The Grand Mother

Ask 100 sound engineers how to mike a piano and you’ll get 99 ideas. The piano is the Mother of Musical Creation, the heart of… Read More

Digital Consoles: Why You Can’t Avoid Purchasing Digital

Modern event production is growing used to the benefits of digital mixers, and here's why Read More

Capturing Guitar Amps In The Wild

There are almost as many ways to capture guitar amplifier sound with a microphone as there are for a piano. And as with piano (and… Read More

The Heart Of It All: Capturing Drum Sound

The drum sound is the heart of any band mix: kick drum keeps the pulse going, while the snare drives the rhythm and the overall… Read More

Road Test: QSC TouchMix-30 Pro Digital Mixer

I love the QSC TouchMix-30 Pro’s big desk features and sound. Years ago I worked for Tony Bennett and regularly used a 48-channel desk for… Read More

Letting It Ride

The input list and stage plot is the audio core of any technical rider and the road map for organizing stage equipment and console inputs. Read More

Special Considerations: Working With True Singers

Welcome to mixing monitor sound for a singer. There are many kinds of professional entertainers, songwriters and celebrities, but when working for that breed of… Read More

Taking The Direct Route

In audio there are inputs and outputs, sometimes called sources and destinations. Audio input sources break down into two basic types: microphones and direct inputs… Read More

Yours, Mine Or Ours?

Sharing is the very definition of a multi-act music festival, though some shares are bigger than others. Various performing artists or groups take turns… Read More

Backstage Class: Modern Drum Techniques In Sound Reinforcement

Years ago, drum sounds were created with a narrow, well-defined selection of standard microphones and console EQ, plus outboard gates, reverbs and a few compressors,… Read More

Carry-On Mixing

Yes, I know. When I first saw TouchMix at NAMM two years ago, I thought it was a toy, but while I… Read More

The Backbeat Goes On: Microphones & Techniques For Snare Drum

A few easy rules are helpful, along with some simple tools Read More

File Based Touring: What’s In Your Mic Box?

Digital consoles have produced many benefits and changes to touring live sound workflow. Instant reset-ability, automated scene changes and multi-band festivals on a single… Read More

Easy Live Recording With Dante, MADI And More

It’s been said that if it weren’t for the musicians and the audience, concert sound would be a lot more fun. Even if you don’t… Read More

Big, Bigger & Biggest Digital Consoles

Before the advent of stereo in-ear monitors and double-miking instruments, long before dedicated effects and “sweetening” tracks (and “click”), way before the B-stage and the… Read More