Friday, July 13, 2012
Live Sound: Backstage Class: Alternative & Effective Approaches To Sound Check
Pro Sound Web: So much of what we do as sound engineers is based on habit and repetition.
Better safe than sorry, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, that’s the way everyone does it, and so on.
I enjoy questioning and testing that validity of these patterns.
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I think this article points out an interesting hole in how sound checks are often done. I agree with a lot of what the article is saying, but I think it’s important that it be kept in context. It makes a lot of sense to EQ the band together since they will most often be playing together, but I also like how the author describes the layering process that he goes through when doing the sound check. I think this is important because if there is some sort of problem, if the entire group is up at once, it could be hard to find and fix that problem. As I said though, this article should not be taken out of context. For a play or musical, in my opinion, the microphones should always be checked individually since they are being used individually, not just as a group chorus. I would say the same applies for band vocals, that even though they are going to be mostly heard along with the band, that they should by checked individually first.
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