Book??? Sound Engineering for Dummies?

[mwwebb8]

OK, I inherited the sound booth about 6-8 months ago. I have sung in the past and used real basic amp/mixer systems so we were able to figure out how to make the system work enough to get vocals, CD and a MIDI system working. The previous sound booth folks left without leaving any instructions. Is there a Sound Engineering 101 (i.e. for Dummies) book out there? We have it going well, but I know we are only using a fraction of the equipment available to us. It appears (and I have been told by visiting groups) that we have an awesome system. I would really like to be able to use what we have. Thanks for any guidance.

Mark

[inworship]

Is there a Sound Engineering 101 (i.e. for Dummies) book out there?

Mark

How about a DVD. My buddy put this together and it is perfect for beginner to intermediate education. It has a ton of great stuff on it. check it out.

http://www.down2earthaudioresources.com/

[mwwebb8]

That looks like exactly what I was needing. I am placing my order this AM. I will post feedback once I receive it and try it out. Thanks for the input. I think this will be better than a book anyway, as I can see what the author is talking about as he speaks. Thanks again,

Mark

[twc_admin]

Brent,
Thanks for delivering, buddy. Now THAT is a CLASSIC EXAMPLE of what I had in mind when birthing this vision called "TheWorshipCommunity.Com".

I LOVE IT!

[worshiptrench]

Here is my advice to you...

Just crank the crud out of it. At some point of loudness, the human ear will not be able to distinguish whether it is a good or bad mix because of ear drum failure and you'll be off the hook for anyone critiquing your "eq on the snare" etc.

See Fred, aren't you STILL glad you started this site...so guys like me can pour out wisdom.

[twc_admin]

hey, someone ban this guy .... oh wait, he's bigger than me ... but only by a few inches, and he has a broken hand.

OK - so, I'm self-mod'ing myself for thread hijacking. Back to the regularly scheduled broadcast. LOL

[inworship]

I don't know Fred, ear drum failure might be an answer :)

Mark - Glad to see you approve. Let us all know what you think. I have my opinions, and they are good, but I would love to hear others.

Brent

[chrisfromcanada]

How about a DVD. My buddy put this together and it is perfect for beginner to intermediate education. It has a ton of great stuff on it. check it out.

http://www.down2earthaudioresources.com/

That DVD is fantastic and it has become our curriculum for training new sound guys. Awesome stuff.

[inworship]

Chris that is really cool. How did you hear about it. From here? If you have a chance, email my Ron off that website and let him know you enjoy it. He would appreciate the kind words.

[twc_admin]

Brent or Chris .. it would be cool if an end-user could write up an official review of that and post it here ..!

[inworship]

Chris may be best suited for that. I am friends with Ron and may be a bit bias. Ron also used his product to do some hands on training with us, so that defeats the real world experience for us.

[chrisfromcanada]

Chris that is really cool. How did you hear about it. From here? If you have a chance, email my Ron off that website and let him know you enjoy it. He would appreciate the kind words.

I think I probably just did a Google search and saw some good reviews of it.

Fred - maybe I'll get one of our sound guys to review it.

[philkwon]

Try "Live Sound Mixing" by Duncan Fry.
I call it "Sound for dummies".