Thanks James!!!

I LOVE feedback: good, bad, or ugly.  That way I at least know where I am and what I need to do to improve.  Every tech, engineer, or “sound guy” needs to look for someone whom they can look to as a mentor just for this purpose.

Thanks for all the great articles!! Keep up the good work!!

Hey Ted!

Yeah, ain’t that the truth.  Thanks for the positive comment.  I was feeling picked on with my last two, but with six siblings I’m kinda used to it:)

good article, I tried before to get recordings of my mixes for personal evaluation, but the bands i asked always, without fail, refused, citing some crap about me selling it without giving any money to them, even if I offered a contract paper to promise I would not. It was a shame because the few recordings I did get, either from live broadcast or from another source linked with the band, helped me improve me mix considerably and pinpoint the areas i needed to improve (which ironically helped the band sound better and get more gigs etc) it can be very fristrating when they all think we are there to rip them off from all their hard (cover track) work, when all we want to do is a bit of self improvement.

Simon,
Thanks for the comment.  I guess I’ve been fortunate in who I’ve been able to work with because more often than not, I’m treated as an ally rather than as an adversary.  The acts that I’ve worked with that were worth recording were all interested in hearing it because they too were looking for feedback.  Of course, you could always adopt the point-of-view that it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission:)

I believe “negative gain” is what you tell your significant other when you have been gambling.  The proper term for a decrease in signal is “loss”.

Well spake, James!  Live recordings are especially good at determining balance between vocal harmonies, horn section parts, and in many cases a decent drum/perc mix.  I get some very enjoyable board recordings at our showroom.
I’m a gear/tech head getting ready to go test drive a Midas Pro 6 in Sac tonight but if you can’t do a show with that Mackie SR (make it a 56 just in case) and a stage full of SM57s and 58s and no DIs, you might want to look for other work!

I think you mean the amp gain controls instead of the attenuators. I don’t recommend using full gain except when the input levels are weak, but even if you run the amps wide open, modern gear is generally good enough that you can get very good results even if you don’t optimize your headroom and signal-to-noise to the last few dB.

Joe,

It’s nice to hear from someone who’s not afraid of the challenge.  My hat’s off to you sir.

James

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