Live Sound Engineering Course (Part 2)

Get Work Experience at Top London Venues		Learn on Industry Standard Equipment

Summary

You have learned the essential skills needed to get started in Live Sound Engineering. Now it's time to raise your game to a professional level. That means larger venues, bigger PA's, digital mixing desks, lighting rigs and outdoor performances. Plus of course you will get more opportunities to put your skills into practice in some of London's renowned gig venues including The Barfly, The Vibe Bar and 93 Feet East. Unique work experience opportunities are also available to students of the Live Sound Engineering Course at Camden's legendary Barfly - the venue that helped launch the careers of Coldplay, The Strokes, The Gossip and many others.

How will this course help you get a job in the live sound industry? Check out our guide to live sound engineer jobs to find out.

Content

Advanced Acoustics

Decibels and SPL's

Standing waves & critical distance

RT60 analysis to measure reverb times

Environments, room sizes and environmental effects

Digital Mixing Desks

Overview of commonly used digital desks

Introduction to the Yamaha LS9

Assigning channels to groups. Effects routing

Saving settings for different stage set-ups

Advanced Monitoring

The role of a monitoring engineer
Overview of monitor desks

Working with in-ear monitors

Creating simple and complex monitor set-ups

Live Show 4

Take a full role in your fourth live gig
Load in, Set-up and soundcheck
Take control of FOH and monitoring
Put your skills into practice

Live Recording

Approaches to live recording
Mixing techniques for live recordings

Create a live muiltitrack recording
Phase issues and critical distance

Larger & Outdoor Venues

PA tuning techniques

Outdoor acoustics: environmental issues

Mixing and mic techniques for large venues

Health & safety issues

Live Show 5
Load in, set-up and soundcheck
Students engineer all three bands
Demonstrate your mixing skills

Lighting for Sound Engineers

Types of commonly used lighting effects

Small to medium lighting desks
Computer controlled lighting systems
Practical lighting in a live situation

Advanced Microphone Techniques

Microphone design & construction
Microphone polar patterns
Using radio mics and head mics
Wireless microphone set ups

Live Show 6

Load in, Set-up and soundcheck
Students engineer all three bands
Fine tune your live sound skills

Final Asessment

Complete your final assignment

Tutor analysis and appraisal of Live shows

Students complete OCN test