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Political Event Production vs Concert Tours: Security, Sound, and Short Notice with Ian Mellul
February 8, 2025
In this episode of Sound Design Live I’m joined by the creative executive & strategic production leader at Resolute Productions and former director of presidential production at the white house, I…
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New Directory for AV Technicians and Managers
November 26, 2024
I recently launched a new directory website called AV Technician Hire to help connect AV companies with freelance techs and service providers. Why Should You Care? For AV Technicians and Service Provi…
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Why Every Live Sound Engineer Should Embrace the Humble Checklist
October 23, 2024
Amidst the chaos and pressure of live event production, who has time for a checklist? There’s just no room for paperwork, damn it! Well, buckle up, because I’m about to convince you that checklists ar…
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How to Buy and Sell Used Gear
June 22, 2024
Sound Design Live · How to Buy and Sell Used Gear Subscribe on iTunes , SoundCloud , Google Play or Stitcher . Support Sound Design Live on Patreon . In this episode of Sound Design Live I’m joined by…
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Don’t Align Your Subwoofer to a Room Reflection
February 9, 2024
Here’s a plan view of a sound system with two mains, a sub, and a measurement mic at a fixed location. If I asked you to align this system, would you prefer to start by muting the left side to align t…
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Adventures in Alignment 3: Rapid Response
December 14, 2023
Last week was my second time doing sound for president Biden and my second time for vice-president Harris. The first for Biden was last year at a missile facility and the first for Harris was three ye…
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Adventures in Alignment #2
November 25, 2023
Are your fill speakers phase compatible with your mains? Does it matter? L-Acoustics K2 + dV-DOSC Today I’m helping setup an L-Acoustics sound system at the convention center for an annual religious m…
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Adventures in Alignment #1
November 3, 2023
The only good reason for uncoupled subs. When to point your subs at the wall. Time saving weapon. The only reliable shelf prediction? The only good reason for uncoupled subs. While teaching Sub School…
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7 Point Sub Alignment Verification Checklist
August 12, 2023
Picture this: You’ve spent hours carefully setting up a show, only to end up fighting the mix all night because of some annoying thing you forgot to check. Sound familiar? A year ago I worked on a ver…
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