! Do you love garlic in your home-made spaghetti sauce? Add all you want! You want more clarity in your male vocal? Dont start by boosting more of the frequencies you want.
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The worst words for a sound tech to hear are, “we have a strict volume limit.” These spoken words usually indicate a volume limit far below what most techs see as standard mixing volumes. The good news is volume limits can easily be met by building your mix in a different way. And it starts with the lead vocalist.
Whiteley Solutions is an acoustic design company that has created a line of high-end drum enclosures specifically designed for church use. Their product line of Phoenix full drum enclosures provide up to 39 dB of reduction on the stage. This helps vocalists and other musicians on stage to hear themselves better. It also allows the FOH engineer to mix drums with studio-like separation. What audio engineer wouldn’t mind having that?
via ChurchProduction.com: First Impression: Whiteley Solutions Phoenix LX Drum Enclosure.
Getting a vocalist’s monitor mix right can often be the difference between a smooth worship experience and a difficult one; at least from a musical perspective. The trouble is not typically lack of talent but an artist having a hard time determining what they really need in a monitor mix along with difficulty in communicating those desires to the engineer. In this post I want to give both vocalists and engineers some tips on getting a useful vocal monitor mix dialed in quickly.
Saturday, I was conducting an audio training session and I was given the opportunity to work on their mix with the worship band. The mix was pretty good so instead of re-building their full mix, I focused on cleaning up the mix.
via Church Sound: Church Sound: Seven Steps For Cleaning Up Your Music Mix – Pro Sound Web.
With the move to more guitar-driven music in church over the last ten years, many people are asking the question: How do I make my guitars sound great? If you are a good sound guy you have probably figured out that anyone can make guitars sound okay, but making them sound great is an art. So here are a few tips. Some of these tips I have figured out and some of them I have learned from watching some of the greatest engineers I have ever seen mix guitars.
We have all heard great ways to make vocals sound fantastic. However, they are not necessarily easy or cheap. For those of you that struggle to find that perfect pocket for your vocals in the mix here are a few tips. Disclaimer: some of these tips may require you spending money and some will not.
We have all heard great ways to make vocals sound fantastic. However, they are not necessarily easy or cheap. For those of you that struggle to find that perfect pocket for your vocals in the mix here are a few tips. Disclaimer: some of these tips may require you spending money and some will not.
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