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Live Sound Bootcamp

57 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -

Hosted by a trio of touring engineers, Live Sound Bootcamp (LSBC) is meant to help new engineers to learn live sound from the ground up, and also maybe provide some insight and humor to seasoned professionals. It is a primer on all topics in live sound.

Ryan O John is a musician turned engineer, turned product designer, turned podcast host. He was playing instruments by 5 years old, with his first shows at age 12, recording his own albums by 13, and touring by 16 -- he leans heavily toward the geeky side of sound. From small local clubs to international stadiums, metal to pop, Ryan's career in live sound mixing has covered a lot of ground traveling the world with a ton of artists including Jessie J, Andy Grammer, Tove Lo, Banks, Liam Payne, Capital Cities and many more. Beyond just touring with pop and rock acts, he also designs audio consoles and software, mix records, and race cars.

After Brendan Dreaper picked up the drums in middle school, live music became an important part of his life. With a number of diversions under his belt, which included studying economics and working as a professional glassblower, he returned to music and found his footing behind the mixing console. Working from bar gigs to local festivals and eventually to touring with Magic! and Snoh Aalegra, Brendan has had the pleasure of making live music happen. Outside of geeking out about live sound on a podcast, he likes to play drums with the band vverevvolf, produce music and get real nerdy about anything Lord of the Rings related.

The third member of the trio, Joe Santarpia, is a live sound and recording/mixing engineer of 15 years, Tour Manager, Musician and Producer. His touring resume includes Mac Demarco, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Connan Mockasin, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, Inner Circle and others. Joe was a former staff engineer at Circle House Studios in Miami, FL and Faultline Studios (RIP) in San Francisco. during his free time he is an electronics hobbyist and recreational ice hockey player.

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Episodes

Ep6 Monitor Signal Flow

April 12, 2020 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

This episode pulls together an overview for the standard signal paths for monitoring, including the connections and routing from the stage, the connections for wedges, wireless in ears, and even wired in ears.--- Support this podcast:  https://anchor.fm/livesoundbootcamp/support

Ep5 Cable Management

April 09, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

Live Sound Bootcamp is intended to be a basic primer in live sound.  It is expected that listeners have a base knowledge of audio or concert production, but from there, this series may provide some insight into how productions work.  Each host brings an individual style, workflow, and experience to the podcast.  This episode jumps into an often overlooked topic, cable management, what the best practices are for running cables on stage, maintaining safety and even building looms.--- Support t...

Interview: Manu Jimenez (Snoh Aalegra, Mary J Blige, Arimaka Studio)

April 07, 2020 20:40 - 57 minutes - 39.9 MB

In this episode we interview engineer Manu Jimenez, best known for his work with Snoh Aalegra, Mary J Blige and his own studio Arimaka Studio.  We talk about his career path, approach to mixing, and general insights into the world of mixing and playback enginering.--- Support this podcast:  https://anchor.fm/livesoundbootcamp/support

Ep4 Microphone Selection

April 07, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MB

Live Sound Bootcamp is intended to be a basic primer in live sound.  It is expected that listeners have a base knowledge of audio or concert production, but from there, this series may provide some insight into how productions work.  Each host brings an individual style, workflow, and experience to the podcast.  This episode delves into microphone selection including a basic explanation of types of mics, polar patterns, common uses, and more.--- Support this podcast:  https://anchor.fm/live...

Ep3 Building an Input Sheet/Patch List

April 03, 2020 00:15 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

The third episode in the series.  Live Sound Bootcamp is intended to be a basic primer in live sound.  It is expected that listeners have a base knowledge of audio or concert production, but from there, this series may provide some insight into how productions work.  Each host brings an individual style, workflow, and experience to the podcast.  This episode goes through what information you need in your input list, along with some recommendations for best practices.--- Support this podcast:...

Ep2 Stage Signal Flow

April 03, 2020 00:15 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

The second episode of the series.  Live Sound Bootcamp is intended to be a basic primer in live sound.  It is expected that listeners have a base knowledge of audio or concert production, but from there, this series may provide some insight into how productions work.  Each host brings an individual style, workflow, and experience to the podcast.  This second episode gives an overview for the typical signal flow of a stage, sources, connections and destinations.--- Support this podcast:  htt...

Ep1 Building a Stage Plot

April 03, 2020 00:15 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

The introduction to the series.  Live Sound Bootcamp is intended to be a basic primer in live sound.  It is expected that listeners have a base knowledge of audio or concert production, but from there, this series may provide some insight into how productions work.  Each host brings an individual style, workflow, and experience to the podcast.  This first episode starts at the basics, how to build a stage plot.--- Support this podcast:  https://anchor.fm/livesoundbootcamp/support