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Recent Posts:

  1. The 5%: Women in Pro Audio
  2. What (wo)men want: How IEM mixes differ by gender
  3. I’m Here to Make You Sound as Good as Possible
  4. Audio Analyzers: Pink Noise vs Sine Sweep
  5. Gradient vs Delta Subwoofer Array
  6. Right Now Is the Best Time to Build
  7. Gain Before Feedback Is Independent of the Level of the Talker
  8. Rog and Nathan’s 5-hour Show about End-fire vs Gradient Arrays
  9. 14 online courses on live sound mixing, RF, and system tuning
  10. The BEST subwoofer array for large concerts?
  11. Can you mix better on speakers with flat magnitude and phase?
  12. Does flipping a sub around also flip its polarity?
  13. Do cardioid subwoofer arrays work underneath a stage?
  14. 5 Things I Had to Learn When I Started Mixing IEMs
  15. You can’t predict subwoofer behavior in a room at 40Hz, but you can test it
  16. Conference Room Sound Design
  17. Compare 300 Different Microphones with Double-Blind Listening Tests from Your Own Studio
  18. Is your Dante network truly redundant?
  19. 22 Things I Learned or Overheard At Live Sound Summit 2020
  20. Use Smaart to Easily Create Your Own Personal Database of High-quality Near-Anechoic Measurements
  21. Will adding a crossover filter create better phase alignment between speakers from different families?
  22. How Dave Gunness Brought Single-Driver Cardioid Subs To Market
  23. Are you still trying to align your subwoofers with an audio analyzer?
  24. How Using Less EQ Can Stop Your Show from Sounding Horrible
  25. Can you estimate line array splay in the field without software while the riggers are waiting?
  26. 1 Graph Setting You Need to Change in Smaart for Faster EQ Decisions
  27. Can you match speakers through space and time? (🍎to🍎)
  28. Is it better to face your subs at the wall?
  29. Does every output in the signal chain need a high-pass filter?
  30. What You Should Know About Communication And Trust Between Artists And Sound Engineers
  31. Do ground stacked subwoofers really give you 6dB for free?
  32. How to take fast impulse response measurements in Smaart© without pissing people off
  33. How to develop a habit of logical troubleshooting, piece-by-piece
  34. Guess How Many Measurements Positions You Need for Proper Output EQ (it’s more than 1!)
  35. My most popular posts of 2019
  36. How far apart can I space my subwoofers?
  37. Merlijn’s Subwoofer Alignment Method Will Make You Feel like a Jedi Master
  38. Dave Rat’s End-Fire Adjustable Arc Subwoofer Array Explained
  39. How to Estimate Delay and Level Offset Between Speakers in Your 3D Models
  40. Dave Rat’s Simple Problem Solving Mindset for a Long Fulfilling Career in Pro Audio
  41. Console Prep: Simplicity is Key (FREE lesson from Guerrilla Mixing on Digital Consoles)
  42. Choosing an online mixing course: Essential Live Sound Training vs Guerrilla Mixing
  43. Should audience depth influence crossover frequency between main and sub?
  44. MYTH: FIR filters always add a lot of delay and are impractical for live sound
  45. 6 Smart, Proven Methods To Control Feedback Onstage (Without EQ)
  46. How an improperly connected motor cable arced up the chain and almost ended in disaster
  47. This iPhone App Helps Musicians Mix Themselves from Stage
  48. Spot Crossover Slopes in Smaart® and Avoid Falling Sharply
  49. 120 Minutes of Sound System Tuning Q&A
  50. Sound system design for the largest public event in Philadelphia’s history: The Eagles Super Bowl Parade
  51. Do all-pass and FIR filters cause delay?
  52. How To Tune A Sound System In 15 Minutes
  53. Fighting Microphone Feedback WITHOUT a Graphic EQ While Mixing Monitors from FOH in a Reverberant Room
  54. 3 EQ Snapshots That Will Make Your Corporate Event Mics More Transparent Using Smaart®: SM58, 185, MX412
