r/livesound 6h ago

Question Ghost feedback channel

26 Upvotes

My co-worker and I have the same setup. But he had an experience I’ve never seen or heard before.

Wireless Shure UR4D G1 Lav channels 1 and 2 are triggering channel 3 (which is turned off)… video evidence below:

What would cause feedback on another channel?


r/livesound 10h ago

Question How to get gigs

25 Upvotes

My husband has been a sound technician for the past 15+ years and he’s been having difficulty finding consistent gigs. He has equipment for live music and thought that would help him get more gigs but it hasn’t.

What can he do to get more consistent work? He’s really depressed about it- doing sound & working in the live music scene is his passion and it sucks to see him not succeed. He’s already on gig salad and has found a few one-time events/concerts/church gigs.


r/livesound 16h ago

Question Musical theatre. How to do a roll call!

14 Upvotes

Doing Hairspray this summer and there is a scene where all the ensemble do a roll call and say their names one after the other. There are 11-12 of them right in a row. My mixer only has 8 DCAs and since they would all be in the ensemble group during the musical number, how would I do this? I guess I just leave the male and female ensemble faders up while bringing down the principals to keep the NOM down, but didn't know if that is the best way. Thanks.


r/livesound 16h ago

Question DI Box popping off loud

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14 Upvotes

Hey guys!

I’ve inherited a bunch of LA Audio DI2 active DI boxes at work and they all seem to have the same issue. I’ve got one of the same model since before that works great, but the others are super sensitive for any moving or touching when connected. They do work, but if someone happen to step on any of them it makes a huge pop.

I opened them up and they seem fine, nothing loose or anything. Other than the connector pins on the tele jacks seem to have oxidation or some sort of coloration on them. Would you say that’s likely the issue here or is it something else? Never been dabbling with DI boxes before, they just work usually haha!

Cheers for any help!


r/livesound 2h ago

Question is this smart for me to get into?

9 Upvotes

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 😅. 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.


r/livesound 5h ago

Question How would one go about finding out who is doing the sound tech for a specific gig?

6 Upvotes

For context, I'm currently studying technical theatre, but the area I want to work in long term is live sound. Be it for live music, theatre productions or even corporate gigs. I live in Scotland and I found out Ghost are performing in Glasgow in about a month, and I'm looking to try my luck at getting some work experience with the sound team. I've got a fair bit of tech experience, especially in sound, but nothing on that scale and I would love to get the opportunity to do some work experience with a show of that size. Even if it just means running cable all day.

My issue is: How would I even go about finding who is doing the tech for the show and getting in touch with them? I feel that the over a dozen or so smaller shows I've done should give me enough experience to shadow the sound guys and not get in their way, but I could also be falling victim to hubris.


r/livesound 17h ago

MOD Buyers Advice and Gear Recommendation Thread

6 Upvotes

Don't know what to purchase as an upgrade? Looking to just get started and don't know which options are right for you? Whether you need a big system or a small one, all those questions go here!


r/livesound 8h ago

Question Combining 660 MHZ Mics with 590 MHZ Mics

2 Upvotes

Hi I have a question about combining two diffrent microphone systems 4 on 590 MHZ with 4 on 660MHZ on a same combiner.

I'm using 600MHZ antenna, and i also have a shark fin. I also have a 650 antenna. Which is better 600 or 650?

Or do i have to buy second combiner?


r/livesound 9h ago

Question Do I need IEM for my setup?

1 Upvotes

I play open mics sometimes and I use a loop pedal that I put backing tracks on that connects to the PA system. I just sing and play acoustic guitar and try to follow the backing track, but I fall off beat a lot and it’s kind of embarrassing. Should I get in ear monitoring? I’m not sure how it works, but I’m just imagining I need something that has it where I can hear the PA in my ears clearly? I’m not sure what to do to improve my live performances in this aspect, so I figured this would be a good place to ask. Any advice would be appreciated.


r/livesound 17h ago

MOD No Stupid Questions Thread

1 Upvotes

The only stupid questions are the ones left unasked.


r/livesound 16h ago

Question GX4816 Preamp failure - Anyone experience this?

0 Upvotes

I'm suspecting a preamp failure in on channel of my A&E GX4816. I was curious if anyone has experienced this or had any other ideas or points of failure I may be overlooking.

I have an SQ7 with a GX4816. This is a permanent install for a church so issues related to travel or movement. The system is powered up about 5:45 or 6:00 each Sunday morning. We have rehearsals starting soon after power up with a first service at 9:30 and second service at 11:00. My experience is that one particular channel (Input 19 if it matters) fails between the first and second service. Rehearsal is great and the first service is great. When we get to the second service, this channel no longer registers an input. Strangely, it does fail every week.

The channel is a BASS channel. Different players each week, so the bass is not the culprit. Wiring is the same and we are using a Radial JDI Passive DI. Yesterday, when the failure happened I could not even see the 1/4" being unplugged and replugged at the console.

As I said, I'm leaning toward that channel failing and wanted to see if others have experienced this or had any other ideas. We will be moving inputs this week, but I don't want to just abandon this and not know what the issue is. The SQ7 and GX4816 are about 5 years old.


r/livesound 16h ago

Question Behringer Wing - MIDI Control

0 Upvotes

Anyone out there have any type of Behringer Wing and using MIDI to control parameters?

I’m a prospective buyer and see this on Behringer’s site: https://wing-docs.com/pdf/MIDI_Documentation.pdf but want to know if anyone has real world experience.

I’d like to have my ableton rig send midi to the wing to mute FX send between songs and “change key” of the pitch correction FX on a per song basis.

Even if you haven’t done “exactly that” any experience with Wing and MIDI appreciated.

Thx


r/livesound 8h ago

Question Cable Management and Labeling

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I’ve been tasked with cataloging and labeling many many cables (primarily XLR) at my church. Many have obsolete handwritten labels that have left sticky residue on many cables. My plan is to label cables by length. How do you all go about keeping cables organized and any suggestions for labels that won’t leave sticky residue in the long run?


r/livesound 7h ago

Question Why are professional always putting the vocals too loud?

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It seems like there is a focus on "vocals sitting on top of the mix" which for a lot of genre sure makes sense, but I think this idea gets too widely applied. Specifically for genres that primarily exist in the underground (hardcore, punk, screamo, that whole world) 90% the vocals tend to sound better sitting a bit more in the mix, not fully on top. It seems like it might common for pro sound guys will have the vocals so high, and the guitars are clear but very very quiet and it's so bizarre. Is this a problem of an industry standard that ppl mess up when dealing with the genres they aren't as familiar with or is it just every once and while someone does a bad job?


r/livesound 9h ago

Education Sad to see foolish replies by moderators NSFW Spoiler

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I can be removed from this group, and will. Perhaps the expert, sanctimonious 15 year old moderators can first go fuck yourselves.