Live Sound

Live Sound 

Live sound is a really challenging lesson. Sound and production skills is very technical and hands on with the hardware where as live sound is very hands on and focused more on application of our knowledge. 

Todays lesson we had the challenge of setting up a mixer, a mic, a foldback monitor, line level instrument with di box, and fx unit. 

We had to use prior knowledge in order to accomplish this task. 

 DI stands for direct injection it's used for line instruments that have a lower output then a mic instrument. 

Line is quieter and samplers, guitars, bass, keyboards and kaos pads are examples of line instruments. 

In the 60s/70s DI boxs where uused to boost line level signal to match that of the microphone so we can mix with mic and get a balanced mix. DI boosts the output. 

I has an earth switch used to cut out hums in the studio. 

Pad switch/+4+6 - if signal isn't boosted enough or is boosted too much then a pad can be used to reduce the signal or a +4/+6 boost can be used to increase. 

Most are mono but some are capable of stereo out. 

DI boxs have jack inputs, and xlr inputs and outputs.