My First Day As A Sound Engineer...

[@93Acres]

Logic Pro remakes coming back soon!

[@michaelh8854]

Will you do a newer Taylor swift (jack antonoff) song?

[@93Acres]

@@michaelh8854 Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the suggestion Michael 🙏

[@mattiacenacchi726]

11 finished?!?!?!?!? a dream come true! props to her helping you so much!

[@chrisclose7793]

Great video ,I self taught myself to be a sound and lighting technician and done a few comedy shows and concerts and I find after the adrenaline rush I feel exhausted at the end but I really enjoyed your videos

[@93Acres]

@@chrisclose7793 Yes exact same here Chris! Feel very drained after each show. Glad you enjoyed the video 🙏

[@sosmarci]

Word of advice: the otherwise tidy taping of the cables at 6:53 can be a tripping hazard for extremely clumsy people. Run it along the wall down the first step, then where the treads meets the riser to the side (generally no one uses the tread to the full extent, especially when downwards) and then up again. Saves also on tape as you only need to fix the sides.

[@93Acres]

Yes love this! Thanks Marci, will do this in the future 🙏

[@zenlally]

Welcome back!!!! Awesome vid as always :D

[@93Acres]

@@zenlally Yes Zen! Appreciate you 🙏 Hope you’re keeping well boss

[@zenlally]

Thanks I’m doing great! Hope you’re keeping well too!

[@LeChapeauMusic]

Not sure if I even wanna talk about my first time doing this solo... Anyway, I was 13 at the time, and my class was gunna play a concert for the entire school to make some money so we could go on a schooltrip. Nobody really liked me but I was the only one who knew some basic sound engineering theory. I found some unused subs and speakers, set them up the way I wanted, and I also decided to use a laptop to mix, cause they didn't have a digital console anyway. So it was pretty simple, I used an old (analog) snake and interfaces to connect the stuff to the laptop I was using, and it was quite difficult actually cause I was running REAPER to mix for the PA, and at the same time I was using an old analog mixer to do the monitors. I'm not gunna give you anymore details cause now I know I could have done many things better. The show wasn't a disaster, tho I'm not really proud of myself. The way I handled simple things like feedback was extremely childish, judging by the fact that most of us can use 2 parametric bands to do stuff I couldn't do with infinite. Also there was no lights guy so if anything crashed I was planning to hit blackout and pretend the electricity went down... Nevermind me, just focus on learning and becoming better. I'm almost 17 now, at school for sound and doing this professionally. You can do it too, as long as you truly love it. Also 93Acres was just insanely lucky, I know engineers who've been doing this for over 30 years and have never gotten any praise from anyone.

[@93Acres]

Wow now that is a story! Love Reaper too, big fan. I think you hit the nail on the head; if you truly love doing something, you'll get there in the end 🙌

[@LeChapeauMusic]

@@93Acres (i use pro tools i just wanted to use reaper for that specific event cause it's way lighter 🤣🤣🤣)

[@93Acres]

@@LeChapeauMusic Love that adaptability! 👏

[@kevinwydler7305]

Wow, don't be so hard on yourself with 13! When I was 13 years old I didn't even know what all of the stuff you mentioned meant.

[@some-random-guy-l4r]

That is very relatable, I started around the same age (probably even earlier) at my school with a couple of others on a team. At the bigger events is always so much stress beacuse no one is capable of planning anything at that place. Everything is always last minute. But at least we have decent equipment and with me on the si impact and a friend on dot2 we can definetly make an ok if not even good show. However it still doesn't save us from a teacher sitting on the one plug running the mixer and a computer as well as some laptops and just killing it all. That took like 5 minutes to get everything back up again.

[@shadowplot6930]

It’s been so long, great to see you back!

[@93Acres]

Too long! Thank you SP, excited to be back at it again

[@nothtalk]

well done dude, so glad to see you back and im so glad you got a job in sound - you did well!

[@joelblankenship9330]

I have never seen a DiGICo Console in such a small space lol. You're definitely one lucky man

[@MarcShake]

Nice to see you back. And nice to see some complete new content.

[@93Acres]

@@MarcShake Thanks Marc! Feels great to be back. Making videos is a lot of fun 🙌

[@vanlalrinzuala2851]

when you turn on the monitors Turn on the monitor where you plug the "THRU" xlr cable First and the other next prevent pop for the second monitor(not always on all system but some does)

[@93Acres]

Great advice, thank you!

[@itzhotdoggg6128]

Yayyy you’re back glad you’re doing well

[@93Acres]

Wooo thank you IHD! Hope you're also doing well 🙏

[@edh8827]

Thanks for sharing. I would suggest a snake & drum or box to the middle to avoid the need for 20mtr cables. They could then go along the back & come forward.

[@Classy_Car]

This is so cool, thanks for recording this.

[@mikeh2832]

youre back!

[@93Acres]

About time too! Hope you're keeping well Mikeh, more videos on the way 🙌

[@rayjie-ey9uy]

Nice work 👍 thank you for sharing! One part of the game you’re missing is the Live Stream control. Just imagine 3 or 4 PTZ cams, graphics control unit, and video switching panel, etc. I don’t recommend trying it solo.

[@JJRiordanMusic]

congrats Hugh! This is class!

