So all sound techs always seem to have different techniques for sound checking and mixing etc. The best I find, is when they start with getting a good monitor mix on stage - so everyone hears everything clearly with no weird sound artefacts or imbalance or distortion or delay etc. Once done.. it's simply a matter of turning up the FOH speakers and away ya go..
- so recently for a big event, the sound was done in the opposite order as the backline gear was provided.. and I guessed they had already worked out the stage mix. Okay.. so we start the FOH first (weird).. the stage mix sucks.. and even worse - there is nothing in the drum monitor and one of the singers monitors is blasting. So reset.. fixing the stage mix issues. and finally got it sounding okay. We turned down the singers monitor - but he complained later that he couldn't hear himself at all..
(no in-ear monitors allowed) and a 4-7 piece band, lots of vocalists guitars, keys, drums.
- it got me thinking.. wouldn't it be great if we could all use our phones with an app to dial in our personal monitor mix - rather than having to shout or talk into a mic to get the sound tech to crank things up or down.. or watch them tweak the levels on an iPad. But probably just dreaming in technicolor..
In any case, are there any methods you've come across for getting the perfect stage mix every time?
- so recently for a big event, the sound was done in the opposite order as the backline gear was provided.. and I guessed they had already worked out the stage mix. Okay.. so we start the FOH first (weird).. the stage mix sucks.. and even worse - there is nothing in the drum monitor and one of the singers monitors is blasting. So reset.. fixing the stage mix issues. and finally got it sounding okay. We turned down the singers monitor - but he complained later that he couldn't hear himself at all..
(no in-ear monitors allowed) and a 4-7 piece band, lots of vocalists guitars, keys, drums.
- it got me thinking.. wouldn't it be great if we could all use our phones with an app to dial in our personal monitor mix - rather than having to shout or talk into a mic to get the sound tech to crank things up or down.. or watch them tweak the levels on an iPad. But probably just dreaming in technicolor..
In any case, are there any methods you've come across for getting the perfect stage mix every time?
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