Join me, Dave Stagl and Jason Cole tonight on the LiveStream channel at 7 PM PDT, 10 PM EDT as we discuss Mixing, Pt. 2. We’ll be picking up pretty much where we left off last time, as we decided we had way too much more to talk about. We’ll be discussing, Panning/Imaging/Stereo, Aux Fed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘monitors’
Wireless IEM Shootout Pt. 1
Last week at the SoCal CTDRT meeting, we had the opportunity to try out several IEMs. The goal was to have products from Shure, Sennheiser, AT and AKG there. AT’s shipping department messed up and didn’t get us product until the day after the event. And AKG, well, we’re not sure what happened to them. I’ve yet [...]
Memorial Service Guidelines
Those that follow me on Twitter will no doubt know that a few weeks ago we had a large memorial service. And I when I use the descriptor “large,” I don’t mean we had a lot of people. I mean it was large! The final run sheet (yes, we had a run sheet) had 28 [...]
Optimizing Monitors
A few weeks ago I was having a discussion about the sound quality of our monitors with our sax player. He’s a very discriminating guy who really knows sound. If he says he needs 185 cut 3 dB, he needs 185 cut at 3 dB. As we listened to his wedge, it was clear that [...]
Why Digital Presets Aren’t All That
Recently, I was asked to stop by a church in the area to work on the EQ for the pastor’s mic. Their volunteer sound guys were having trouble getting it dialed in and they needed help. Since they work on an M7-CL, it would be a simple matter to dial up some EQ and compression, [...]
Church Applications for the iPad
Last time I made some observations on the iPad, and have come to the conclusion that it’s really a viable platform. I’ll admit it; I want one. I won’t likely buy one, personally anyway, at least until the 2nd generation is released. Unless the actual production version adds a few things… But I digress. Today, [...]
Being in Two (or More) Places at Once
The other day, I had to do a funeral. Now, I generally don’t like funerals; first because they’re typically emotionally hard, and second because they’re technically challenging. Typically, funerals are planned by people who have no idea how technology works and they are always last-minute. Last week’s funeral was all of that, and more. Because [...]
Input Sheet Template
The other day I tweeted a reference to my new semi-automated input sheet. There was a loud enough cry that others may be interested, so I thought I’d write it up here. It started off life as an Excel spreadsheet that a predecessor of mine came up with. While I may have done the basic [...]
Helping Vocalists Master Their Mix Pt. 2
A few days ago, I suggested that vocalists really need to hear 3, perhaps 4 things in their monitors. Those things are Tempo, Pitch, Themselves and (optionally) Harmony. If we as sound engineers put more than that in their mix, we are generally doing them a disservice. I say generally because professional singers (or people [...]
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