From gabru@comsec.net Sat Apr 14 11:39:31 2012
Subject:RE: FOH engineer ... was K10 and Mackie SRM 450 Shootout

It's not just you...its ben going on for a long time. It's a combination of inexperienced engineers who are a "friend of the band" and just plain apathetic ones. I find this less with experienced engineers but used to see it a lot back in the 70's where often you could not even hear the keyboards in the mix.

From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tfosselm
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:37 AM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] FOH engineer ... was K10 and Mackie SRM 450 Shootout

I've always felt that the most important member of any band is the sound engineer. More than anyone in the band, they have it in their power to either make the band sound great or like crap.

Is is just me (and/or the engineers in my area) or does there seem to be a growing lack of understanding about how an engineer should mix a band (especially when it comes to keys)? I can understand why someone would mix a loud guitar trio a certain way, but there's no excuse for making a band with three horns and keyboards sound like a loud guitar trio.

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Gary Brumm > wrote:
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> As a player of guitar and keyboards as well as a FOH engineer.....please forward it to every musician on the planet! :)
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> From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mark k
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:35 PM
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: K10 and Mackie SRM 450 Shootout
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> >>The whole point is to let FOH control the mix and keep the stage sound out of that mix as much as possible.
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> Gary would you mind if I forwarded the above comment to our lead guitarist?
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