Geoff Thorne
Geoff attended our two day live sound engineering course and decided he wanted to follow up with some individual training on his own equipment. Geoff owns his own small venue and had purchased some previous equipment but was not convinced he was getting the most out of it. He also wanted to purchase some additional monitors and incorporate them into his existing set up. His equipment included a Peavey powered mixer along with a 1500w EV speaker system. Whilst the mixer itself seemed to cover his needs the internal amplifier was not powerful enough for the EV's, and Geoff was concerned he may have wasted his money. Luckily we managed to manufacture some custom leads and were able to re-configure the mixer so that the internal amplifer was not routed to the main outputs but only on the monitor outs making it ideal for driving smaller stage monitors. With this sorted we were able to supply Geoff with a new 2,000 Watt, Crown Amplifier to drive his main EV system and also some new Martin Audio F10+, 250w Stage Monitors. We also racked up all his out board equipment and provided all new cabling to ensure the entire rig could work to it's best. With all his equipment sorted a final morning of training ensured Geoff was able stage his own live Gigs and deliver a great sound!
Geoff attended our two day live sound engineering course and decided he wanted to follow up with some individual training on his own equipment. Geoff owns his own small venue and had purchased some previous equipment but was not convinced he was getting the most out of it. He also wanted to purchase some additional monitors and incorporate them into his existing set up. His equipment included a Peavey powered mixer along with a 1500w EV speaker system. Whilst the mixer itself seemed to cover his needs the internal amplifier was not powerful enough for the EV's, and Geoff was concerned he may have wasted his money. Luckily we managed to manufacture some custom leads and were able to re-configure the mixer so that the internal amplifer was not routed to the main outputs but only on the monitor outs making it ideal for driving smaller stage monitors. With this sorted we were able to supply Geoff with a new 2,000 Watt, Crown Amplifier to drive his main EV system and also some new Martin Audio F10+, 250w Stage Monitors. We also racked up all his out board equipment and provided all new cabling to ensure the entire rig could work to it's best. With all his equipment sorted a final morning of training ensured Geoff was able stage his own live Gigs and deliver a great sound!
Gareth Villis
Gareth attended our Two Day Live Sound Course and enjoyed it so much he decided to book a "one 2 one day" of training utilising some of his own equipment. Gareth owns his own Display and AV company and was tired of getting what he felt was a mediocre quality of sound from the sound engineers he was employing. During our two day live sound course he had gained a broad range of sound engineering skills but just wanted to further it with some specific training in feedback control, equalization, compressing and gating. The day proved very beneficial as up to this point Gareth had been getting particular problems with feedback using his own Logic sound system and Sennheiser radio mics. During the day we were able to properly explore the cause of this and solve it with corrective Equalisation and Outboard Processing. The outcome being that Gareth can now drive his radio mics to more than double the volume to what he was doing without getting any feedback thus enabling him to also use his system to larger audiences.
Gareth attended our Two Day Live Sound Course and enjoyed it so much he decided to book a "one 2 one day" of training utilising some of his own equipment. Gareth owns his own Display and AV company and was tired of getting what he felt was a mediocre quality of sound from the sound engineers he was employing. During our two day live sound course he had gained a broad range of sound engineering skills but just wanted to further it with some specific training in feedback control, equalization, compressing and gating. The day proved very beneficial as up to this point Gareth had been getting particular problems with feedback using his own Logic sound system and Sennheiser radio mics. During the day we were able to properly explore the cause of this and solve it with corrective Equalisation and Outboard Processing. The outcome being that Gareth can now drive his radio mics to more than double the volume to what he was doing without getting any feedback thus enabling him to also use his system to larger audiences.
Alan Stevens
Alan Stevens is a freelance Audio Visual Engineer who works on a broad range of audio visual projects such as conferences, exhibitions, product launches etc for a wide range of clients both in this country and abroad. Although he has sound engineered on many of the events he has worked on they have largely been corporate events so he had not engineered many bands or musicians. As he wanted to engineer more live bands he decided to book a one to one training day to cover specific areas. His main focus was to improve his understanding of Equalization, so he could feel more confident micing up and mixing a multitude of instruments including drums, guitars etc. He also wanted to get some training on compressors and gates so he could incorporate them into the mix to gain greater control of the overall sound.
The first part of the day we went through the use of equalization on both electric and acoustic guitars and vocals, and created both F.O.H and monitor mixes that were then altered to improve the sound and also to control feedback. We went through gain structure and how to keep checking it throughout the mix. We then spent time using compressors for both lifting vocals out of the mix and for fattening up sound such as Bass Guitars, Kick Drums etc and also frequency conscious compressing to allow you to compress particular parts of an instrument. Through out the day Alan was able to try a variety of different mics to allow him to hear the effect that different mics can have on the instrument sound. The latter part of the day was spent micing up the drums with a variety of mics, using the desk eq to improve them individually and then compressing the mix to give it and extra lift.
The day proved very successful and enjoyable and Alan now feels a lot more confident to start taking on more live band engineering.
Alan Stevens is a freelance Audio Visual Engineer who works on a broad range of audio visual projects such as conferences, exhibitions, product launches etc for a wide range of clients both in this country and abroad. Although he has sound engineered on many of the events he has worked on they have largely been corporate events so he had not engineered many bands or musicians. As he wanted to engineer more live bands he decided to book a one to one training day to cover specific areas. His main focus was to improve his understanding of Equalization, so he could feel more confident micing up and mixing a multitude of instruments including drums, guitars etc. He also wanted to get some training on compressors and gates so he could incorporate them into the mix to gain greater control of the overall sound.
The first part of the day we went through the use of equalization on both electric and acoustic guitars and vocals, and created both F.O.H and monitor mixes that were then altered to improve the sound and also to control feedback. We went through gain structure and how to keep checking it throughout the mix. We then spent time using compressors for both lifting vocals out of the mix and for fattening up sound such as Bass Guitars, Kick Drums etc and also frequency conscious compressing to allow you to compress particular parts of an instrument. Through out the day Alan was able to try a variety of different mics to allow him to hear the effect that different mics can have on the instrument sound. The latter part of the day was spent micing up the drums with a variety of mics, using the desk eq to improve them individually and then compressing the mix to give it and extra lift.
The day proved very successful and enjoyable and Alan now feels a lot more confident to start taking on more live band engineering.