Live Sound Fundamentals

Introduction --
pt. I. The gear --
1. What is sound? --
Good vibrations --
How loud is loud? --
Another kind of doubling --
2. Welcome to the signal chain --
End to end --
Power it up --
3. It all starts with a mic --
What\'s the address? --
It\'s all about heart --
So what does it all mean? --
A place for everything and everything in its place --
The snare --
The hi-hat --
Tom-Toms --
Kick drum --
Cymbals --
Keep it simple --
Guitar and bass --
Horns --
Keyboards --
4. Cables and connectors --
Shielded versus unshielded --
But wait, there\'s more --
Weird stuff and power --
5. The wonderful world of wireless --
Getting unplugged --
A little history --
Compression/expansion --
Limited power --
And now the reality --
Dynamic or condenser? --
What\'s the format? --
Auditioning --
Time to taste the freedom --
R what? --
The magic is in the motion --
Meat absorbers --
6. Snakes and splits --
A pirate looks at 40 channels --
Meanwhile, back in the desert --
Splitting Sound --
Ones and zeros --
7. It\'s not the car, it\'s the driver --
Hostility --
Incompetence --
Education --
8. The channel strip --
9. Console auxiliary sends ... or, what do the knobs in the middle do? --
Made to order --
Insert here --
Remember tapes? --
Now boarding group A ... --
I wanna go home --
10. Equalization --
Rule #1 : listen first --
EQ bands and types --
How do I use \'em? --
Rule #2 :\'tis better to cut than to boost --
11. Other channel stuff --
Phantom power --
Mute and solo --
12. The master section --
Aux returns --
Pretty lights --
Other miscellaneous stuff --
Splitting it up --
13. Gain structure --
What is it? --
ABC\'s of the signal chain --
Audio by numbers --
The microphone and other delicacies --
14. Aux sends and returns --
Hello? (hello ... hello ...) Is there anybody in there? (in there ... in there ...) --
Getting swishy --
Clap on, clap off --
Dynamics--compressors and gates --
When to use it --
Someone\'s at the gate --
15. Monitoring --
The gear --
Do you hear what I hear? --
16. The drive rack --
Order, order, order! --
System EQ --
Getting in tune --
HELLO, HELLo, HELlo, HEllo, Hello, hello ... --
Take it to the limit --
17. Active speakers --
It\'s the law --
Back on track --
Pros and cons --
18. You gotta have power ... --
Ins and outs --
What\'s cooking inside? --
Class A --
Class B --
Class AB --
Class D --
What a load --
You can\'t do that with an amplifier --
19. Loudspeakers --
The drivers --
Impedance --
Power handling and efficiency --
Box design --
Sealed box --
Bass reflex --
Horn-loaded --
Deployment. pt. II. The gig --
20. Getting your hands dirty --
Kicked by the wind, robbed by the sleet --
Had my head stove in ... --
But I\'m still on my feet ... --
21. Advance and prep --
Advancing the gig --
The plot thickens --
22. On the gig --
Welcome to the working week --
Showtime--no sleeping in for you --
How we roll --
Getting pinned --
23. Hello (Hello ... Hello ... Hello)--and welcome to the world of delay --
24. Backline basics --
Behind the PA --
Getting the gear right --
25. Hands on the knobs --
Fix it at the source --
Find your foundation and flow --
Triage --
Less is more--softer is louder --
26. Touring is not for the weak --
My day--by Mike Allison --
27. Just because you can doesn\'t mean you should --
Dave Shirley --
Jordan Wolf --
Ian Silvia --
Mike Reeves --
D.V. Hakes II --
Jeanne Knotts --
Steve McCarthy --
Final words --
Index.