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The fast and easy board feed that sounds balanced and is controllable.
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 98689" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Re: The fast and easy board feed that sounds balanced and is controllable.</p><p></p><p>Chris, That is a very good point and solution if you are using sub groups.</p><p></p><p>Jordan, I did not mention audience mics just to keep it simple but that is a very good point as well. I always use at least a left and right audience mic on all my multitrack recordings. Not only can it add more of the clapping and screaming energy to the recording but sometimes some great room ambience if used very sparingly. I usually don't put them in the board feed for a one off because it is such a fine line between a nice effect and an airplane hanger but I always include them in a multitrack. You always get some ambience and crowd noise through all the open mics anyway.</p><p></p><p>The main thing about this method is it is really fast to set up and you are basically doing one mix and a quick tweak on the feed. On my British analog boards unity has always worked very well but you could pick any other point as well as long as you start the same all the way across. Even if you are doing a stereo mix with 2 aux sends it is quicker to start off at unity for all and then adjust for positioning after you get your front of house mix.</p><p></p><p>Many years ago I set up an independent pre fade mix for a board feed and quickly discovered I had created a monster and had to constantly be jumping between the 2 mixes as things changed during the show. I did this only one time and then figured out that post fade would allow me to mix FOH as I normally did and get a great balanced board feed with basically no extra effort after a tweak or two. The other thing with pre fade is many boards will also be pre EQ. If your system is reasonably well set up your channel EQ for the mains will work very well for the feed. The only thing you really miss is the sound of all those 18" subs pounding the bottom (which is one of the reasons I enjoy live sound more than I enjoy working in the studio <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 98689, member: 277"] Re: The fast and easy board feed that sounds balanced and is controllable. Chris, That is a very good point and solution if you are using sub groups. Jordan, I did not mention audience mics just to keep it simple but that is a very good point as well. I always use at least a left and right audience mic on all my multitrack recordings. Not only can it add more of the clapping and screaming energy to the recording but sometimes some great room ambience if used very sparingly. I usually don't put them in the board feed for a one off because it is such a fine line between a nice effect and an airplane hanger but I always include them in a multitrack. You always get some ambience and crowd noise through all the open mics anyway. The main thing about this method is it is really fast to set up and you are basically doing one mix and a quick tweak on the feed. On my British analog boards unity has always worked very well but you could pick any other point as well as long as you start the same all the way across. Even if you are doing a stereo mix with 2 aux sends it is quicker to start off at unity for all and then adjust for positioning after you get your front of house mix. Many years ago I set up an independent pre fade mix for a board feed and quickly discovered I had created a monster and had to constantly be jumping between the 2 mixes as things changed during the show. I did this only one time and then figured out that post fade would allow me to mix FOH as I normally did and get a great balanced board feed with basically no extra effort after a tweak or two. The other thing with pre fade is many boards will also be pre EQ. If your system is reasonably well set up your channel EQ for the mains will work very well for the feed. The only thing you really miss is the sound of all those 18" subs pounding the bottom (which is one of the reasons I enjoy live sound more than I enjoy working in the studio :)) [/QUOTE]
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