Today is the last day to get our Live Sound Basics course at the 30% discount.
So...to add even more value to the course, we've added a Final Bonus you can get if you buy before midnight tonight.
Soundcheck Checklist Bonus:
- How to Make
Your Gig a Success Before it Even Starts
- Learn How to Run a Successful Soundcheck
- Step By Step Instructions to Achieve a Soundcheck, Even if You're Doing it for the First Time
- How to Soundcheck Specific Instruments and the All-Important Vocal
- How to Build Your Mix During Soundcheck So You Can Sit Back and Enjoy the
Show
- The Easy Way to Look Like a Pro During Soundcheck, Even If You Have No Idea What You're Doing
You see, the soundcheck is an absolute necessity for delivering consistently great live sound.
It's something that, unfortunately, gets rushed through all the time. Terrible!
A good soundcheck is often the defining factor between a terrible mix and a great mix.
And sadly,
doing an improper soundcheck can keep your "OK" mix from actually sounding awesome.
It's super important to take the time to get your soundcheck dialed in. Show up earlier if you need to be better prepared.
Whatever you do, don't rush through your soundchecks. You could miss something critical – like a bad cable, a dead mixer channel, or amplifiers that didn't get turned on. (Yes, all of those things have happened to me before!)
I finally got tired
of missing stuff, so I put together a checklist that helps me remember everything – from start to finish.
This list has been refined over the years. And these days I like to think of it as "a pre-flight inspection" for my sound system. That's how important it is to me.
Personally, I still like to have paper pages at the console where I can keep notes, and this checklist is the perfect place to help me do that.
(The full printout PDF of this
checklist is included in the Live Sound Basics course I mentioned the other day).
It's really handy for checking off what you've done at each step.
Maybe it will help your mix. It definitely has helped mine.
And it's certainly saved my sanity a few times!
Your great sound could be a soundcheck away :)
If you're still wondering about jumping on our new course, let me show you
who it's for.
- You've been getting back into live sound from a long hiatus
- You're in a band and you want to make sure your shows sound as good as
possible
- You're looking for a refresher to get you back in the game
- You're a pastor or an engineer at a church that needs more formal training than just learning on the fly
- You've been interested in breaking into the industry and want to know the basics to be confident when applying for jobs
- You want to learn about live
sound but have only found boring textbooks full of theory and no practical advice
- You want to learn the difference in mixing a live show compared to a studio recording
