Headphones can be your best friend or your biggest hinderance to providing a great sound. Headphones are used so you can isolate the sound you want to hear and tweak that sound via volume or eq settings accordingly. Seems like it would be perfect for using for an entire service, ... Read More
Mastering Monitor Settings For Happy Musicians
Here is something you can try at your next service for monitor mixing...I've just read about this so take it for what it's worth...it's from a worship teams old blog. Everything seems theoretically sound...and it seems easy. 1. Have one person liasing the sound from the Stage with the Sound ... Read More
Lapel Microphone, Headset, or Handheld?
Wireless sound amplificaiton occurs via three primary microphone types; handheld, lapel (Laveliere) microphone, and the earpiece. Which is right for you?A handheld wireless microphone is perfect for any situation where the mic is passed around or only used for a short amount of time. ... Read More
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
How sound works
Sound is what you hear. I hope you aren't satisfied with that answer. A sound engineer needs to understand not only what they hear, but what happens with sound. Sound comes from vibration. Think of hitting a drum cymbol. These vibrations cause fluctuations in the air pressure called sound waves. ... Read More
Understanding Sound – Basics
Sound comes from vibrations caused by fluctutations in the air pressure. In fact, that's how the ear drum works. It records the pounding of sound waves against it and converts it into something our brain can understand. Sound technicians deal with not only live sound but also electrical "sound." ... Read More
Got Feedback?
The low hum you hear is not a distant cargo plane. It's not your local television helicopter. It's the beginning of the end... it’s feedback. Sooner or later every sound system operator experiences feedback. Most people think of feedback as that dreaded deafening high-pitched squeal resulting ... Read More
