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The SOS guide to live sound : optimizing your band's live-performance audio / Paul White.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sound on soundPublisher: New York, : Focal Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Description: ix,, 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415843034 (pbk.)
  • 0415843030 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Sound on sound guide to live sound
  • Sound on sound presents... The SOS guide to live sound [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.49 WHI
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

If you've ever handled live sound, you know the recipe for creating quality live sound requires many steps. Your list of ingredients, shall we say, requires an understanding of sound and how it behaves, the know-how to effectively use a sound system), and the knowledge to choose and use your gear well. Add a dash of miking ability, stir in a pinch of thinking on your feet for when your system starts to hum or the vocals start to feed back, and mix.

In practice, there really is no "recipe" for creating a quality performance. Instead, musicians and engineers who effectively use sound systems have a wealth of knowledge that informs their every move before and during a live performance. You can slowly gather that knowledge over years of live performance, or you can speed up the process with The SOS Guide to Live Sound .

With these pages, you get practical advice that will allow you to accomplish your live-sound goals in every performance. Learn how to choose, set up, and use a live-performance sound system. Get the basics of live-sound mixing, save money by treating your gear well with a crash course in maintenance, and fix issues as they happen with a section on problem-solving, full of real-world situations. You'll also get information on stage-monitoring, both conventional and in-ear, along with the fundamentals of radio microphones and wireless mixing solutions. Finally, a comprehensive glossary of terminology rounds out this must-have reference.

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Drivers and Loudspeakers
  • Chapter 2 Practical PA Systems
  • Chapter 3 Live-sound Monitoring Options
  • Chapter 4 Audio Mixers
  • Chapter 5 Microphones
  • Chapter 6 DI Boxes
  • Chapter 7 Other PA Components
  • Chapter 8 Equalisers And Effects
  • Chapter 9 Managing The Backline
  • Chapter 10 Radio Microphones And Guitar Systems
  • Chapter 11 Microphone Choice And Placement
  • Chapter 12 The Role Of The Mix Engineer
  • Chapter 13 The Technical Stuff
  • Glossary

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul White author of 18 books, lives in the UK.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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