I wanted to do this in order to capture a strong audio of my voice no matter how far the iPhone was from my lips. And this is how I did it. My clip on mic...

I've been doing some research on the TC-Helicon harmony singer 2 and found that it will only work with pitch set at 440hz for A., not the 432 hz. However, th...

If you haven't checked out the Bose S1 Pro Yet. You haven't seen what one of the best solutions might be for you. It's only 14 Lbs. and it includes 2 voic...

When setting up on a small stage, perhaps there should be ample clearance incase the table happens to slide a little. All that equipment hit the floor.

As the soundman at the mixer controls, you need to remember that the equalization settings on the mixer affect both the main speakers AND the monitor speaker...

The worst thing you would expect to happen at any event is for some major piece of equipment failure that dead in the water. It is a must to have a redundanc...

When is loud, too loud? My adjustment of sound levels are determined by many factors and a good sound-man adheres to them. What type of event is this? A s...

As a sound man, my mission is to ensure that the sound equalization of the onstage monitor mix is tweaked to the expectations of the musicians and vocalists ...

For many years I've used non-Bose speaker systems. They worked okay for me for the time until the day I invested in the Bose F1 812 Speakers System.. Then I w...

Key to a band's best performance is to have the best possible sound setting on the bands' monitor system. Emphasis on certain instruments is driven by the ge...

As mentioned in the previous blog article, the sound man's job is to ensure that the stage musicians and vocalist are happy with the way they sound in the st...

Here in Hawaii especially, the salt air, metal and oxidation will play havoc on electrical connections for microphones, musical instrument plug-ins etc., esp...

This topic is essential knowledge for any sound man because not knowing this could cause you to destroy your speakers. You don't need to memorize this but th...

If a guitar is designed as an acoustic-only model, the equalization of its sound, with rich bottoms and crisp highs are derived through the design guitar, it...

You've seen the traditional sound-man setup with the mixer located some 75-100 feet out in the audience, facing the stage. A connector box for the microphon...