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June 24, 2013

Seven Steps for Cleaning Up Your Music Mix

Saturday, I was conducting an audio training session and I was given the opportunity to work on their mix with the worship band.  The mix was pretty good so instead of re-building their full mix, I focused on cleaning up the mix. There are seven areas to consider when cleaning up a mix.  Mind ... Read More

July 25, 2019

The Secret to Learning Audio Production – Recognize the Anxiety

Live audio production is easier than you think. After taking a bit of time off, I wanted to come back and start fresh. And to my long-time readers, that means I’m taking a new approach on some things. I wanted to start with the simple idea that audio production is easier than you think. But let ... Read More

July 15, 2015

How to Set Gain Levels in Live Sound – Three Methods

Audio mixer channel gain can be set in three ways.  Someone reading that last sentence just went ballistic.  Is there only one right method for setting the channel gain?  Let's explore. Follow the signal Typically, the audio that comes into a channel from the stage is coming in via a mono balanced ... Read More

eq vocals settings

June 26, 2008

EQ Vocals: The Five Primary Areas of Modification

The process to EQ vocals isn't hard when you look at the primary areas to change and proceed from there.  Let start off with the basic vocal eq settings and the details behind them. Then, let's dig deeper.__CONFIG_group_edit__{"jv674pzb":{"name":"All List Title(s)","singular":"-- List Title ... Read More

Feedback Prevention: A Closer Look at Microphones and Monitors

October 11, 2012

Feedback Prevention: A Closer Look at Microphones and Monitors

Monday's post on feedback prevention prompted a good question from Ryan, a reader.  He said, "...there was one phrase that jumped out at me.  Specifically, 'Regarding floor monitors, vocalists should be very close to their floor monitor.'  I wanted to ask what the reasoning is behind this?  I ... Read More

Identifying Signal Flow Differentiation Between VCA's, DCA's, and Subgroups

January 9, 2013

Identifying Signal Flow Differentiation Between VCA’s, DCA’s, and Subgroups

Analog and digital mixers allow for controlling multiple channels as if they were one.  These controls are commonly known as subgroups...but not really...maybe in the generic sense...but then you might say VCA's if that's what your board uses...because subgroups are different. [Sigh] There are ... Read More

December 20, 2011

How to Transition from Analog to Digital Mixing

I’m in the process of helping one of my churches transition from an analog mixer to a digital mixer. They were in need of more channels than their A&H 16-channel MixWiz with some outboard gear (FOH EQ, couple of compressors, FX unit) could provide. Based on the maximum number of channels that ... Read More

May 13, 2013

Lavaliers, Lecterns, and Pulpit Microphones: Mic’ing Pastors without Headsets

[Guest Post by Jeremy Epstein] [Note: Mic'ing pastors was a subject in the last newsletter and it spawned several responses. Jeremy responded with a lot of great information on what he's experienced so I asked him to write it up as an article.] I've learned a lot about mic'ing people, working as ... Read More

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