Sound Reinforcement

Focusing the Band's Sound

Most bands playing in their garages or basements produce all the sound they need in order to fill the room and deliver their music to the audience (if there is one).

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P.A. Basics

P.A. actually stands for "public address" which is what sound reinforcement was called about a hundred years ago.

E.Q. Basics

This section may appear to be a science lesson. However, it contains really good reference material for the day you are setting up your bands PA for that first gig.

Miking Basics

Sound that gets mixed for an audience has to come from somewhere, and a lot of it isn't created in an electronic instrument.

P.A. and Sound Reinforcement Terminolgy

Mixer - The electronic box with multiple inputs and outputs that takes signals from microphones and electronic instruments