Focus on Live Sound
Wednesday July 9, 2008
I've been mixing a lot of live sound lately, and I've really been working hard to incorporate some of the new techniques I've been learning in the studio to the live sound environment -- and it's not nearly as easy as you'd think!
Mixing live sound is a totally different animal than the studio; the biggest difference being that, in most cases, live sound becomes about reinforcement, not mixing the performance -- a sad fact that most engineers making the studio-to-FOH leap dislike heavily.
This week, take a look at some of my past articles on live sound, and stay tuned for some excellent new articles about mixing live!
Mixing live sound is a totally different animal than the studio; the biggest difference being that, in most cases, live sound becomes about reinforcement, not mixing the performance -- a sad fact that most engineers making the studio-to-FOH leap dislike heavily.
This week, take a look at some of my past articles on live sound, and stay tuned for some excellent new articles about mixing live!
Comments
HI
I am a live sound engineer and also building my own digital studio.
Live sound is totally different to studio.
Live you tend to work from the vocals down, and you use the vocals/music to allow you to push the PA and mask potential feedback, (After ringing out the system for the room) usally to get the vocals over the guitars.
You would never consider this in a studio!
Also there is no second take and howling feedback loses you potential frieds!!
Cheers
Bob