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Yesterday we went live with Casey Hunter (my live sound professor in college), and it was a great conversation. During the livestream, we also launched our live sound program that's designed to help you feel confident setting up, troubleshooting, and mixing a live show. Here are the details about what you get when you join: The core of the program is a course called Live Sound 101. It will teach you the basics you need to know. How to set up the system properly, how to set your gain structure, how to run a soundcheck, how to identify problems, and how to do all of it on a mixer you've never seen before. I spent years doing live sound and AV systems integration, walking into rooms with whatever board the venue happened to own, and the skill that was most valuable along the way was my understanding of signal flow. There weren't videos for every possible problem on YouTube at that time. Instead of memorizing specific solutions to specific problems, I learned how sound systems work and that allowed me to feel confident in any situation. That's what the Live Sound 101 course is built to teach you. Then you put those skills into action in the Troubleshooting Lab. The free version walks you through the controls of a mixer, but the members-only version trains you on using the mixer in real-world situations. It's a way to practice stressful scenarios without a live audience. Setup and troubleshooting are only part of live sound, though. Once the system is working, you need to mix the show. That's why we also teach our members how to mix. There's the Ear Training course, which is taught by me. I'll teach you how to identify frequencies by ear using the method I've mentioned in some of my videos. Plus, you get access to the Ear Training Lab, our ear training tool that teaches EQ and compression. You log into the lab a few times a week and go through the assigned exercises to apply what I teach in the course. Gabe Herman teaches our Mixing Essentials course on top of that. He's a professor of music production at the University of Hartford and he's been mixing professionally for over 25 years. His course covers EQ, compression, reverb, and delay. It's a perfect balance of understanding what the tools sound like and understanding when (and how) to use them. The final part of our program is something that most self-taught engineers these days don't have access to: mentorship and community. You can post questions in the community, drop into the weekly hangout on Zoom, and bring whatever you're stuck on to a monthly live session with Gabe and me. There are many ways to get your questions answered and to get support when you need it. If you want to join right now, here's the link: [JOIN AUDIO UNIVERSITY] It's $99 for your first three months. You get access to the whole program during that time. After that your membership renews at $99 every three months, and you can cancel anytime right from your account. Try it out, and if it's not doing anything for you, email me within 30 days and we'll refund the whole thing. We're that confident in what we're doing for our students. One more thing... enrollment is open through Thursday, July 23, and that night at 8pm Eastern I'm going live for a Live Kickstart Call, just for people who joined this week. It's your chance to get direct help from me, live. Bring whatever you're stuck on, your church's setup, a mic that always feeds back, a show you're nervous about, and we'll work through it together. Come with a question or just come to listen, there's no pressure to be on camera or to say a word if you don't want to. The live event happens once, and to be in the call you just need to join before we go live. Talk soon, PS - Missed yesterday's live stream with Casey? The replay is here: Watch the stream (free) |
