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How to Sound Check a band

• Patch in all the channels. Start from the drums
  channels 1-8 then Percussion Bass Guitars Keys
  Horns Vocals and instruments as you see them from
  the FOH.
• Assign groups accordingly
• Turn on phantom power for appropriate channels
• Important!!! Have all musicians play at the
  volume they will be at during the show

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How to Sound Check a band

• Get the drummer to play the Kick drum. PFL and EQ
  the kick channel and then move on to the snare
• Have the drummer hit each tom one at a time in
  sequence as to get an even balance between each
  one.
• ( Insert Gates and adjust )
• You may want to add some reverb to the toms
  at this time
• Follow this by the Hi Hat and overheads
• Have the drummer play time mix drums and add
  effects ( Reverb to the snare ) and insert gates
  if necessary
• If there is percussion check PFL and EQ ( Add
  reverb )

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How to Sound Check a band

• Have the bassist play. PFL and set gain, set EQ
  insert a compressor if you have one and adjust.
• Time Permitting, have drummer and Bass player
  play together to get a nice blend of rhythm
  section focusing on the Kick and Bass.
• If there is percussion check PFL and EQ

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How to SoundCheck a band

• Guitars same as above PFL an EQ
• Keys PFL and EQ ( If keyboard player doesnt have
  his own amp add it to his monitor mix immediately
  so he can hear himself ) ( May need Compression )
• Horns ( Compression and Effects )
• All the vocals in order as you see them written
  on the console ( Compression not too much )
• If you are mixing monitors from FOH turn off all
  the instrument channels except for the vocals so
  that you can still communicate back and fourth
  then start setting the monitors.

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How to SoundCheck a band

• Send each singers vocal in their monitors first
  then work on each mix one at a time.
• Ask each musician what he or she would like to
  hear in his or her monitor. ( Watch for thumbs up
  )
• Put only what they ask to hear in their monitors
  (Within Reason)

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How to SoundCheck a band

• Usually things that are farthest away from them
  on the stage. (Instruments they cant hear well
  acoustically)
• Usually you will put all the vocals in each
  singers mix but keeping their vocal on top of the
  others in their monitor

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How to SoundCheck a band

• Once they are happy with the monitor mixes turn
  on the main mix.
• Get the band to play a song and before bringing
  up the mains ( Left and Right Master ), put the
  vocals in the mix first and see how the it sounds
  in the room with vocals only.
• Slowly start bringing in the instruments one at a
  time as needed. Starting with the Kick and Bass
• Get a decent mix by reinforcing the stage sound
• Walk around the room and listen

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How to SoundCheck a band

• Realize that sometimes you can't make it sound
  great in all areas of the room because of
  coverage standing waves reflective surfaces etc.

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• A standing wave, also known as a stationary wave,
  is a wave that remains in a constant position.
  This phenomenon can occur because the medium is
  moving in the opposite direction to the wave, or
  it can arise in a stationary medium as a result
  of interference between two waves travelling in
  opposite directions.
• Standing waves are produced whenever two waves of
  identical frequency interfere with one another
  while traveling opposite directions along the
  same medium.

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• Band Rider.pdf