Dear Howard
I took a great deal of useful information away with me and I enjoyed the course from start to finish. I would like to thank you for your very professional approach and for the way in which you conveyed the information.
My current day job is very different from the world of live sound engineering but I am now seriously considering exploring the opportunities that may be out there as I enjoyed the course so much, have always been interested in how a live sound is created at gigs and really believe it would be a way for me to achieve genuine job satisfaction as I have had a life-long passion for music
Dominic (Feb -09)
Hi
I promised I would get in touch after the Quo gig, so here I am. All I can say is we had an absolute ball - it was everything you dreamed of when you first started playing music. We played on a 18 metre stage with a huge dome, a la Glastonbury, and with the huge curved arrays of flying speakers you see at the big gigs. The stage crew and sound crew were completely cool, and just made it so easy to have a good time - our half hour set went down a storm.
In terms of the stuff I learned on the course, it's been a complete revelation. Although we are still working with the same Behringer / Mackie / Carlsbro system, we are getting much more out of it all. We have adjusted the set up on desk, PA & foldback to get much better, clearer sound - for the last few gigs I have been able
to hear my vocals in the monitor mix, which means you end up singing not
shouting. Working with the rest of the guys in the band, we have improved our sound no end, and we may soon come to the point where we want to look at
some new gear.
One thing I have learned from the out door gigs I have done this summer is that I really need some good DI boxes to hook my keyboards into the desk - probably
OK at the moment to take a mono out from each keyboard, which I guess means 2 DI boxes, a jack to XLR (male) to connect in - I guess from output we just use standard XLRs - I'm pretty convinced this is the way to go - would be grateful if you could recommend appropriate gear, and quote a price if you are minded to do so.
Anyway - hope the pics are of use - there will probably be a lot more of them on
our band web site www.ruffkut .co.uk over the coming weeks.
Hope you are well, and courses still working - you can certainly put me down as a testimonial to their great benefit if you want to.
Cheers,
Howard Cooper
Hi, Howard,
I'm really pleased to report that I've had an opportunity to put what you've taught me into practice almost immediately! Having been booked to do a college graduation event, I was asked if I could accommodate a student with a guitar and an accordion, who was due to play three songs whilst singing. The performance went really well and I'm now looking forward to doing some more live music work.
Alan Stevens
Hi I'd just like to say a huge thanks for the excellent course that I attended at the weekend, I'm amazed at how much you can fit in, and I've picked up loads of useful tips for engineering a gig. I'm also desperate to get the oppurtunity to use my compressor now I know the right way of setting it up!
Phil Blavins
Hi Howard
Thank you very much for some very inspiring days on the Sound Engineering course. I'm looking forward to testing my new skills on my equipment this weekend. The course has really proved as useful as I hoped. I already knew some of the basic things regarding the mixing console, but the part "What is sound?" was very interesting and useful for me to be updated on. There were a lot of things I didn't know about. As I already have engineered some smaller gigs, I needed to be able to handle larger and more complicated sound systems. I had a lack of experience with outboard equipment but got the fundamental knowledge on the course. The part with the choosing of the right mics for different instruments was very useful for me. I think that you covered about everything we needed to be able to be confident enough to sound engineer ourselves. The Tea/Coffee and lunch was excellent
and it gave us the opportunity to discuss other things than the subjects from the course. Overall I think it was excellent value for money - and the travel from Denmark, the stay at the Clothiers Arms and visiting Stroud, was a nice experience for me. I would love to come back to your advanced course! I was very pleased to meet you and all the others on the course. Though I am some years older than the rest of you, I really didn't feel any age different.
Thank you again very much for the course witch I will recommend to others.
Best regards,
Peter Sundberg
(Denmark)
Hi Howard,
I found the Sound Engineering course at Base Sound to be a great starting point in learning to be a sound engineer. The course had a good balance of theory and practical work which helped me understand why I was doing something, not just how to do it. I found your good self to be extremely knowledgeable in all areas and you were able to answer all of the students questions in an easy-to-understand way. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is looking to people looking to become a sound engineer or someone who wants to get a better sound from their own band.
Mark Mauloni
Hi Howard,
I just want to say that I thouroughly enjoyed teh weekend and have discoved so many things that I was doing wrong with my gear and now I have the confidence to know exactly what i need for the job
Thanks,
Rob Skinner
Hi Howard
The weekend was great, really enjoyed it, and looking forward to getting my hands dirty on small village hall productions soon and will recommend the course to anyone who needs it.
Rob
music is life
The two day live sound engineering course certainly surpassed my expectations - great content coupled with expert delivery...a shrewd investment on my part!
Craig Woodman
Hi Howard,
Thank you the whole weekend was very memorable and well worth it in every aspect. We had our first gig as a Bryan Adams on Thursday and although our gear doesn't come close to yours, what I learnt on the course is already coming in handy
Many thanks,
Chris
www.bryanadamstributebanduk.co.uk
I took a great deal of useful information away with me and I enjoyed the course from start to finish. I would like to thank you for your very professional approach and for the way in which you conveyed the information.
