Location, Location: Loudspeaker & Microphone Placement Basics
All the processing in the world won’t solve your problems if bad placement creates a system with inherent sonic errors.
All the processing in the world won’t solve your problems if bad placement creates a system with inherent sonic errors.
Viewpoints from numerous mix engineers who are doing high-profile corporate shows and utilizing external plugins, including some who have been using them for many years and others who are recent converts because of new technology.
In a realm where we engineers are normally the maestro of our own domain, we will be sharing leadership of the department with another engineer, and so there some are unique considerations to take into account.
The reality for many of us is that we’re singly or as a very small team responsible for the majority of responsibilities at shows and events.
Keeping these simple principles in mind will go a long way toward keeping you busy in corporate audio, where the demand is greater and the pay, generally, is often better.
Suggestions from the other end of the snake for better events and interactions with performing musicians.
Skills and techniques to understand (and implement) from the outset to avoid as many difficulties as possible.
He’s worn multiple hats in the concert sound, recording, and IT industries, as a systems designer, consultant, engineer/mixer, educator, and IT specialist, among other things, living, as he puts it, “at the crossroads of physics, auditory physiology research, music, and sound engineering.”
Detailing the design and installation process of new house and monitor systems providing a smaller footprint while doubling output at the 1,100-capacity live venue on the city’s North side that’s celebrating its 42nd anniversary this year.
A “to do list” to help set priorities, guide your preparation, and provide some answers ahead of time, setting you up for a win.
The band is complaining that the bass guitar sounds “fuzzy” in all of their in-ear monitors – here are some recommendations.
After a while, it dawned on me… the sound just wasn’t coming out of all of the ranges at the same time! This is really the first time I can recall ever being consciously aware of that phenomenon. The question was, what, if anything, could I do about it?
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