It drives me crazy when the sound guy tweaks the knobs or doesn't stay on top of it during the show.. or we do our own sound and the guitarist manning the board doesn't get what drums should sound like. (although the guitar sounds awesome!)
I'm always trying to improve my sound; from enhancing my drum equipment, drum technique, micing, dealing with venue acoustics, and different sound techs that have different approaches. Generally I find it all comes down to kick and snare - and getting that perfect for the both the stage mix and the FOH mix. My cymbals and toms are usually great (thank you Paiste). Basically when it's right - everything just falls into place.
So I have a few techniques for checking my sound:
1. have a band member play my kit while I walk to the back of the venue and listen carefully.
2. talk to the sound tech and tell him exactly what sound you are gong for.. especially ' the kick and snare sound'
3. I've thought about recording with my Zoom H2N during sound check but haven't tried that yet..
4. Any other tricks that you use to 'sound check the sound check'?
I'm always trying to improve my sound; from enhancing my drum equipment, drum technique, micing, dealing with venue acoustics, and different sound techs that have different approaches. Generally I find it all comes down to kick and snare - and getting that perfect for the both the stage mix and the FOH mix. My cymbals and toms are usually great (thank you Paiste). Basically when it's right - everything just falls into place.
So I have a few techniques for checking my sound:
1. have a band member play my kit while I walk to the back of the venue and listen carefully.
2. talk to the sound tech and tell him exactly what sound you are gong for.. especially ' the kick and snare sound'
3. I've thought about recording with my Zoom H2N during sound check but haven't tried that yet..
4. Any other tricks that you use to 'sound check the sound check'?
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