[@kays1050]

I missed your Videos so much, so glad to see you again! Will "How to Produce" videos come again?

[@93Acres]

Sorry for the long wait Kays! Yessss Billie Eilish remake coming next 🙌

[@kays1050]

​@@93Acresomg yes billie and finneas remakes are my fav thing to watchhh!

[@93Acres]

@@kays1050 Super 👌 They’re definitely some of the most fun to remake as well!

[@KAPOW6000]

very interesting, i'd love to see more!

[@93Acres]

Delighted you think so Kapow! Will do some more of these in the future

[@LousyMoonRecords]

All the best for your new job!

[@93Acres]

@@LousyMoonRecords Thank you LMR! 🙏

[@dustinthiessen]

damn! SD12 in a 400 cap theatre?? that's impressive 👍🏼 what's the PA in there?

[@maireniloinn3354]

This is really super!!! 🎉🎉🎉Fáilte ar ais. Maith thú!!👏👏

[@93Acres]

Míle buíochas a Mhaire! 🙏

[@DbiPro]

Congrats!!!🎉

[@Cattywhampus]

keep up the great work!

[@jxnxsdev]

This Reminds me of the time when i mixed a theather without much prior experience. Over 30 mics, 2000 audience members and i somehow didnt mess it up. Mistakes happen when you start rushing and in the end that's what got me when i tried to EQ while the EQ was bypassed

[@christiansoldier1118]

Great Video - might be easier if you could control the sound desk with an ipad or laptop so you could control either the lighting desk or sound desk so they are closer to each other - great video!

[@jwieadmin]

Great Job!!!

[@louboxjelly3426]

Well done, and what a great video!! This is very out of the blue haha, but for venues or comedy acts like this one here, do you have a specific Spotify playlist or is it just your own? Would be great to know, if so that specific playlist? Keep up the great work

[@93Acres]

We don't use Spotify for the gig! Spotify is for personal use only you see, not commercial. That's where the MiX 16 Go comes in 🙌

[@JamesClarke.yt.]

How is the digico console to use? Dublin sound engineer here too myself, always heard Digico were very complicated to use

[@FedoraRose]

It’s time!!

[@93Acres]

@@FedoraRose Finally 😂

[@phantomwarrior0313]

How do you get in to be a sound engineer? Genuine question, I’ve been producing music for a bit wanna look into opportunities

[@93Acres]

@@phantomwarrior0313 the most common way of getting into it is shadowing / work experience in venues. Depending on where you live , you could check out courses as well!

[@MushroomPack393]

@@93Acresand how can I work in venues? 😢

[@93Acres]

@@MushroomPack393 Work experience / shadowing in venues is the best way. In as big a venue as possible for no money and the expectation to move onto the next venue and do the same again and again until you get a paying gig!

[@abecoulter8550]

should sort out the profile bardoors to trim it off the screen

[@jackymarak2938]

Nice video Thank you

[@FredyAudioPemalang]

Mantap Sir

[@georgewilson7546]

QLAB would be your saviour, get a audio license and you would be able to control both LX sound desk and tracks from QLAB

[@93Acres]

I asked the boss man about this George, he said he agrees but that requires a good bit of programming each time. With the unknown nature of our show a more 'free' control is needed! Really appreciate the advice though George 🙏

[@VideoColServices]

FYI mix16 pro also does lights, u just need a cheap art net to dmx box.

[@GKB.official]

I’m at the jumping all the way in and panicking myself…

[@jamesh2363]

Brian looks like an Irish Joel McHale

[@93Acres]

Brian thoroughly enjoyed this coment 😄 He thanks you Jamesh!!

[@Paperclip-115]

Hi, I want to pursue audio engineering in India. I'm a pianist, an EDM music producer, and I'm learning to DJ. I'm 13, but I believe that audio engineering is a better choice for me. Please guide me.

[@lokmanjl9797]

One man show

[@jerryseigle7434]

Get a Stream Deck and you can simply your self doing all these task using some automation

[@RaffaeleTani]

Good job! But the desks being that far from each other doesn't seem to be very "ergonomic" 😅 My first "solo" was at 15. Went to the sound guy and said: hey, i want to learn how to operate a mixing desk. He went: sure, soundcheck is done, have fun. He then left me there sweating my *ss off. At the end of a awful show, he stood right behind me and asked: still interested? I was hooked and the next weekend he started to teach me. 20years later, i'm still on the job.

[@93Acres]

You are oh so correct about the desk set up! The technical manager Chris has re arranged it since this show thankfully 😄 Wow, that is a very brave move at 15!! Fair play Raffaele. So cool to see how big moves like that pay off. If you have any advice for me I'm all ears 🙌

[@egancaires]

You definitaly need someone else to help you out hehehe...

[@93Acres]

I would like that a lot 😄 But nothing like a bit of stress to hone the skills!

[@egancaires]

@@93Acres I'm a sound tecnichian living in the UK so if need any help as a volunteer, I'm here for that :-) hahaha

[@93Acres]

@@egancaires Only a stone throw away so!!

[@Rhys_Official]

I second this, I'm a lighting engineer full time. So 93Acres, if you need a lighting engineer, hit me up

[@CuttinChopps]

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