The Beginner S Guide To Live Sound Mixing

This book is intended for the newbie or the tech that would like to expand their skills. If you are wanting to get into mixing bands in clubs, lounges, churches, or would like to pick up some A/V gigs in sound for corporate meetings and conventions, then this is the book for you! This entertaining and informative book is a great introduction to the industry of Live Sound Mixing.

Want to learn about live sound in an easy-to-understand manner? Live Sound Mixing For Beginners covers all the essential information you need to learn about operating a sound system for a live event. Find out what to listen for, how to connect up your equipment and how to make use of it all with simple, straightforward explanations. LIve Sound Mixing For Beginners is ideal for the person who needs to quickly get up-to-speed on how to make use of sound systems. Whether it be for a corporate setting, in a school or a house of worship, the book covers how to get the most out of your equipment. You will learn about how a sound system is setup and how to make use of a mixer. Also learn about how to listen out to what is coming through the sound system in order to determine if it is performing well. Find out: how to set up a sound system what to listen out for in a sound system how to use a mixer what sound processing effects such as equalizers, compressors and reverb units do, and how to apply them different situations basic mixing principles how to run a sound check Live Sound Mixing For Beginners is the ideal book for anyone who is getting into live sound systems, or who wishes for a book which consolidates all the essential information in one book.

Audio Engineering 101 is a real world guide for starting out in the recording industry. If you have the dream, the ideas, the music and the creativity but don't know where to start, then this book is for you! Filled with practical advice on how to navigate the recording world, from an author with first-hand, real-life experience, Audio Engineering 101 will help you succeed in the exciting, but tough and confusing, music industry. Covering all you need to know about the recording process, from the characteristics of sound to a guide to microphones to analog versus digital recording. Dittmar covers all the basics- equipment, studio acoustics, the principals of EQ/ compression, music examples to work from and when and how to use compression. FAQ's from professionals give you real insight into the reality of life on the industry.

Access and interpret manufacturer spec information, find shortcuts for plotting measure and test equations, and learn how to begin your journey towards becoming a live sound professional. Land and perform your first live sound gigs with this guide that gives you just the right amount of information. Don't get bogged down in details intended for complex and expensive equipment and Madison Square Garden-sized venues. Basic Live Sound Reinforcement is a handbook for audio engineers and live sound enthusiasts performing in small venues from one-mike coffee shops to clubs. With their combined years of teaching and writing experience, the authors provide you with a thorough foundation of the theoretical and the practical, offering more advanced beginners a complete overview of the industry, the gear, and the art of mixing, while making sure to remain accessible to those just starting out.

A step by step guide for the every day person mixing or wanting to mix live sound. This is a fact filled guide that gives you the foundation you need to become a great audio engineer.

(Book). This beginner's guide to the basics of live concert sound mixing and mic techniques is written by industry vet Jerry Slone, whose baptism-by-fire road experiences will teach you need-to-know stuff they simply don't teach in school! It provides easy-to-understand coverage aimed at the novice on topics such as: sound and hearing; microphone models, specs and techniques; mixers; equalization; amplifiers; speakers; the audio chain; schools and universities for continuing education; and much more. Ever since talent show appearances in his pre-teen years, Jerry Slone 's been the guy who got stuck hooking up the PA and trying to tweak it to make it sound better. After graduating from the Recording Industry program at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), he road-managed and mixed house audio for a touring band. Today, he works with acts signed to major labels.

This book is about the fundamentals of live sound engineering and is intended to supplement the curriculum for the online classes at the Production Institute (www.productioninstitute.com/students). Nonetheless, it will be invaluable for beginning sound engineers and technicians anywhere who seek to expand their knowledge of sound reinforcement on their own. Written with beginners and novices in churches and convention centers in mind, this book starts by teaching you professional terminology and the processes of creating production related documents used to communicate with other sound engineers, vendors and venues. Subjects such as Signal Path and AC (alternating current) power safety and distribution are closely examined. These two subjects are closely related to the buzzing, humming and other noise related phenomena that often plague sound reinforcement systems. Chapters include an in-depth review of both analog and digital mixing consoles, their differences and similarities, and the gain structure fundamentals associated with the proper operation of either type of mixing console. Audio dynamic processors such as compressors, limiters and noise gates and their operation are explained in detail. Audio effects like delay and reverb are examined so that you can learn the basics of "sweetening" the mix to create larger and more emotive soundscapes and achieve studio-like outcomes in a live sound environment. Advanced mixing techniques, workflow, and the conventional wisdom used by professional audio engineers are explained so you don't have to spend years trying to figure out how these processes are achieved. Last but not least, a comprehensive review of acoustic feedback, and how to eliminate it from stage monitors and main speaker systems are detailed in a step by step process. This book will be especially helpful to volunteer audio techs in houses of worship, convention centers and venues of all types. It will bridge the gap between the on-the-job training that beginners receive and the knowledge and conventional wisdom that professional sound engineers employ in their daily routine.

A practical hands on 'in the trenches' guide to mixing and live sound from an author who has a lot of experience in the field.