The SOS Guide to Live Sound
eBook - ePub

The SOS Guide to Live Sound

Optimising Your Band's Live-Performance Audio

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The SOS Guide to Live Sound

Optimising Your Band's Live-Performance Audio

About this book

If you've ever handled live sound, you know the recipe for creating quality live sound requires many steps. Your list of ingredients, shall we say, requires an understanding of sound and how it behaves, the know-how to effectively use a sound system), and the knowledge to choose and use your gear well. Add a dash of miking ability, stir in a pinch of thinking on your feet for when your system starts to hum or the vocals start to feed back, and mix.

In practice, there really is no "recipe" for creating a quality performance. Instead, musicians and engineers who effectively use sound systems have a wealth of knowledge that informs their every move before and during a live performance. You can slowly gather that knowledge over years of live performance, or you can speed up the process with The SOS Guide to Live Sound.

With these pages, you get practical advice that will allow you to accomplish your live-sound goals in every performance. Learn how to choose, set up, and use a live-performance sound system. Get the basics of live-sound mixing, save money by treating your gear well with a crash course in maintenance, and fix issues as they happen with a section on problem-solving, full of real-world situations. You'll also get information on stage-monitoring, both conventional and in-ear, along with the fundamentals of radio microphones and wireless mixing solutions. Finally, a comprehensive glossary of terminology rounds out this must-have reference.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Bound to Create
  6. Table Of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Drivers and Loudspeakers
  9. 2 Practical PA Systems
  10. 3 Live-sound Monitoring Options
  11. 4 Audio Mixers
  12. 5 Microphones
  13. 6 DI Boxes
  14. 7 Other PA Components
  15. 8 Equalisers And Effects
  16. 9 Managing The Backline
  17. 10 Radio Microphones And Guitar Systems
  18. 11 Microphone Choice And Placement
  19. 12 The Role Of The Mix Engineer
  20. 13 The Technical Stuff
  21. Glossary
  22. Index