The SOS Guide to Live Sound: Optimising Your Band’s Live-Performance Audio

If you’ve ever handled live sound, you know the recipe for creating quality live sound requires many steps. Your list of ingredients, shall we say, requires an understanding of sound and how it behaves, the know-how to effectively use a sound system), and the knowledge to choose and use your gear well. Add a dash of miking ability, stir in a pinch of thinking on your feet for when your system starts to hum or the vocals start to feed back, and mix. In practice, there really is no “recipe” for creating a quality performance. Instead, musicians and engineers who effectively use sound systems have a wealth of knowledge that informs their every move before and during a live performance. You can slowly gather that knowledge over years of live performance, or you can speed up the process with The SOS Guide to Live Sound. With these pages, you get practical advice that will allow you to accomplish your live-sound goals in every performance. Learn how to choose, set up, and use a live-performance sound system. Get the basics of live-sound mixing, save money by treating your gear well with a crash course in maintenance, and fix issues as they happen with a section on problem-solving, full of real-world situations. You’ll also get information on stage-monitoring, both conventional and in-ear, along with the fundamentals of radio microphones and wireless mixing solutions. Finally, a comprehensive glossary of terminology rounds out this must-have reference.Additional ISBNs9780415843034, 9780203758120, 9781135016401, 9781135016425The SOS Guide to Live Sound: Optimising Your Band’s Live-Performance Audio 1st Edition is written by Paul White and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The SOS Guide to Live Sound are 9781135016418, 1135016410 and the print ISBNs are 9781138468863, 113846886X. Additional ISBNs include 9780415843034, 9780203758120, 9781135016401, 9781135016425.