Re: Engineering Live Loopers

["Travis Hartnett" <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

I always send just a stereo mix, but I loop solo with just acoustic guitar.  Regardless, the soundguys used to get confused because of the lack of clear visual cues as to where the sound was coming from.  Plus, the house monitors were never anything approaching flat, and seemed to have been optimised to allow vocals to cut through a full band situation and allow everyone to hear the almighty kick drum, which made for a horrible acoustic guitar sound onstage.

I'd imagine that multiple outs from a laptop would also be confusing--how does he know what track the sound he's trying to cut/boost/eq is coming from?

TH

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Ian Popperwell <popperwell@iname.com> wrote:

I agree, When I do PA gigs, it surprises me the number of laptop composer/musicians who do not have multiple outs - sending drums, bass, pads, leads, effects and everything to a PA and it is always the same mix no matter what the venue acoustic. I think that to be able to at least seperate the main sound areas for FOH mixing is the best solution.