Routing and buses on a digital console: understanding the signal path
A digital console separates the physical from the logical, and does it twice: one patch in, one patch out. The mental map…
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A stage monitor that will not work: step-by-step troubleshooting
Dead wedge, monitor that vanishes mid-set, ringing, hum: troubleshooting symptom by symptom, working back up the chain from loudspeaker to console channel.
Everything you need to know about auxiliaries on an audio mixing console
An aux send is a copy of a channel's signal, tapped before or after the fader. The full mechanism, the pre/post decision…
Mastering VCA Groups: Optimizing Volume Control on Mixing Consoles
Assigning channels to a master takes thirty seconds; building a VCA plan that actually serves you during a show is another matter.…
How to Choose Your Mixing Console?
A console is sized from the rider of the stage you serve, not from the catalogue. Counting inputs with the right margin,…
How to connect a stage monitor to a mixing console?
The complete wiring diagram for a stage monitor: which bus to start from, which cable to use, and why the main output…
In which cases should you use ear monitors to improve the quality of stage monitoring for singers and musicians?
In-ears or wedges? The call is made position by position, never for the whole band. Where in-ears clearly win, where the wedge…
How to mix stage monitors for a music band?
A monitor mix is not built like a house mix. The method that starts from silence, what each position actually needs, and…