The only live mixing events I have been allowed to do in the past 6 months have been mixing school performances at the Music and Ballet Conservatory in Ljubljana, working with the students and teachers from their jazz department. It gave me an insight into how a person that does not have a lot of stage experience can be overwhelmed with the stress of being on stage and how we as sound engineers can help them.
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In Slovenia, where I live, we had a brief moment of resuming work after almost six months back in September and I was able to get a few shows in before new restrictions were enforced. Those first shows were very revealing in terms of what seems to be working when getting behind the console after a long time - at least for me - and I thought I would share them with you.
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Session templates are a great tool for a modern sound engineer. They allow you to be efficient and fast, while on the other hand the process of their creation also provides an always needed opportunity to reflect on your own workflow and come up with ways of making it even better.
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In the Sound Advice video series I try to bridge the gap between act members and sound engineers. In this article we talk about all the things guitar players should know about live sound. Let's work together to bring the best possible version of your rig's ultimate sound you are working so hard on to the audience. You can be a Fender or a Gibson fan, a Marshall or a Vox user, or fall into every little niche on the spectrum of how much effort you put into your guitar sound, the information in this video is universal to all electric guitar players. Here is what I talk about:
1. Matching Your Preset Levels
2. Considering the Entire Sound Path
3. Managing Your Stage Volume
4. Solving Monitoring Issues
5. The Use of Reverb and Delay