4 Day: Pro-Live Sound Engineering Course
Monday - Thursday: 10am - 5pm, see dates, (28 hrs Tuition)
£565.00
(Drinks and light lunch are included for all days).

With more and more sound engineers looking to work in the live sector our 4 Day Pro Live Sound Course will give you both the skills to start live sound engineering straight away and also additional advanced skills to take your mix to the next level.

Who Is The Course Aimed At?
We pack a great deal into our 4 day course and finish it off with chance to engineer a live band at the end. This course combines all the key elements from our very popular two day live sound course and our one day advanced course plus addational topics and you get to sound engineer for real.

Aimed at those who want to make sound engineering a career and get work in the live industry and also those people who make their living playing live and need to have a great sound.

The course includes essential in-depth theory on the principles of sound, acoustics and gain structure and from this moves onto explaining all about the equipment, components and settings you should use. There is in-depth training on patching in and using the mixing desk, understanding and using EQ, Grouping, Routing, Using the matrix and recording a live mix. We teach about setting and creating monitor mixes show how to conquer feedback and using a variety of ringing out techniques. We provide detailed training on using all of todays outboard equipment such as Gates, Compressors, Graphics. You get to use a broad selection of mics and are taught how to mic up and get the most out of a broad range of instruments such as drums, bass, guitars (both electric & acoustic), brass, string, percussion and others.

By the end of the 4 days you will be ready to start making a living as a sound engineer!

Who Can attend the 4 Day Pro Live Sound Engineering Course?
Anyone over the age of 18 can attend the course and no previous experience is required. We have a diverse range of students coming from all over the UK and even abroad. As well as having people who have wanted to engineer bands we have trained other people such as singers, musicians, teachers, live venue owners and sound equipment installers.


What You Will Learn: (Just some of the subjects covered):

● The principles of sound, what it is, how it is made up, the measurement of it.
● Acoustic and electronic instruments and the levels they create.
● Understanding the equipment that can be used in a live performance eg:
Mics,Mixers,Amplifiers, Speakers, Gates, Compressors, Effects Processors, Equalisers
● Types of Speaker Systems, Setting Up and their Application
● How the equipment is connected together and connections used.
● Understanding and using Mixing Desks
● Gain Structure, EQ and Signal Routing
● Front of House and Monitor Mixing.
● Planning a Mix, Sound Checking and Creating a Mix.
● Types of Mics, their Application and Setting Up.
● The types of Cables & Connectors required.
● Patching in & Using Effect Processors
● Graphic Equalizers and there use on both Front of House and Monitors
● Compressors & Limiters, Applications, & Settings
● Expanders & Noise Gates, Applications, & Settings
● Cabling and Connecting them into the Mixing Desk
● Typical Dynamic Processor Settings for Vocals and Instruments
● Ringing Out F.O.H and Monitors
● De-Essing and Frequency Conscious Compressing
● Side Chaining & Trigger Inputs
● Planning Dynamic Processors into your mix
● Building and Designing your Outboard Rack
● Sound System Specifying
● Understanding Specifications

Contact Us
Should you like any more information then you can Contact Us

The courses takes place at:
Unit 1, Lightpill Trading Estate, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3LL

Booking Your Place
As we limit the class sizes to no more than 8 people we advise all students to book well in advance to guarantee your place. Please fill in the Booking Form and send it along with the payment to:

Base Sound, 11 Cambridge Way, Minchinhampton, Stroud, Glos, GL6 9DE