How does one EQ an acoustic guitar? It's not a simple one-step process but a process that begins on stage. Chris Huff walks you through every step, from determining the natural sound of the guitar to dealing with monitor feedback to the final EQ and effects work. He includes steps to avoid common ... Read More
Reverberation and delay are two methods of signal processing that are often incorrectly equated. The confusion comes from the fact that they are so closely related. Reverberation is multiple blended sound images created from reflection. A few common reverb effects are Reverb ... Read More
A sound tech posed the question "what you think of guitarists putting reverb and delay on, rather than us doing the processing?" I don't have a problem when a guitarist uses reverb or delay for a particular service or song as long as it sounds good. That being said, there are ... Read More
I was discussing reverb on vocals with a local musician whose mastered a few of his bands CD's. He said that another musician told him the amount of reverb changes with the times. "Sometimes, popular music uses a lot of reverb. But today, very little is used." ... Read More
Reverb is a beautiful effect that gives us the ability to bring a fuller sound to an instrument. Reverb can be used to spatially place an instrument in a mix such as sitting in the background. We can also kill our mix with reverb if we use too much or we use the wrong type of ... Read More
Reverb is an effect that alters a sound so it may seem fuller, smoother, and/or give the sound a spacial characteristic such as sitting in the background of the mix or being in a larger room. We kill our mix with reverb when we use it the wrong way. There are three common reverb ... Read More
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
Compression is a word that's tossed around but what the heck does it mean? The best example of compression is radio station broadcasting. Radio stations play music in their format (AC, CCM, R&B, Jazz, etc.). Within ANY format, you have songs that are soft and those that are ... Read More
