Steve Henningsgard
New member
Not sure if this is the best place to put this thread, but I figure a lot of what happens in live sound, happens in tracking/mixing as well, as far as signal path (obvious exceptions including the speakers/monitors themselves and separate mixes, etc.).
Long story short, I've got a live sound/FOH gig tomorrow night, and I'm not 100% sure of what I'm walking into. I know they've got mostly cheap equipment (Behringer 32-Track Eurowhatever, Two Behringer 4-channel gate/compressors, one presumably non-cheap DBX DriveRack PA+) but it's all new. I know this is an open-ended/vague question, but as far as signal routing goes, does anyone have any idea how they might have it set up? I feel like an idiot asking such a question, as there are literally thousands of ways to hook this stuff up, but I don't really have any more detailed info. Even incredibly general advice about live sound routing would be helpful.
Perhaps I have it right in my head already, but here's what I'd imagine I'll run into:
Mic -> board pre -> board eq -> board fader -> master LR -> DriveRack PA+ -> mains
As far as inserts, I believe they're pre-fader/eq, right? If so, the aux send is unrelated to the inserts, right?
Also, as far as aux sends/returns, these essentially split the signal down another path either pre- or post-fader if I recall correctly, but the aux returns I'm completely mystified by. Do these rout to the main LR, if used with reverb & such? And if not, they just go out to the stage monitors, right?
Sorry for the stupid post guys, I feel like a n00b jackass..
Long story short, I've got a live sound/FOH gig tomorrow night, and I'm not 100% sure of what I'm walking into. I know they've got mostly cheap equipment (Behringer 32-Track Eurowhatever, Two Behringer 4-channel gate/compressors, one presumably non-cheap DBX DriveRack PA+) but it's all new. I know this is an open-ended/vague question, but as far as signal routing goes, does anyone have any idea how they might have it set up? I feel like an idiot asking such a question, as there are literally thousands of ways to hook this stuff up, but I don't really have any more detailed info. Even incredibly general advice about live sound routing would be helpful.
Perhaps I have it right in my head already, but here's what I'd imagine I'll run into:
Mic -> board pre -> board eq -> board fader -> master LR -> DriveRack PA+ -> mains
As far as inserts, I believe they're pre-fader/eq, right? If so, the aux send is unrelated to the inserts, right?
Also, as far as aux sends/returns, these essentially split the signal down another path either pre- or post-fader if I recall correctly, but the aux returns I'm completely mystified by. Do these rout to the main LR, if used with reverb & such? And if not, they just go out to the stage monitors, right?
Sorry for the stupid post guys, I feel like a n00b jackass..