Teaching Church Audio Artistry | Church Sound Systems
Guitar amps, on the stage, can be a burden for the sound tech. They can be too loud and even blast out the people who are in front of the guitar's amplifier. You can take control of these stage amps and still meet the needs of the musician. Getting a handle on stage amps isn't too hard as long as you keep a few things in mind; Musicians want a specific tone coming from their instruments. Musicians use their own amps for self-monitoring. You can gain enough control over stage [keep reading]
Have you ever wanted to "go all Hulk" on an acoustic guitar by smashing it into tiny pieces? Ever had a time when every change you made to a guitar's EQ only made it sound worse? Let's look at the possible reasons for your frustration and what you can do to get the sound you want. There are three reasons for a bad sound coming from an acoustic guitar. 1. Bad strings. Guitar strings wear out. Once they go bad, you can't get a good sound from them. There isn't much you can do with your [keep reading]
WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT!?! Have you ever mixed the band and felt something was wrong with the mix? You tweak and tweak but the sounds just don't gel. Time to trash your mix and start over. The Two Benefits of Trashing Your Mix You save time. It's hard to start over on a mix when you consider how much time you spent building it. However, when you can't identify the one or two elements in your mix that are off balance, you will spend less time if you start over than if you tweaked for an [keep reading]
I received an email with these questions, "How should you EQ guitars (or other instruments) when you have more than one of them on stage? How do you make them distinctive?" Let's look at this common issue and what you can do. The question is in reference to acoustic guitars so with that in mind. How do you EQ a guitar? Acoustic guitars do NOT all sound the same. The sounds can vary based on the brand of guitar strings, the gauge (diameter) of the guitar strings, the [keep reading]
Sitting at FOH, you watch the bassist turn on their bass amp. It's pointed right at you. You hear every thumping note that's played. There is no way you're getting them to turn it down. What do you do? The first thing you have to take into consideration is the direction of the amp on stage. An amp pointed directly at you means that you're going to base your channel volumes around the amp volume. You're also going to base your mix [keep reading]
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