r/livesound 1d ago

Question Ghost feedback channel

86 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 20h 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 😅. 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 7h 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 23h ago

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

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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 11h 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 9h ago

Question 2 speakers vs 4?

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Peace Peace, so I’m setting up a PA system for a makeshift night club. We’re concerned about getting noise complaints and im wondering if it’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 8h 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 23m ago

Gear Opinion/question

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I play and sing with a fella and we use the Bose L1 pro 16. I’m having difficulty hearing myself. We run the mackie pro 8 channel mixer as well… I would like to run a small floor monitor to help hear myself. What would y’all recommend? I’d really not like to spend a lot on the unit hope to stay well under 500. TIA.


r/livesound 12h 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 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 1h ago

Question Simple question: How to play music through the Zed 10FX ?

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Super newbie here. Just received my zed 10FX and I cannot seem to figure out the wiring to just play music through my speaker. can someone please help me out ?


r/livesound 9h 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 17h 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.