The Art Of Listening: Refining A Vital Pro Audio Skillset
Developing the ability to zero in on sounds with Jedi-like focus to discern what they add (or not!) to the overall mix.
Developing the ability to zero in on sounds with Jedi-like focus to discern what they add (or not!) to the overall mix.
The story of how I came to conquer a beast that stalks all live events, wrenching both the audience and the performers out of the moment.
Now that we have more power in our systems than we could have imagined even a relatively short time ago, maybe it’s time to use this power more wisely.
Having the right gear is important but knowing how to deploy it is vital to the end result…
If digital or analog console input channel gain structure is out of whack, no amount of EQ, compression or plugins will fix it. Here are the most important aspects to address.
Simpler can be better, at least as a jumping off point to removing some clutter and complication from the mix.
Knowing how sound travels through a system provides added understanding about how it works as well as helping to quickly find the source of problems.
Observations on loudspeaker directivity; 90 degrees by 60 degrees at what frequency?
Our problems aren’t the lack of super-wide-band system performance, but instead what we often don’t get right between 100 Hz and 10 kHz.
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