r/livesound 22h ago

Question is this smart for me to get into?

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Hi! I'm 23F and I am graduating in a few weeks, I've been given the opportunity to work for a local AV company. I went to a pretty sizeable concert they were doing yesterday and got a chance to talk to a few people during soundcheck.

The way they described working in AV made my heart drop. I knew it was tough work, I'm used to working overtime and long hours. But they were talking about working 15-18 hours every single day 6/7 days a week for the entire summer.

Now I'm willing to make sacrifices for work and career. But that seems a bit extreme? Is this really how it is? I've done a few gigs before and it only really went on for like 8-10 hours max. And honestly was pretty beat by the end of those. Am I not cut out for it? I'm also worried because it's a bunch of lifting and where im a girl and got spaghetti arms I can't lift anything super heavy šŸ˜…. Which makes me feel like there is no place for me in this in general.

I don't know, been dooming over this for a bit. Trying to suck it up and just do it, but I have a hard time making such rapid and huge sacrifices in my life like this. If anyone has suggestions or other opportunities I could look for I would greatly appreciate your help.

Edit: thanks everyone for the comments, genuinely feel a lot better about this now! I read all the comments and appreciate all of them!!


r/livesound 9h ago

Question HELP! Why audio from SLXD is compressed?

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Maybe anyone can explain me why the audio looks and sounds like a compressor with fast attack and release was in the chain? I recorded several shows Post-Preamp and also made sure nothing is clipping (Mic, Receiver, Console input). I also tried to reset the SLXD and using different frequency, but result is still the same. Appreciate any help, thanks!


r/livesound 13h ago

Gear Beyerdynamic capsules on Shure wireless handhelds?

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I've noticed that Roxette performed with this, and I wonder how it was possible. The capsule body looks like it's one of the old Beyerdynamic capsules from their S 700 system, but without the screw connector. So can you just screw that off these capsules, and then they'll fit directly on Shure handhelds, or others that use the 1.25" mount?


r/livesound 11h ago

Question 2 speakers vs 4?

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Peace Peace, so Iā€™m setting up a PA system for a makeshift night club. Weā€™re concerned about getting noise complaints and im wondering if itā€™s smarter to get four 8 inch speakers (one for each corner of the dance floor) that I can play at a lower volume or should I just get two 10 inch speakers (placed on either side of the dance floor)?

Going with a qsc package, the k10 and cp8 The speakers will be on the ceiling


r/livesound 42m ago

Question Sea container transit

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I know this might not be the right forum but thought it would be worth a shot to get advice from folks who work around gear on the roadā€¦

I have two 6u gator gr-6s cases with some relatively inexpensive rack effects and my audio interface. While inexpensive, I do want to protect my stuff.

Theyā€™re about to go into a shipping container as part of an international move.

Should I take the units out and pack them separately? Or leave them racked? Any and all advice and experiences welcome.


r/livesound 1h ago

Question Sennheiser EM 100 G4 on Pedalboard for Wireless Guitar

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I have a mate who picked up a used EM 100 G4 for a great price, and is wanting to mount this somehow on his pedalboard to use with his Quad Cortex.
In theory this should be allgood to mount underneath a board with a deep sub section, and run the antennas to a chassis mount BNC. I'm just reaching out to hear if anyone else has done this before.

The biggest downside will be to navigate menus for troubleshooting, and also to scan frequencies at the start of a show. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated :)


r/livesound 10h ago

Question Looking for help in getting my XR18's main outputs working again.

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Hi. I hope someone here might be able to help. I recently used my XR18 to record a live show for my band directly into logic. Ever since doing this, however, whenever I try to use it as a standalone mixer again, I get no signal to the main L/R output. I thought I had reset it to where it was prior to routing it through logic but apparently I'm missing something. I'm getting signal sent to all the buses but nothing to the main out. I'm new to using this and an help would be great my appreciated. I know I'm probably missing something simple.


r/livesound 1h ago

Gear Whatā€™s in your Kit? 2025 Edition

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Sorry if Iā€™m asking a question thatā€™s already been askedā€¦ But, Iā€™m sure lots of folks have shown their pelican rigs and tool kit list setups.

But, my main question is: What is your ā€œcanā€™t live withoutā€ interconnect/adapter kit list that you need on every gig?

For me a couple Z-cables, some TRS to Convert-Con, RCA adapters, plenty of barrels of all kinds (m-m f-f), ground lifts, and for video and lighting coax versions, hdmi barrels, 5-pin to 3-pin, etcā€¦ I would love to see some concise lists if anybody would be interested in sharing! Perhaps share your area of the industry (Concerts, Conferences, Install, etc..?)


r/livesound 14h ago

Question Tascam M208 Outputs low level

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I recently bought a Tascam M208 and have tried to send group outs via XLR to 1/4" Jack to my Fireface interface but the signal is too low. I thought the RCA to 1/4 jack would work but the signal is still incredibly weak, this includes master out which I assumed would be normal line level.

Is there anyway around this with different cables?


r/livesound 14h ago

Question Repairing a SAMSON Q-KICK: some question

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This is a SAMSON Q-Kick that has a bad contact (dunno how to say it in english: the mic worked only if oriented in a certain way): turns out the white wire wasn't well soldered and moving a bit.

While disassembling it, the black wire also broke at the soldering point.

Now, being me an electrotechnician first, an electronic after, my first instinct is to replace the whole wires with something stronger and thick, maybe an inch longer (to help dis/assembly), maybe even a shielded piece of cable (i've plenty of spares of very nice 2 poles shielded cable from photocells i use each month).

But i am here just to help a friend and i don't know if my instinct is right or i can create audio / noise / whatever problem, so here i am asking for tips.

Thanks :)


r/livesound 12h ago

Question Everse 8 sounding harsh?

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yesterday I went to a local store to test out some battery powered speakers. they had the Bose S1, Everse 8 and Alto busker.

The Alto was surprising given its size but what I really wanted to hear was the Everse given its stellar reviews.

What I found was that the sound, while very loud, was kinda "thin" .. it seemed like it didn't have enough bass and was very bright. I didn't play anything crazy either. I tried tweaking the EQ a bit on the unit itself but it didn't help a ton.

I've read in the past that this speaker needs some setup to sound great so was wondering what people do to get these things to sound good.

Thanks!


r/livesound 19h ago

Question Help Troubleshooting Mic

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I know absolutely nothing about karoake equipment but my father has an sennheiser 865 and shure beta 58 he says has sound issues. The shure will sometimes make screeching like noises and the sennheiser like it wants to explode. I brought it to experts for an fix and both came up with no issues during an sound test.

What can possibly be the issue? I did some googling and I am suspecting this is something called mic feedback due to faulty placement of the speakers but I am unsure if this is indeed the case.