Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I'm joined by the vice president of audio at PRG, David Strang. We discuss sound system design for Broadway and the challenges in the post-Covid audio industry. Notes Transcript This transcript was automatically generated. Please let me know if you discover any errors. [00:00:10.770]I'm Nathan Lively, and today I'm joined … [Read more...]
IEM: The Recipe for Failure and How to Avoid It
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I'm joined by Beirut based freelance live sound engineer, tour/project manager specializing in IEM mixing, and tech specialist for the middle east and africa region for Meyer Sound, Sana Romanos. We discuss touring around Europe and the middle east and mixing IEMs. Notes Transcript This transcript was automatically generated. … [Read more...]
Sound System Setup: Why Subwoofer Crossover Alignment is Critical
I worked on a reggae festival 12 years ago where I fell asleep at the console and destroyed some subwoofers. I fell asleep because I just wasn't prepared for such a long day and didn't have anyone to take over for me. I'm still not completely clear on how the subs were destroyed, but I think it was a combination of improper limiter settings and over driving them on accident because I was mixing from a power valley and some issues with the crossover alignment. To avoid repeating this mistake, … [Read more...]
SubAligner Walk Through and Q&A
Transcript This transcript was automatically generated. Please let me know if you discover any errors. [00:00:01.450]I also have another question that. [00:00:05.170]I. [00:00:05.640]Encountered when I was reading Bob McCarthy's book. [00:00:10.320]Sure. [00:00:11.060]The forward aspect ratio is based on the depth and the width of the room, and that translates into the speaker that you can the coverage angle that you can place in that … [Read more...]
How do we know if we have good data?
Transcript This transcript was automatically generated. Please let me know if you discover any errors. [00:00:05.330]JF 100 e. [00:00:25.340]And just going to make sure that I'm not putting any of the inputs, make it a little bit louder. [00:00:34.700]I think everything set correctly. [00:00:48.110]Then we can try noise reduction, which is similar to some of the windowing options that you have in rew for those of you who use rew. [00:01:17.110]Okay, so I'm using a lot of noise … [Read more...]