Sound¶

A broad subject, but necessary as an understanding of the challenges involved in getting good quality sound to the listeners is essential.

On Stage¶

This section addresses some of the issues with regard to:

on stage sound
back-line sound and
front-of-house sound

Terminology¶

I use terms like muddy, woolly, fuzzy, thin, hard, warm, crunch/y, bite, edge, middy, bottom, tops etc. to describe how I ‘feel’ sound. If you have any questions as to the exact meaning please let me know. At some point I may have to put a glossary together that explains all this.

The first thing you need to understand is that ‘everyone is a sound engineer’. And everyone hears sound differently. I have only one basic criteria for a good front-of-house sound, that is: Listeners MUST be able to hear everything that is played / sung on stage at all times. Achieving this is sometimes not that easy.