A famous quote goes, “he who hesitates is lost.” Expanding on that; he who hesitates misses a mic cue. The number one place where I see techs hesitating is when they are looking for right mixer channel. Let’s put a stop to this hesitation. Benefits of a standard channel assignment plan Laying out your channels, in a logical manner, is about more than putting an end to hesitation. Here are four ways you’ll benefit from a channel assignment plan (CAP); Everything is easy to

Analog and digital mixers allow for controlling multiple channels as if they were one. These controls are commonly known as subgroups…but not really…maybe in the generic sense…but then you might say VCA’s if that’s what your board uses… because subgroups are different. [Sigh] There are several methods in which channels can be grouped together. And each works differently, of course, ’cause some days things just have to be complicated. Maybe I’m just in one of those moods…

Many a new bass player starts with thumping out the notes in the chords of a song. They are mixed then as low-end filler. As they progress in their skill as a bassist, are you still mixing them as an afterthought? Check out these eight key frequency ranges you can use to bring out the great sonic character of a bass. Sitting in the sanctuary, I watched the worship band practice. Most everyone sounded great. And then there was the bassist. He was playing the triad notes

I’m behind the mixer and the pastor starts strumming a familiar sound. He starts singing and I KNOW I’ve heard the song before. I can’t place it but I KNOW it’s not a church song. Then it hits me, he’s re-written the words to “Come on Baby Light my Fire” by The Doors. That, my friend, was the first time I mixed an acoustic guitar. Properly EQ’ing an acoustic guitar follows a four-step process similar to mixing any instrument. Today’s post takes this process in a slightly

Use your EQ controls for knocking down those feedback frequencies. Not all feedback is eliminated in the same way. Have you ever had people share a microphone and the ringing of feedback only happens with one person? Have you ever created feedback by altering the EQ of a channel? Let’s find out why. What is feedback? Audio feedback is the sound created when a sound loops between an audio input and an audio output. A simple example is a microphone and a monitor. The monit

It takes a few attempts. So there I was, hunkered down in the sound booth with the congregation rioting around me. Two instruments were vying for the same dominant frequencies and I could hear an elder yell, “MAKE THIS NIGHTMARE END!” Sweat was pouring down my face. “Think man, think,” I told myself. “You’ve trained for this very type of scenario.” My hand reached for the channel EQ. I moved the mid-range sweep knob to 1257 Hz. Suddenly, confident of my next move, I app