My current day job is very different from the world of live sound engineering but I am now seriously considering exploring the opportunities that may be out there as I enjoyed the course so much, have always been interested in how a live sound is created at gigs and really believe it would be a way for me to achieve genuine job satisfaction as I have had a life-long passion for music
Dominic (Feb -09)
Hi
I promised I would get in touch after the Quo gig, so here I am. All I can say is we had an absolute ball - it was everything you dreamed of when you first started playing music. We played on a 18 metre stage with a huge dome, a la Glastonbury, and with the huge curved arrays of flying speakers you see at the big gigs. The stage crew and sound crew were completely cool, and just made it so easy to have a good time - our half hour set went down a storm.
In terms of the stuff I learned on the course, it's been a complete revelation. Although we are still working with the same Behringer / Mackie / Carlsbro system, we are getting much more out of it all. We have adjusted the set up on desk, PA & foldback to get much better, clearer sound - for the last few gigs I have been able
to hear my vocals in the monitor mix, which means you end up singing not
shouting. Working with the rest of the guys in the band, we have improved our sound no end, and we may soon come to the point where we want to look at
some new gear.
One thing I have learned from the out door gigs I have done this summer is that I really need some good DI boxes to hook my keyboards into the desk - probably
OK at the moment to take a mono out from each keyboard, which I guess means 2 DI boxes, a jack to XLR (male) to connect in - I guess from output we just use standard XLRs - I'm pretty convinced this is the way to go - would be grateful if you could recommend appropriate gear, and quote a price if you are minded to do so.
Anyway - hope the pics are of use - there will probably be a lot more of them on
our band web site www.ruffkut .co.uk over the coming weeks.
Hope you are well, and courses still working - you can certainly put me down as a testimonial to their great benefit if you want to.
Cheers,
Howard Cooper
Hi, Howard,
I'm really pleased to report that I've had an opportunity to put what you've taught me into practice almost immediately! Having been booked to do a college graduation event, I was asked if I could accommodate a student with a guitar and an accordion, who was due to play three songs whilst singing. The performance went really well and I'm now looking forward to doing some more live music work.
Alan Stevens
Hi I'd just like to say a huge thanks for the excellent course that I attended at the weekend, I'm amazed at how much you can fit in, and I've picked up loads of useful tips for engineering a gig. I'm also desperate to get the oppurtunity to use my compressor now I know the right way of setting it up!
Phil Blavins
Hi Howard
Thank you very much for some very inspiring days on the Sound Engineering course. I'm looking forward to testing my new skills on my equipment this weekend. The course has really proved as useful as I hoped. I already knew some of the basic things regarding the mixing console, but the part "What is sound?" was very interesting and useful for me to be updated on. There were a lot of things I didn't know about. As I already have engineered some smaller gigs, I needed to be able to handle larger and more complicated sound systems. I had a lack of experience with outboard equipment but got the fundamental knowledge on the course. The part with the choosing of the right mics for different instruments was very useful for me. I think that you covered about everything we needed to be able to be confident enough to sound engineer ourselves. The Tea/Coffee and lunch was excellent
and it gave us the opportunity to discuss other things than the subjects from the course. Overall I think it was excellent value for money - and the travel from Denmark, the stay at the Clothiers Arms and visiting Stroud, was a nice experience for me. I would love to come back to your advanced course! I was very pleased to meet you and all the others on the course. Though I am some years older than the rest of you, I really didn't feel any age different.
Thank you again very much for the course witch I will recommend to others.
Best regards,
Peter Sundberg
(Denmark)
Hi Howard,
I found the Sound Engineering course at Base Sound to be a great starting point in learning to be a sound engineer. The course had a good balance of theory and practical work which helped me understand why I was doing something, not just how to do it. I found your good self to be extremely knowledgeable in all areas and you were able to answer all of the students questions in an easy-to-understand way. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is looking to people looking to become a sound engineer or someone who wants to get a better sound from their own band.
Mark Mauloni
Hi Howard,
I just want to say that I thouroughly enjoyed teh weekend and have discoved so many things that I was doing wrong with my gear and now I have the confidence to know exactly what i need for the job
Thanks,
Rob Skinner
Hi Howard
The weekend was great, really enjoyed it, and looking forward to getting my hands dirty on small village hall productions soon and will recommend the course to anyone who needs it.
Rob
music is life
The two day live sound engineering course certainly surpassed my expectations - great content coupled with expert delivery...a shrewd investment on my part!
Craig Woodman
Hi Howard,
Thank you the whole weekend was very memorable and well worth it in every aspect. We had our first gig as a Bryan Adams on Thursday and although our gear doesn't come close to yours, what I learnt on the course is already coming in handy
Many thanks,
Chris
www.bryanadamstributebanduk.co.uk