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Mixing live sound for front of house

Mixing live sound for front of house

From the course: Live Sound Engineering Techniques: On Tour with Rush

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Mixing live sound for front of house

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The big difference between being a monitor engineer versus being a front of house engineer. Monitor engineer has to deal specifically with the band and the personalities on stage. I'm building individualized mixes for each guy on stage. The front house mixer he has a little more autonomy in some ways. Of course they were closely with the band and the management and, and the people involved that want to make the shows as good as they can. Their, their role as the front of house mixer is really to create a bigger environment Then just what happens on stage. You do this through the use of a large PA system with lots of power. In monitor world the console takes all the microphones, all the direct lines, all the drums, all the keyboards in. I manipulate them and then I do a blend for each guy and send them out. What front of house mixer would do in this case. Is he would take all the microphones, all the drums, all the voices, all the keyboards, into his console, manipulate them as he…

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