There is nothing worse than spending an entire event struggling with feedback demons. You may have been taught to fight feedback with a graphic EQ, but there is a better way. Actually, that's not true: there are six better ways. Use my guide to controlling feedback onstage and mix in fear no more. "The feedback frequency is determined by resonance frequencies in the microphone, amplifier, and loudspeaker, the acoustics of the room, the directional pick-up and emission patterns of the … [Read more...]
Americans Like a Lot of Bass
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with freelance recording engineer and a sound system tuning expert for automotive audio and electrical consumer products, Shelley Uprichard. She walks us through sound system tuning for some of the biggest car manufacturers in the world (using mostly free tools and listening!) and how she got started in the automotive industry. I ask: How did you … [Read more...]
Make Space for Bass in Your Ableton Live Mixes
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I talk with producer and course instructor Steve Knots about getting great bass with your Ableton Live mixes. We also discuss: Going to school in NYC. How to get your clients and colleagues to care about sound system tuning. The most important things he learned at music school. The benefits of education. The nuts and bolts of living and … [Read more...]
How to Mix Intuitively Using Daily Ear Training Games
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of the Sound Design Live podcast I talk to Noam Gingold, composer, teacher, and founder of SoundGym. We discuss how Noam transitioned from composer to teacher to entrepreneur, and how ear training games can make you a better artist and sound engineer. When you are a student, you have to mix less emotionally. But later, it's the best way. Show notes: All music in this … [Read more...]
The good, the bad, and the ugly of being a Tour Managing FOH Engineer
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I talk with Brian Adler about good and bad of being a tour managing FOH engineer and how he lost his passion for audio in the recording studio and rediscovered it in concert sound. We discuss: Why getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to his career The benefits of working at smaller concert venues How to control your relationship with an artist (even … [Read more...]