Review of Live Sound Basics

Key Takeaways

Live Sound Basics covers important fundamentals normally taught in the first year of a university program.
Instant Feedback-Killer Battle Plan will get you started on the right foot with thinking about stage layout for better gain before feedback.
Check out the Great Church Sound mobile app for a free soundcheck checklist.

Live Sound Basics comes with three packages: Live Sound Basics, Live Sound Survival, and Soundcheck Checklist and EQ Chart. I have already reviewed Live Sound Survival in another article so I will be focusing on the remaining two packages.

Live Sound Basics

This is a collaboration between Björgvin Benediktsson from Audio Issues and James Wasem from Great Church Sound: a guide for the volunteer.

Video 1 – 42 minutes

Video one starts with a nice overview of system components and interconnections. The slides are clean and easy to read. If you are brand new to live sound, this is perfect. It covers a lot of the stuff I paid $36,000 to learn in college.

Wasem suggests downloading the Great Live Sound mobile app, but all I could find was the Great Church Sound mobile app, which includes the Sound Check Checklist. I really like checklists and this one is no exception. Although I don’t see myself actually having the patience to use it on a live event, it is a good overview and could be used for planning purposes.

I was happy to hear Wasem advise against using ground lift AC adapters.