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6 Smart, Proven Methods To Control Feedback Onstage (Without EQ)

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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...]

What’s the difference between Broadway and Rock ‘n’ Roll to a system tech?

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Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I talk with touring system technician and Master Sound Engineer at the Guthrie Theatre, Alex Ritter. I ask: How did you get the system tech job on the Lady Antebellum tour? How did you get the job at the Guthrie?What is a system tech?Walk me through a day in your life while you were working on the Lady Antebellum tour.One of your … [Read more...]

Position Yourself for Non-stop Touring as a Stage Manager and Lighting Technician

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Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of the Sound Design Live podcast, I talk with Heatherlyn Eagan about how she has managed to book back-to-back tours since university by positioning herself as a stage manager and lighting technician. We discuss electricity, lighting fundamentals, and non-stop life on the road. Plus, these questions: How did you get your first job in lighting? Can you make more money as a designer or a … [Read more...]

Are you a sound engineer or an artist?

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Art and engineering don't just intersect; they don't bump into each other on a dimly lit street and exclaim about how coincidental it is that they happen to be at the same place at the same time. The truth is that art and engineering are siblings. They share the same blood, they grew up together, they like to bicker and argue, and they not-so-secretly need each other to thrive. Like everyone else, I spend a good amount of time wondering who and what I am. The common methods and ideas I've … [Read more...]