54:10 "I noticed how quiet your over heads are" Yes!. I often don't use the overheads on a kit at all. Just there for show, to make the drummer happy. The Toms and vocal mics almost always pick up enough of the cymbals. 😀
INDEX 0:00 Intro by Keith Johnson 1:00 Who is me? 5:20 My band ROCKVALLEY 6:40 My first mixjobs 12:23 "Tech Riders" to complete Stageplots 15:11 Microphones I used 18:18 Working with the live room 19:20 The house PA 20:21 What I use lasers for 21:22 Mixer/Stagebox setup 23:31 Controlling the preamp without being Gain Master 28:21 Q&A 31:25 Talking about scenes 35:03 Compressors 37:05 Gangs 38:32 Favorite Mics 40:36 Ganging to Setup the board 43:03 Waves Card 46:13 Scenes 49:52 Browsing through a mix 56:30 Eartraining with the SQ 57:49 Channel Delay 58:57 Preamp Simulation 1:00:57 Wrap up by Keith
Hola Lixo, yes I do use headphones. In fact, when I tune my PA I try to make it sound like my headphones. The process is: turn on my soundcheck music (Bottom of your soul by Toto) -> listen to my headphones, ->listen to PA->use EQ to get them sounding identical-> compare to my headphones-> use EQ again until it´s as close as possible. Hope that helps! Cheers
@@AndreSchaier thanks for your reply. its help me to get a better sound. I use beyerdynamic DT-770-M. Is it a good choice? PS: My name is Alberto Arias owner of LIXO Sonido & Discos a small company based in Medellín, Colombia.
@@LIXOSonidoyDiscos Hola Alberto, I use the DT770 (250Ohm Version) and like those a lot. I´ve heard, that the 770M sound very different from the 250Ohm Version, but have not tried them in person. Cheers.
Hi Andre, You mentioned you delay the channels from the kick drum. I’m curious how that works? Do you add a delay on the preamp for these channels? Or on the PA? How does this work? Thanks, Mark
Hi Mark, when you´re in a room, where you can hear the drums (and guitar/bass amp) acoustically when your in front of the stage, you are dealing with two different arrival times of the signal: One travels with the speed of light (the mic´ed signals) and one with the speed of sound (the sounds that is coming from the stage). That means your hear the Drumset through the speakers earlier, than the acoustically transmitted sound. This can cause a loss of clarity and punch. I measure the distance from the middle of the front stage egde (the line where usually the speakers are) to the Kickdrum. I use an inexpansive laser distance meter for that. It shows me the distance in meters or feet. In the SQ you can switch the channel delay from milliseconds to meter/feet. Now I dial in the delay on the processing screen of the mainLR bus (or matrix, if you use that as your LR output). Done. It´s never gonna be perfect since the speed of sound not constant. It changes with temperature, humidity, etc, but I always hear a sound improvement. Hope that helps
Hey Andre. How can I turn my effects off from my stage monitors or IEM? so the singers and musicians don’t hear the reverb or delay I put in the main LR
Hey 985, Effects can be heard, when the fx return faders on a given mixbuss is open. Make sure these are pulled down all the way on the aux mixes. Cheers
Thank you very much for this informative insight into practice❤
This was amazing. Thank you gentleman. Andre you an amazing teacher.! I love all your videos. Much from from South Africa
Hi Mark,
Thanks for you kind words. I´ll let Keith know!
Cheers,
André
54:10 "I noticed how quiet your over heads are" Yes!. I often don't use the overheads on a kit at all. Just there for show, to make the drummer happy. The Toms and vocal mics almost always pick up enough of the cymbals. 😀
Thank you to all. This is much better than watching the BBC news channel. Some excellent tips. Thank you.
Thank you Paul! Very much appreciated!
@@AndreSchaier your videos make sense and are easy to follow. Thank you. Keep safe.
Is it possible to make a video explaining the use and usage of side chains?...
😊😊😊
First time for me watching this. Love the fact that you got to mix a band covering Theo Katzman.
INDEX
0:00 Intro by Keith Johnson
1:00 Who is me?
5:20 My band ROCKVALLEY
6:40 My first mixjobs
12:23 "Tech Riders" to complete Stageplots
15:11 Microphones I used
18:18 Working with the live room
19:20 The house PA
20:21 What I use lasers for
21:22 Mixer/Stagebox setup
23:31 Controlling the preamp without being Gain Master
28:21 Q&A
31:25 Talking about scenes
35:03 Compressors
37:05 Gangs
38:32 Favorite Mics
40:36 Ganging to Setup the board
43:03 Waves Card
46:13 Scenes
49:52 Browsing through a mix
56:30 Eartraining with the SQ
57:49 Channel Delay
58:57 Preamp Simulation
1:00:57 Wrap up by Keith
Thanks for this video. Andre: Do you use headphones during a soundcheck? What is your recommendation?
Hola Lixo,
yes I do use headphones. In fact, when I tune my PA I try to make it sound like my headphones. The process is: turn on my soundcheck music (Bottom of your soul by Toto) -> listen to my headphones, ->listen to PA->use EQ to get them sounding identical-> compare to my headphones-> use EQ again until it´s as close as possible.
Hope that helps!
Cheers
@@AndreSchaier thanks for your reply. its help me to get a better sound. I use beyerdynamic DT-770-M. Is it a good choice? PS: My name is Alberto Arias owner of LIXO Sonido & Discos a small company based in Medellín, Colombia.
@@LIXOSonidoyDiscos
Hola Alberto,
I use the DT770 (250Ohm Version) and like those a lot. I´ve heard, that the 770M sound very different from the 250Ohm Version, but have not tried them in person.
Cheers.
Hi Andre,
You mentioned you delay the channels from the kick drum. I’m curious how that works? Do you add a delay on the preamp for these channels? Or on the PA? How does this work?
Thanks, Mark
Hi Mark,
when you´re in a room, where you can hear the drums (and guitar/bass amp) acoustically when your in front of the stage, you are dealing with two different arrival times of the signal: One travels with the speed of light (the mic´ed signals) and one with the speed of sound (the sounds that is coming from the stage). That means your hear the Drumset through the speakers earlier, than the acoustically transmitted sound. This can cause a loss of clarity and punch.
I measure the distance from the middle of the front stage egde (the line where usually the speakers are) to the Kickdrum. I use an inexpansive laser distance meter for that. It shows me the distance in meters or feet. In the SQ you can switch the channel delay from milliseconds to meter/feet. Now I dial in the delay on the processing screen of the mainLR bus (or matrix, if you use that as your LR output). Done.
It´s never gonna be perfect since the speed of sound not constant. It changes with temperature, humidity, etc, but I always hear a sound improvement.
Hope that helps
Thanks Andre,
Very helpful indeed. So delay on the mainLR bus, makes sense.
I’ll give it a try next time we can do live gigs again 😉
Thanks, Mark
Bloody Brilliant concept especially for clubs.. wow . Thank you for the tips!!
Hey Andre. How can I turn my effects off from my stage monitors or IEM? so the singers and musicians don’t hear the reverb or delay I put in the main LR
Hey 985,
Effects can be heard, when the fx return faders on a given mixbuss is open. Make sure these are pulled down all the way on the aux mixes.
Cheers
Makes sense now. Thanks my friend you are a big help to me