  55. Invasion of the Phase Invaders: An Audio Engineer’s Guide to Battle Tactics and Big Scores
  56. Smaart® Beta: Will the new filter control in the delay finder help with your main+sub alignment?
  57. If Poor Speaker Choice and Placement Were a Crime, We’d All Go to Jail
  58. 3-Step Configuration Hack to Get up and Running Fast with Smaart® v8 Beta
  59. How to Measure and Treat Resonances like Room Modes and Standing Waves with Smaart®
  60. INFOGRAPHIC: Create an IEM Link Budget to Avoid RF Dropout and Overload
  61. INFOGRAPHIC: How to Avoid RF Dropout and Overload with a Wireless Microphone Link Budget
  62. 3 Common Antenna Placement Mistakes and How to Fix Them [Infographic]
  63. Real World troubleshooting tips for wireless microphone and In-ear-monitor dropouts and interference
  64. How to Time Align Your Main to Your Front Fill Using Smaart® Live IR
  65. If you’re using audio over IT, but you don’t know how it works, you will fail.
  66. 6 things I’m looking forward to at Live Sound Summit 2019
  67. What’s the difference between Broadway and Rock ‘n’ Roll to a system tech?
  68. How to maximize gain before feedback of a podium microphone using Smaart®
  69. This secret weapon will make a Profile sound like no other Profile you’ve heard before
  70. Create a sound system tuning checklist and map before your next show
  71. How to use a custom weighting curve in Smaart® and why I don’t recommend it
  72. Phase Alignment Science Academy Handbook: Introduction
  73. What is the best sounding target EQ curve to use in Smaart® on every show?
  74. 9 Smaart® shortcuts that will make your life easier
  75. I made sure every sound engineer, tour manager, and production manager knew I wanted to tour
  76. How to place and aim your stage monitors for maximum rejection
  77. What do I need to know about my speakers?
  78. How to flatten the phase for easier main+sub alignment
  79. How to set the limiter threshold on a DBX PA2 so you don’t blow up your speakers
  80. How to practice reading phase traces when you don’t have a PA
  81. Smaart®: Tracking peak frequency without the mouse cursor
  82. Bob McCarthy: Where do I place my delay towers?
  83. Analysis: How to Tune a PA System for Live Sound
  84. Moving from Discord to Mighty Networks
  85. How Robert Scovill Got Fired by John Cougar Mellancamp and Hired by Prince
  86. What do all of those squiggly lines mean? (a short intro to the graphs in Smaart®)
  87. How To Find Work And Become A Freelance Sound Engineer
  88. Why Andrew Stone Only Mixes For Himself
  89. Stop Smaarting the Sound System
  90. 6 Most Popular Training Videos on Sound System Tuning
  91. How Jamie Anderson Saves Time in System Tuning with Smaart® Check Points
  92. Why is wireless so hard?!
  93. Recovering from Burnout and Avoiding Overwhelm
  94. Get On Tour – Download FREE for 1 week
  95. Guerrilla Mixing
  96. Tomas Wolfe and the FOH/MON Facebook Group
  97. Quick Monitor Mixes – guerrilla style
  98. You might be guerrilla mixing, if…
  99. Why Touring Sound Engineers Are Getting Paid Less
  100. Mixing Monitors for Tears for Fears
  101. Essential Live Sound Training with Scott Adamson [REVIEW]
  102. Dan Dugan and the Birth of the Automatic Microphone Mixer
  103. Bobby Owsinski: Why Do Concerts Sound So Bad?
  104. How to build your own audio analyzer (like Smaart®) for FREE
  105. Simple Ideas to Improve Acoustics in Recording Studios and Concert Halls
  106. FOH Mixing: EQ it till it sounds good
  107. Smaart is just a tool. You are the analyzer.
  108. This is why I no longer recommend turning one sub off to fight power alley
  109. Download the DiGiCo Session Setup Checklist
  110. Top 5 Common Mistakes When Using a DiGiCo Console
  111. I want to build a marketplace for corporate AV techs
  112. Everything I Feared about Digico Consoles Is Wrong
  113. Get More Work as a Live Sound Engineer by Doing What No One Else Will
  114. 5 Pro Drummers Explain How to Make a Drum Kit Quieter on Stage
  115. Review of Live Sound Basics
  116. Best Free and Paid Online Training Webinars, Courses, and Certifications for Live Sound Engineers
  117. This Is How to Find the Perfect Show Volume Without an SPL Meter
  118. My Results from 30 Days of Ear Training
