Live Sound - Gain Structure | Ryan Dowdall | Digico S31 | Waves Soundgrid | Worship Broadcast Mix

Got that Chris greely preset eh?

Cool..!!💯

I am floored that not more live sound consoles have RMS metering, at least on the preamp/gain meter.

I'm a bass player, if i recorded something like that I'd quit! Just sounded like a farting synth... 🤮

how do you deal with monitors for musicals with this gain of the vocals? I aways found to not have enough of volume if the stage is loud and I set their gain lower...

Thanks for that lesson! This video is very well structured and it's also easy to understand because of the agreeable voice you have.
Can we hear the song from the mix anywhere? Peace

Great info on gain staging. It only makes sense to handle more dynamic sources differently. If I take out too much of the dynamic portion, it's just degraded what would otherwise have sounded great musically.

Thanks!

Awesome !! Now I just need that DigiCo console

i'm very thankful to you for sharing this veeery useful information for everybody ! <3

Excellent video!

Dude, thanks so much for not only giving an excellent explanation of gain structure, but also providing a thorough tutorial on how to approach each instrument in the mix! I’m thinking I might need to take another look at my mix and apply some of your tips and tricks! 👀

fantastic information

One of the best videos I’ve watched on gain structure. Thank you very much!

One of the best explanations of gain I’ve seen yet. Also really like the walkthrough and use of different instruments with gain. Would love a video on your processing chain for vocals and all instruments.

Great content. Thank you for all your work on this. What pedals do you use on your bass for the compression and distortion you mentioned?

I wish I had a dollar for every time I sound checked a drummer this way and when the show actually started the adrenaline kicked in with the mic levels following suit. Because of that I now set drum gains a little lower than I want them at sound check unless I know the drummer is going to stay consistent.

Fabulous tips

Finally someone who actually understands how gain structure completely effects how your gates and comps react. But why limit yourself to only 6db of reduction on a vocal? If it sounds good and doesn't cause feedback, do it. I've definitely hit 10db a fair bit on loud passages on vocals...

Great video. Would you gain stage a saxophone or trumpet like a vocal?

Interesting, I wouldn't run the bass through a distortion but rather use an harmonizer to enhance the higher harmonics. This gives imho a smoother and warmer result.

Thank you so much for sharing, you don't how much you are helping me right now. I have 1 question about how many percent did you turn it up your mixer gain to rich -18 Db?
Because we have Soundcraft si performer 3 with 2 x 1000 W subwoofer and 4 x 1000 top speakers at zero Db level. On the mixer if I turn it up most of the gains to rich - 18 Db it would be to loud on front of house and monitors at zero feeder level.

great content man.