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Post by ZacAttack on Apr 21, 2004 10:24:31 GMT -5
Don't be shy, let us know who you are and what you know, think you know or would like to know. We can all get something out of this. With just a little studying and some hands on you can gain the skills to get by, or at least learn how it all works. Personally I am very middle of the road. I have some training and allot of hands on but not an audio technical engineer by any means. I know a few of em though. ;D
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Post by Steelpriest on Apr 21, 2004 13:49:18 GMT -5
I was always interested in those things behind the scenes. I was very happy when a well known local band that owned a nice P.A. system gave me the chance to become their live sound engineer. So I learned to handle a mixing console by doing, of course I had operated smaller gear before, but suddenly I was confronted with an Allen & Heath 48 track console, a real nice side rack, two three way PA stacks... woohooo they had still that fat Martin bass bins (2 at each side) at this time, four monitors that desired their own mix, equalizers, multicores, noisegates...etc. Fortunately their old tech and the drummer explained everything to me and let me fumble around with all the knobs during their rehearsals, mixing for them was quite a creative job and so I became something like a member of this band, ... wooohooo I remember the first gig we had together and it was my job to be responsible for the sound without any help. I was quite nervous but it worked out fine. I have to say that this jump in the cold water was the best thing that could happen, in my belief those "selfmade" autodidact sound engineers are better than any studied or certified people. You often have to improvise, you must have a certain ear and also a feeling for the music you are engineering, knowing the pure therotics doesn´t get you anywhere. Sound mixing is a very creative job, most people won´t believe this, but it is a very important job and it is also fun.  I am responsible for our own live sound in my band, during rehearsal and small gigs where we use our own small gear, on bigger occasions there is always a P.A. rental service but with the experiences I made myself in foremer times up my sleeve I am in the happy position to talk to a sound engineer and speak his "language" and tell him what I want and make detailed suggestions. Everyone who is interested in "sound" should make such experiences, it is fun to be in a band and not participating in the making of the music itself but being responsible for other things. You can learn alot and you can discover a total different point of view on music. It is very useful to know why something is sounding bad and being able to solve this problem without being in need to try around... you can learn to localize a problem and get rid off it immediately. Of course you have to learn the basical rudiments, but all in all it is experience what really counts. Errors and mistakes are very useful also, you can learn alot out of things that went wrong never to make the same mistake again. |
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Post by samicksg on Apr 21, 2004 15:00:19 GMT -5
Well I know a little about sound. I've assisted with the sound systems at school. My school is brand new and let me tell you, I found out where all the money was spent  Anyways I also assist in getting my bands sound right for rehersals however, given the chance I think I could run stuff for live shows on my own one day. |
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Post by cage77 on Apr 21, 2004 18:38:42 GMT -5
Before we "hired" someone to run sound for us, I ran sound for my band from "side of stage" then onto "in the room". I got sick of all the responsibilty of not just playing but also having to keep a good mix. So, I grabbed a friend that also plays guitar, trained him on our rig, and let lose the ties of PA responsibility.
Our rig consists of -
2 Yamaha S215IV cabs (dual 15's w/ howns)
2 Yamaha S115IV cabs (single 15 w/horn)
1 Peavey cab (single 15 w/horn for drummer monitor)
2 Peavey Floor Monitors (single 15 w/ hown for up front)
1 Yamaha Amplifier (don't recall which one off hand, pretty much the same specs as the Behringer EP2500) (for the single 15 cabs)
1 Behringer EP2500 Amplifier (for the two dual 15 cabs)
1 Behringer EP1500 Amplifier (for monitors)
! POS Yamaha 12 channel board - 4 buss + stereo out
A ton of cables, mics, and other fun toys.
All in all, we max out at 4500 watts and you can feel every watt. We are looking to upgrade....new monitors, maybe a pair of subs.....some better compressors and eq's. But for now, we can easily play a medium sized club on our own.
Brandon
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Post by ZacAttack on Jul 31, 2004 16:49:46 GMT -5
I want cage's rig. ;D
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