Live Sound Bootcamp

In this episode we interview one of our hosts Brendan Dreaper, best known for his touring work with Snoh Aalegra, his work in bay area venues including The Independent, and huge amounts of studio work including the non-profit Zoo Labs.  We discuss how he started his career in live sound, his experience, and what he's planning for the future.--- Support this podcast: 

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Yet another continuation of the previous episode, in part four we deep dive into effects.  We chat about the multiple reverb types, how they're different, and when we might use each of them.  We also jump into some of how we may process the sends and returns.  We also jump into delays and the ways that we use those in a mix.  We even touch on some of the lesser used effects such as phasers, flangers, and choruses.  This episode could have gone on for weeks too!--- Support this podcast: 

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Yet another continuation of the previous episode, in part three we jump into dynamics.  Not just the basics of how gates and compressors work, but some of the many ways to use them, and even how we all differ on our uses of each.  Compression in mixing is one of those dark arts that can be understood but somehow we all use it differently.  Enjoy this one, we could have gone for hours.--- Support this podcast: 

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As a continuation of the previous episode, in part two we jump into concepts about the process including order of operations, setting your filters, making EQ changes.  Although it sounds like this isn't a lot to talk about, somehow we talked about it for an hour, going over all the reasons for every move, breaking down corrective versus creative changes, boosts vs cuts, and even understanding what you can and can't EQ.--- Support this podcast: 

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Up front, it's time to figure out how to actually put together the mix.   In this episode we cover how to start at FOH, from getting talkbacks up, routing your outputs, the order of your channels and fader positions, and of course the biggest one: Gain Staging.  This episode has a lot of different ideas and opinions in it.  --- Support this podcast: 

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Rather than getting ultra-technical, in this episode, we go over how we address issues in PA systems.  Much like the last episode on PA system design, this process is complicated and learning about it can span your entire career, so do take our basic information here with a grain of salt.  We review the goals of a PA system, the difference in perspective for tuning for a system designer and a band engineer, as well as some methods for measuring, and the things you can apply to a system to achieve your desired output.--- Support this podcast: 

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In this episode, we dove into the basics of the FOH speaker system design.  This topic as a whole spans entire careers, so do take our basic information here with a grain of salt.  We talk through speaker types, coverage goals, placement, and how to integrate subs, front fills and other PA into your setup.  --- Support this podcast: 

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In this episode, we jump into the first steps of understanding the signal flow of a FOH system.  Covering the physical wiring, and the patching inside of desks.  We jump through things like festival patches, methods for managing your patch, and how get out of the desk to PA systems.  It's a quick overview on the basics, to be continued in the next episode on system design.--- Support this podcast: 

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We figured it was time to get away from technical topics for an episode, and talk about something personal.  The three of us have all reached where we are in our careers in different ways along different routes, and we had some fun with our different perspectives on the idea of how to get the job.  This episode covers the various audio jobs that exist, and some of the common paths to those various positions.  We talk about networking, and even cover some odd things like how to say no to a gig.  --- Support this podcast: 

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This episode is the remainder of the conversation from the previous episode, and is the third in the series on building a monitor mix.  Here we get into some of the details Sends on Fader workflows, where to keep your output masters, how the room changes once it fills up, how the PA affects your mix, and of course effects in monitors.  This episode also gets pretty deep in methods for how to approach actually putting the mix together for Wedges, Side Fills, Subs, versus In Ear Monitor setups.  This episode gets pretty technical, and hits on specific workflows.--- Support this podcast: 

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