  119. Get Booked Solid in Pro Audio
  120. How Anthony Went From Warehouse Tech to FOH Mixer For Cirque Du Soleil
  121. This Marketer Will Make You Look at Your Career Totally Differently
  122. How Much Do Live Sound Engineers Make?
  123. How To Become A Sound Engineer
  124. Where do clients come from?
  125. How to Be a Self-Starter in the Audio Industry
  126. 9 Tips for Easy In-Ear Monitor Setup
  127. Americans Like a Lot of Bass
  128. One Simple Tool to Find the Right Size Speaker for Any Space
  129. Inside Pro Audio Workshop: Seeing Sound
  130. Get 12 Weeks of Coaching in 5 Minutes
  131. Find a Live Sound Engineer Anywhere in the World
  132. Lively start to ‘Surviving to Thriving’ coaching course
  133. Where do I put the measurement microphone?
  134. Audio Calculators for Sound System Tuning
  135. How to Find Polarity Problems Ruining Your Sound System
  136. 3 Phase Alignment Hacks to Make Your Sound System Tuning Easier
  137. This Is Why You Are Over EQing
  138. Meet ZOID, the sound system tuning chatbot
  139. 110 Questions about Sound System Tuning – Pt. 4
  140. Create an Explosion of Reverb for Magical Song Transitions
  141. The Amazing Capacity and Limitation of the X32 with Drew Brashler
  142. Use a Ducker to Get Your Vocals (and your kick!) in the Pocket
  143. Give Me MORE Kick! This effect saved the day.
  144. How to Update Snapshots on the SD5 in the Middle of a Show
  145. Make Space for Bass in Your Ableton Live Mixes
  146. Help, I can’t hear the vocal! Waves Vocal Rider Plugin to the rescue.
  147. 110 Questions about Sound System Tuning – Pt. 3
  148. 110 Questions about Sound System Tuning – Pt. 2
  149. 110 Questions about Sound System Tuning – Pt. 1
  150. Mauricio Ramirez: Trust your ears, not just the audio analyzer
  151. How to Mix Intuitively Using Daily Ear Training Games
  152. How to Become a World Class Audio Engineer (if I had to start all over)
  153. Mixing Monitors from FOH: 17 lessons I learned from Grealy at Soulsound
  154. 3 Simple Ways to Phase Align Main+Sub with SATlive
  155. Live Training Webinar: Gigs on Demand
  156. Do you want a job as a touring FOH sound engineer? You need to hear this.
  157. Behind the Scenes of the Ringling Brothers Circus Sound System
  158. Top 5 Posts of 2016
  159. SATlive + Thomas Neumann: Sound system tuning with a single measurement microphone
  160. SIM3 is easy. The hard part is figuring out what to do with that data.
  161. Circus Touring with 21 Channels of Sim 3 Audio Analyzer
  162. My two favorite features of the Digico SD5 faders
  163. Emergency Digico SD5 Optocore Procedures
  164. Start offering podcast production services to your clients
  165. Position Yourself for Non-stop Touring as a Stage Manager and Lighting Technician
  166. Is IATSE worthwhile for sound engineers?
  167. Networking and Referral Strategy for Sound Engineers
  168. Are you a sound engineer or an artist?
  169. Content Marketing Strategy for Freelance Audio Engineers
  170. Build self-confidence for better productivity with this simple habit of relaxation
  171. Growth Hack 2016: 13-Day Career Building Challenge
  172. Silence: The secret ingredient to sound design in advertising
  173. What your parents never taught you about money
  174. Don’t sell services; sell solutions
  175. Mixing the most difficult musical on Broadway: Rock of Ages
  176. SynAudCon “How Sound Systems Work” online training REVIEW
  177. ATTENTION, MUSICIANS: You need to figure out where money is made.
  178. The easiest, cheapest, most valuable technique for long-term business success
  179. Turn Your iPhone into a Wireless Microphone
  180. For Live Sound Engineers: Surprisingly Simple Tips to Prevent Back Injury on the Job
  181. SPECIAL REPORT: Sound System Design for Small Venues with Bob McCarthy
  182. 11 Professional Networking Improvements You Can Make Today to Find Work in a New Niche
  183. One Critical Skill You Need to Get Stage Theatre Jobs: How Surrey University Is Training Audio Engineers
  184. The good, the bad, and the ugly of being a Tour Managing FOH Engineer
  185. How to be Unstoppable
  186. The Graveyard Shift: How Mike Rauchfleisch Built a Thriving Audio Business by Working All-night Parties That No One Else Wanted
