Live sound fundamentals
By: Bill Evans
Publisher: Course Technology
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781435454941
Subjects: Sound; Equipment and supplies
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. I. The gear; title: 1. What is sound?; title: Good vibrations; title: How loud is loud?; title: Another kind of doubling; title: 2. Welcome to the signal chain; title: End to end; title: Power it up; title: 3. It all starts with a mic; title: What's the address?; title: It's all about heart; title: So what does it all mean?; title: A place for everything and everything in its place; title: The snare; title: The hi-hat; title: Tom-Toms; title: Kick drum; title: Cymbals; title: Keep it simple; title: Guitar and bass; title: Horns; title: Keyboards; title: 4. Cables and connectors; title: Shielded versus unshielded; title: But wait, there's more; title: Weird stuff and power; title: 5. The wonderful world of wireless; title: Getting unplugged; title: A little history; title: Compression/expansion; title: Limited power; title: And now the reality; title: Dynamic or condenser?; title: What's the format?; title: Auditioning; title: Time to taste the freedom; title: R what?; title: The magic is in the motion; title: Meat absorbers; title: 6. Snakes and splits; title: A pirate looks at 40 channels; title: Meanwhile, back in the desert; title: Splitting Sound; title: Ones and zeros; title: 7. It's not the car, it's the driver; title: Hostility; title: Incompetence; title: Education; title: 8. The channel strip; title: 9. Console auxiliary sends...or, what do the knobs in the middle do?; title: Made to order; title: Insert here; title: Remember tapes?; title: Now boarding group A...; title: I wanna go home; title: 10. Equalization; title: Rule #1 : listen first; title: EQ bands and types; title: How do I use 'em?; title: Rule #2 :'tis better to cut than to boost; title: 11. Other channel stuff; title: Phantom power; title: Mute and solo; title: 12. The master section; title: Aux returns; title: Pretty lights; title: Other miscellaneous stuff; title: Splitting it up; title: 13. Gain structure; title: What is it?; title: ABC's of the signal chain; title: Audio by numbers; title: The microphone and other delicacies; title: 14. Aux sends and returns; title: Hello? (hello...hello...) Is there anybody in there? (in there...in there...); title: Getting swishy; title: Clap on, clap off; title: Dynamics; title: compressors and gates; title: When to use it; title: Someone's at the gate; title: 15. Monitoring; title: The gear; title: Do you hear what I hear?; title: 16. The drive rack; title: Order, order, order!; title: System EQ; title: Getting in tune; title: HELLO, HELLo, HELlo, HEllo, Hello, hello...; title: Take it to the limit; title: 17. Active speakers; title: It's the law; title: Back on track; title: Pros and cons; title: 18. You gotta have power...; title: Ins and outs; title: What's cooking inside?; title: Class A; title: Class B; title: Class AB; title: Class D; title: What a load; title: You can't do that with an amplifier; title: 19. Loudspeakers; title: The drivers; title: Impedance; title: Power handling and efficiency; title: Box design; title: Sealed box; title: Bass reflex; title: Horn-loaded; title: Deployment; title: pt. II. The gig; title: 20. Getting your hands dirty; title: Kicked by the wind, robbed by the sleet; title: Had my head stove in...; title: But I'm still on my feet...; title: 21. Advance and prep; title: Advancing the gig; title: The plot thickens; title: 22. On the gig; title: Welcome to the working week; title: Showtime; title: no sleeping in for you; title: How we roll; title: Getting pinned; title: 23. Hello (Hello...Hello...Hello); title: and welcome to the world of delay; title: 24. Backline basics; title: Behind the PA; title: Getting the gear right; title: 25. Hands on the knobs; title: Fix it at the source; title: Find your foundation and flow; title: Triage; title: Less is more; title: softer is louder; title: 26. Touring is not for the weak; title: My day; title: by Mike Allison; title: 27. Just because you can doesn't mean you should; title: Dave Shirley; title: Jordan Wolf; title: Ian Silvia; title: Mike Reeves; title: D.V. Hakes II; title: Jeanne Knotts; title: Steve McCarthy; title: Final words; title: Index.