Zach Varnell – Mixing Live Sound

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Exploring the Essential Features of “Zach Varnell – Mixing Live Sound”

• 17 Video lessons in HD
• 5h 17m of class content

LESSONS

1. Class Introduction
2. Power And Electricity
3. Power Distribution
4. Grounding And Ground Loops
5. Powering Speakers
6. Signal And Power Cables
7. Patching, Snakes And IO
8. Loudspeakers
9. Mixing Monitors
10. Line Checks And Levels
11. Mixing For The Band
12. Soundcheck With Live Band
13. Mixing Front Of House: Drums
14. Mix Front Of House: Vocals
15. Things To Consider
16. Helpful Tools And Apps
17. Final Q&A

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Learn All About Live Sound In One Location.

Mixing Live Sound can be one of the most daunting tasks for any engineer. In this class, Zach Varnell will walk you through the entire live sound production workflow, from loading in a PA and rigging and flying speakers to soundcheck and mixing on the fly.

In this class, you will get to see an entire day of load-in from Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party along with a complete breakdown of a live sound production workflow and interviews with some of the country’s top touring live sound engineers. 

You will learn:

• Scaleable components of a live sound PA
• Power distribution and management
• Tuning speakers with a SMART system and FFT analysis
• Mic Placement and tips for an effective soundcheck
• Mixing front of house
• Mixing for stage monitors and in-ears

We’ll also walk through a live mix setup and interview with two touring engineers from their FOH mix position: Adam Jackson and Andy Frost (FOH and Monitor engineers for Christina Perri) and Shane Bardiau (Twenty One Pilots).

Whether you are a working live sound engineer and just want to brush up on some core concepts or you are a new engineer looking to get into live sound production, this is the place to learn all about live sound in one location.

ZACH VARNELL

Zach Varnell has been recording since he was 13 years old, from a 2 track reel to reel in his parents basement in Denver to studios like London Bridge and Bear Creek in Seattle. In 2000, Zach was hired as the chief engineer at Harbor Studios where he worked with a range of visiting producers in contemporary gospel from Nashville’s Brad Duncan to LA’s Andre Crouch. In 2001, Zach was hired as a staff engineer at Tacoma’s Spectre Studios, where he became a partner in 2006, building a new campus in Renton. In the spring of 2012, Zach partnered up with two other engineers to build The Castle, a destination boutique studio in a 19th century English mansion owned by Heart and Bad Company’s guitarist Howard Leese. Along with producing records out of The Castle, Zach is a staff engineer at Tacoma’s Pacific Studios and has recently worked with a number of video production teams, capturing live performances for bands like Pink Martini and Brandi Carlile. In 2011, Zach partnered with videographer/photographers Dylan Priest and Ty Kalberg to create Notes From Home, a web-based intimate house concert experience, producing and recording acoustic concerts for artists like Damien Jurado, Pickwick, Allen Stone, John Vanderslice, The Head and the Heart, and Drew Grow. Zach began teaching Audio Recording at the Tacoma School of the Arts in 2004, and currently serves as the creative media director for Elements of Education, a non-profit funding arts and literacy initiatives in public education.

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