  187. 360˚ Interactive Live Video Streaming with Zero Crew
  188. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon
  189. Control Ableton Live from your Guitar with Wireless Bluetooth
  190. How Jim Digby and the Event Safety Alliance Can Save Your Ass
  191. Use Automation to Build Relationships with a Free CRM
  192. Decimate Obstacles like Top Touring FOH Engineers
  193. The Sound Engineer’s Path Webinar
  194. Do You Have A Clear Path To Pro Audio?
  195. Get Ready! Slow August Is Right Around The Corner
  196. What a CPA, Bookkeeper, & Business Manager Can Do for Your Business
  197. The Minimalist Guide to Budgeting (for Sound Engineers)
  198. Frequency Coordination and Antenna Placement for a Rock-Solid Wireless Microphone System
  199. 3 Simple Ways That Busy Sound Engineers Can Protect Their Hearing
  200. Important Facts about Noise Induced Hearing Loss and How to Protect Yourself
  201. Merlijn van Veen and Understandable Misunderstandings
  202. How to Be a Remarkable Sound Engineer by Being Honest
  203. Sound Girls: Karrie Keyes and Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato
  204. Multi Channel Wireless Home Theater Sound Systems
  205. What is Audio Visual Integration?
  206. Live Sound Survival: Big Sound Out Of Small Systems
  207. Dancehall Sound System and How To Mix Music You’ve Never Heard
  208. How To Become The WORST Live Sound Engineer Ever
  209. Learn To Become A Recording Engineer Online
  210. One Simple Reason I Chose To Be An Audio Engineer Major
  211. Balls Of Steel: 10 Surprising Tips For Live Audio Engineer Training
  212. Learn A Language And Get A Job 5 Times Faster
  213. Keep Calm and…Too Late: the Concert from Hell
  214. Learn from the Sound Engineers for Tori Amos, Prodigy, and The White Stripes Online
  215. Be Your Own Attorney: The Smart Business Guide For Freelancers
  216. The Poor Man’s Galileo
  217. The Sound Engineer’s Pain-Free Guide To TurboTax
  218. Opening Up The Marketplace To Sound Engineers
  219. Save $500 On Your Taxes This Year
  220. 10 Critical Tax Questions Answered For Sound Engineers
  221. Honestly, Live Audio Is Not Based On Science
  222. Kickstart This!
  223. Mixing The Biggest Festivals In Europe with Dave Swallow
  224. The Five Most Popular Posts of 2013
  225. How To Find Speaker Coverage In One Step
  226. BOOK REVIEW: Sound Systems: Design And Optimization by Bob McCarthy
  227. Tuning vs. Toning A Sound System
  228. Sound System Design And Optimization with Bob McCarthy
  229. Stealing Athlete Nutrition Techniques
  230. Behind Moldover’s Kickstarter Success
  231. BOOK REVIEW: Mediterranean Diet Cookbook For Dummies
  232. Healthy Eating On Tour
  233. Food And Drink At Work For Sound Engineers
  234. The State Of Sound Engineering In Greece
  235. Make A Living As A Sound Engineer, Part Two: How To Get Played
  236. Make A Living As A Sound Engineer, Part One: How To Get Paid
  237. Sound Design Live Podcast Greatest Hits Volume 1
  238. The Best Search Engines For Sound Engineer Jobs
  239. How To Automate Your Job Search
  240. Interview Tips: the S.T.A.R. Technique
  241. Beyond FOH: Job Search Advice For Sound Engineers
  242. Best Tips For Building A Career In Pro Audio
  243. Career Advice For Freelance Designers
  244. The Sound Design Live eBook Is Live!
  245. There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Microphone
  246. Condenser Microphone Review: Edwina
  247. Single Miking Groups On Stage With Condenser Microphones
  248. Condenser Microphones For Live Sound
  249. Condenser vs. Dynamic Microphones For Live Sound
  250. Sound Design Live eBook – FREE Chapter
  251. Sound Design Live Is Back!
  252. Easy Invoicing For Sound Engineers
  253. Show Networks and Control Systems
  254. From Highschool Dropout To Head Of Audio
  255. Larry Crane & Tape Op Magazine
  256. Cables Are Dead
  257. From Free To Fee – How To Incorporate Internet Streaming Into Your Live Event
  258. Laptops Do Not Make Live Sound Simpler
  259. It’s A Golden Age For Internet Broadcast
  260. Climbing The Ladder To Broadway Sound Designer
  261. Designing Without A Script
  262. Super Fun Instrument Design
  263. Turning Technology Into Performance
  264. Sound Design From The Actor’s Perspective
  265. Build A $100,000 Mixing Board
  266. How To Use Plugins with an Analog Console And Wireless Control
  267. Out Of Ideas? Just Add Reverb!
  268. Create Your Own Speaker Processing App + Sound Design Meets Computer Programming
  269. Sound Design for the Pulitzer Prize Winning Play “Ruined”
  270. FL Studio Rocks + Free Barbie Samples
  271. How To Mic An 800 Seat Theatre With Floor Mics
  272. Mixing For Emmylou Harris & Producing SXSW
  273. Use Subtitles To Reinforce Localization In Your Surround Sound Installation
  274. Perfect Club Sound – Dance Music Kills? – What is Serato?

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