Last time, we touched on the Phonic Summit and Presonus StudioLive. Both are small-format consoles suited for small installations, recording or portable systems (which is one of my interest at the moment). But I’m also looking at a FOH console. I’m leaning heavily towards to Digidesign Profile; which I had hoped to play with at [...]
Posts Tagged ‘foh’
Learning a New Board
Last weekend, we were about 20 minutes in to our stage set up when I realized there was a problem. Our regular FOH guy was not there. He’s been contracted to mix at Coast for something like 20 years, and he’s very reliable. So we called him. Turns out, we had ourselves a little scheduling [...]
EQ Libraries
One of the cool things about digital consoles is that you can save stuff you need to use again. Sometimes, we take this too far, and simply recall last week’s mix and call it good. That’s not really the right way to do things, as so much has changed from last week. Even if the [...]
Sustainability
The word sustainability is all the rage now. We hear talk of sustainable forest management, sustainable building, sustainable manufacturing. It’s finally come to our collective attention that the resources on this planet are not inexhaustible, and we had better figure out how to live within our means, so to speak.
Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve [...]
Sound Check–Who’s In Charge
Last week, on Audio Monday, I wrote a little blurb about how I think a successful sound check should go. Several people brought up a valid question in the comments: Who’s in charge of a sound check? While the answer could be, “It depends,” I would say 97.6% of the time in church settings, the FOH engineer [...]
Easing Sound Checks
A sound check can be your best friend, or it can lead to a lot of stress (both for you and for the band). For the church sound volunteer, this is a make or break time. A well run sound check puts everyone at ease, gets your levels set up properly and dials in good [...]
Five Things I’d Say to Young Sound Engineers Pt. 5
Today wraps up our series of advice for young sound engineers. I put all this out there, not as someone who has attained perfection, but as a soon-to-be (and maybe is already) “old soundguy,” and as someone who has learned a few things along the way. Moreover, I wish someone had taken the time to [...]
Worship Leaders, You’re Killing Us
I’ve written a guest post for a site called Musicademy today. The site is based in the UK and is an excellent resource for worship leaders. If you’re a techie, I’d still encourage you to check it out. Something that’s been on my heart lately is that both techies and musicians need to spend more [...]
Five Things I’d Say to Young Sound Engineers Pt. 3
For the last two days, we’ve been talking about advice to young sound engineers. For review, the first two points were:
#1: You Don’t Know as Much as You Think You Do and
#2: Attitude is More Important than the Mix
Today we’ll continue with…
#3: Don’t Be Afraid To Say, “I’ve Made A Mistake”
I was talking with our [...]
Five Things I’d Say to Young Sound Engineers Pt. 2
Yesterday began a new series that falls loosely in the category of advice for young sound engineers. The first point was, You Don’t Know as Much as You Think You Do. Today, we’ll build on that.
#2: Attitude Is More Important Than The Mix
Demonstrating a servant’s hear and going out of your way to make the [...]
