Long-time audio engineer, Andy Dolph, joins Paul and Dave this week to share some tips and tricks for making your band sound its best – and avoid sounding its worst – on GigGab this week. Hear Andy’s microphone recommendations, tips for solving feedback in both the monitors and the mains, mixing advice, and why you should be using a high pass filter on everything. You never thought you wanted to learn about the inverse-square law before, but after listening to today’s show you’ll be glad you did!

Chapters/Timestamps:

00:00:00 GigGab 104 – Monday, February 27, 2017

00:01:39 Theater sound vs. Rock-and-roll Sound

00:07:09 Advice for musicians to make FOH (and on-stage!) sound its best

00:09:09 Nothing but vocals in the monitors

00:13:47 A case study on a band

00:18:05 Which microphone to use?

Shure Beta 58A

Telefunken M80 or M81

Heil PR22 or PR35

00:22:32 Inverse Square Law

00:26:07 When a kick drum can be a problem?

Sennheiser MD 421-II

00:29:53 The High Pass Filter can be your friend

00:36:00 Buy the biggest mixer you can afford (and carry)

Listening to the room

Fitting instruments into the mix

In-ear tips

* 00:37:34 Tuning the PA.

* SynAudCon.com

00:45:24 Speaker Height and Angle

00:49:30 Compaq Big Band