As an experienced audio engineer, this video is gold. There is so much wisdom packed into this video. Jeff as always demonstrates leadership in all areas while walking us through the many considerations he is thinking through as the engineer. Leading from the desk to help your team feel comfortable and confident on stage translates into an engaging worship experience for the audience. Great job as always MXU!
Excellent video- we were just talking the other day on a more efficient way to run soundchecks. Over the past year or so it's gotten to the point where singers and band were randomly calling out changes to their mix so the monitor engineer was having a difficult time keeping up with mix changes.
This is great and lots of good base info. I'd only say that the jumping between the individual mixes, would just stay on them a little longer as I was just starting to hone on on what they were hearing as they jumped to another. MxU is great!
At my church, we only have one desk and therefore we also only have 4 separate mixes. Because of that, there is a group for the non instrument plane vocalists, and they all have to share the same mix. So I would definitely say compromise or general consensus for that group is also good to note.,
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Fast forward 10 yrs when all drummers are using Ekits, and 80% of problems and 10min of this video vanish. Silent stages and IEM rigs are the norm. As a drummer and live sound tech, I can't wait.
Great educational content! What I would do differently as a musician and audio engineer: no annoying click track in the in ears. To me the fun in music is playing together. Vibin. And if the bpm is changing during a song (as it did with all good Songs before click) based on the part of the song, then this is how music should be. We moved from playing together and going with the flow to rather boring radio compatible perfectionism. Just my 2c and maybe some food for thought. No hater here: thanks for the great and free (!) educational content!!
How to run a soundcheck: Just load up your showfile with your perfectly balanced and professional sounding mix. Shouldn't be a biggie for anyone who needs to learn from a video called 'how to run a soundcheck'.
I think this video is more oriented towards monitor mixing, also its never as simple as you are saying, a lot of things influence sound, so you almost always have to do work on an already existing show file.
As a musician of 40+ years I find it somewhat amusing and puzzling why anyone but the drummer would want the click track in their ears. The drummer is the one keeping time for the band. The rest of the band keeps with the drummer. No matter if the drummer is behind or in front or dead on with the click, the band follows the drummer’s time. That’s what makes a cohesive unit in my opinion and experience. If everyone follows the click, then you have 5/6/7/etc people that could be out with time.
All of our musicians (prof. live touring band) want the click in their ears. We could happily play without it, but some sections just require click tracks. For example if there's a part without drums.
I like having click on ears, it allows you to lower the drums on your mix, also keep time consistent on parts where the drums are not playing, or playing odd parts.
If you have played worship music you'll notice that there are a lot of times where the songs goes soft without any drums at all, so the click helps a lot in that regard.
As an experienced audio engineer, this video is gold. There is so much wisdom packed into this video. Jeff as always demonstrates leadership in all areas while walking us through the many considerations he is thinking through as the engineer. Leading from the desk to help your team feel comfortable and confident on stage translates into an engaging worship experience for the audience. Great job as always MXU!
Excellent video- we were just talking the other day on a more efficient way to run soundchecks. Over the past year or so it's gotten to the point where singers and band were randomly calling out changes to their mix so the monitor engineer was having a difficult time keeping up with mix changes.
This is a very solid video love the way everything was communicated … Great video !
Almighty God bless you sir for your hard work in make tutorial like these for us as beginner, am very grate full
This is great and lots of good base info. I'd only say that the jumping between the individual mixes, would just stay on them a little longer as I was just starting to hone on on what they were hearing as they jumped to another. MxU is great!
Helpful video! So great to get the "why" behind the "what". Will say though - the mixes don't feel overly inspiring!
At my church, we only have one desk and therefore we also only have 4 separate mixes. Because of that, there is a group for the non instrument plane vocalists, and they all have to share the same mix. So I would definitely say compromise or general consensus for that group is also good to note.,
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This is great.
Very great
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Great tips thanks
Great video . Thanks for this
great advice,
thanks
CAN YOU PLEASE DO A HOW TO DO A PRODUCTION MEETING
Fast forward 10 yrs when all drummers are using Ekits, and 80% of problems and 10min of this video vanish. Silent stages and IEM rigs are the norm.
As a drummer and live sound tech, I can't wait.
WHAT MIXER DOES THE FOH MIXER USE SIR?
How about getting everyone do their own IEM mix with available app of the mixer.
How please
Whats the song that you guys used for the sound check at the beginning? Sounds awsome!
Praise God (Doxology) by Thrive Worship th-cam.com/video/LRh9ji0mTFY/w-d-xo.html
Great educational content! What I would do differently as a musician and audio engineer: no annoying click track in the in ears. To me the fun in music is playing together. Vibin. And if the bpm is changing during a song (as it did with all good Songs before click) based on the part of the song, then this is how music should be. We moved from playing together and going with the flow to rather boring radio compatible perfectionism. Just my 2c and maybe some food for thought. No hater here: thanks for the great and free (!) educational content!!
Thomas Timothy Hernandez David Martin Jason
What song is this?
Yeah don’t hold out on us this is a banger man
Praise God (Doxology) by Thrive Worship!
Hello
How to run a soundcheck: Just load up your showfile with your perfectly balanced and professional sounding mix. Shouldn't be a biggie for anyone who needs to learn from a video called 'how to run a soundcheck'.
To be clear, the in-ear mixes you're hearing are from the console file. The "FOH Mix" is mixed separately. It's for comparison!
I think this video is more oriented towards monitor mixing, also its never as simple as you are saying, a lot of things influence sound, so you almost always have to do work on an already existing show file.
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There will always be that one person who is too brilliant for tips.
why not just give them a phone app to mix their own?
Not everyone has that available
With teams with inexperienced players mixing their own ears can damage performances quality and their ears
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As a musician of 40+ years I find it somewhat amusing and puzzling why anyone but the drummer would want the click track in their ears.
The drummer is the one keeping time for the band. The rest of the band keeps with the drummer. No matter if the drummer is behind or in front or dead on with the click, the band follows the drummer’s time.
That’s what makes a cohesive unit in my opinion and experience.
If everyone follows the click, then you have 5/6/7/etc people that could be out with time.
There are times in a song where the drums could be out. Maybe a song that starts only with the acoustics. Or an acapella bridge or sth
All of our musicians (prof. live touring band) want the click in their ears.
We could happily play without it, but some sections just require click tracks. For example if there's a part without drums.
I like having click on ears, it allows you to lower the drums on your mix, also keep time consistent on parts where the drums are not playing, or playing odd parts.
Having the whole band playing in time > having only one member playing in time.
If you have played worship music you'll notice that there are a lot of times where the songs goes soft without any drums at all, so the click helps a lot in that regard.
Walker Nancy Miller William Taylor Sharon