Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. Download the circus sound system tuning procedure PDF In this episode of the Sound Design Live podcast I answer the question: Where have I been for the past four months? I'll walk you through a day in the life of a touring circus sound engineer, from load-in to opening performance, and I get into the details of tuning a sound system with 21 channels of SIM 3 audio analyzer. Show … [Read more...]
Emergency Digico SD5 Optocore Procedures
UPDATE: This article appears in The Ultimate Guide to Creative Mixing on the Digico SD5. These emergency Optocore procedures could save your ass. How did I learn all of this? I recently started working as an Audio Supervisor on Ringling Bros. Circus' new Out Of This World tour. Right before the very first rehearsal, all of my outputs from the Digico SD5 stopped working and I had 100 people waiting on me while I tried to fix it. I made it through that and several other minor emergencies and … [Read more...]