Even professionals often skip sound system setup and go straight to mixing because there just isn’t enough time. Unfortunately, you can’t go directly to your artistic place without first passing through science. The good news is that even the smallest amounts of time can be put to good use. How? With a plan. Simple Sound […]
If Poor Speaker Choice and Placement Were a Crime, We’d All Go to Jail
Interview with Pat Brown from SynAudCon about the biggest mistakes in sound system design and optimization.
Mauricio Ramirez: Trust your ears, not just the audio analyzer
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 Mauricio Ramirez, senior seminar instructor at Meyer Sound. We discuss some of the biggest mistakes he sees made by people who are new to sound system tuning. We also cover: Most popular test tracks. Which […]
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 […]
What your parents never taught you about money
Do you wish you had more control over your money? (Yes!) Do you wish you knew where all of your money was going? (Double yes!) You Need A Budget (YNAB) is the smart software that lets me figure all of this out for myself. To make sure I was getting the most out of it, I […]