[sdiy] OT: Live Sound advice needed

[harry]

We need to make a distinction that this "live sound" is all electronic and

does not involve microphones or microphone EQ....

If you are not using live (vocal) mics you may crank EQ as you like... the

"cut EQ" advise pertains to all other situations

H^) harry

Chromatest Pantsmaker wrote:

> just the other day I was reading MC2 (Music Computers Culture)
> http://www.mc2mag.com/
> well.. the article is in the magazine, I checked the website, and it's
> not there...
> it's a mag that I got at the local supermarket (grocer)  Kinda like a
> lame US version of Future Music.
>
> anyhow, they had an article on LIVE PA sound.
> Actually, the article was "Optimize Your Mixes for the Dance Floor"
> (same Idea I'd imagine)
> I'll type up some of the relevant parts...
>
> Low End:
> THe kick drum.... lives in the 40-100Hz range.. boosting those areas
> will make the kick stand out (no really?)  blah blah.. avoid affects
> due to phasing problems when speakers are pointed at each other...
> blah blah
>
> Midrange:
> too many midrange frequencies = "mud"  especially when synths compete
> with vocals...blah blah blah... thin out the tone of each competing
> instrument
> example.. brighten one synth by boosting mid-highrange [1-3kHz] and
> roll off some midrange off another...
>
> High End
> A little 10-15 kHz goes a long way... club systems often boost the
> high end and hi-hats, cymbals, etc come across loud and harsher than
> in studio... one trick, listen to the mix at a very low volume, if the
> hi-hats seem prominent at a low volume, it's probably too loud in the
> mix
>
> yeah, not too helpful, but maybe it is a little..
>
> oh yeah, this is a test message to sdiy as well.
> -ben