Duncan Fry Fourth Edition Book on PA Live Sound
Sun, 6 Jul 2008
You can learn PA Live Sound Mixing for schools, bands, churches, solo artists and more from this unique and best-selling hands-on book, now in its Fourth Edition
If you're looking for a general all round easy-to-read introduction to Live Sound, we recommend Duncan Fry's latest 4th edition of the LIVE SOUND MIXING book. It's a worldwide Best Seller, fun to read, not deadly serious, and crammed full of useful hands-on information. For how to order information, the E-mail address is: sales@morrisonsav.com Or click here to go to our contact form.
Bigger, fatter, completely revised and updated, with more words, more pix, more info, and still a whole lot of fun! Everything you need to know, and nothing that you don't, written in a user-friendly manner that anyone can understand. "Without a doubt the best Live Sound book available today"
What's In the Book - Chapter by Chapter
• Chapter 1: Basic Principles - What is a PA system? - Examples of different levels of production, from small vocal only up to big touring systems.
• Chapter 2: Mixers - What they are - How they work - What each of those knobs does - How things plug into them - Analog vs Digital, what's the difference?
• Chapter 3: Equalizers - Graphics and Parametrics - What they are - What they do - How you set them up
• Chapter 4: Cables and Connectors - How to coil up a lead - What goes where - Shielded and unshielded - XLRs and jacks and more
• Chapter 5: Microphones - What types are there - What they do - Where they go - Wireless mics - Direct boxes.
• Chapter 6: Effects - Tape echo - Digital delays - Spring Reverbs - Digital Reverbs - How to connect them up - What to use and where - Delay Stacks
• Chapter 7: Signal Processors - Dynamics control - What is a compressor? - A limiter? - A noise gate? - An exciter? - Where they go - What the metering is telling you - How you set them up
• Chapter 8: Crossovers - What do they do - Why we need them - Examples of different types - What Speaker Processors and Controllers actually do - How to set crossovers up
• Chapter 9: Amplifiers - Typical features - What watts are what? - Where they go - How to look after them - Impedance matching to multiple speakers - Troubleshooting
• Chapter 10: Speakers - Cone drivers - Compression Drivers - How they work - Horns - Cabinets - Stacking them up - What is Phase - SPL and distance - Line Arrays explained
• Chapter 11: Monitors - Why we need them - What they do - How you set them up - Feedback - Monitor mixing - In-Ear monitors explained
• Chapter 12: Setting Up - Unpacking the truck - What goes where - Plugging it all up - Labelling the console for different layouts - Handling soundchecks - Channel by Channel setup guide - Using smaller systems -Packing up - Respecting AC power - Fools Guide to Fuse Replacement
• Chapter 13: Mixing - Pulling the mix together - What sounds good, what sounds bad, how to tell the difference - Recording the gig - Mixing Solo Artists, Corporate events, Rappers, Awards nights, Theatre shows and more - Handling advice from the audience
• Chapter 14: Problems - Getting the monitors louder - Instruments overpowering the vocals - The drummer sings! - Emergencies - 'No time for a soundcheck' survival guide!
• Chapter 15: Appendix - What to keep in your case - Hearing protection - Connector soldering 101 - Stage layouts - PA riders - Channel marker sheets - Connector wiring schemes - Rules for singers
• Chapter 16: Technical Stuff - Although this is very much a hands-on book, it's used all around the world as a textbook for Live Sound classes. So this is a basic list and explanation of words and concepts you'll need to know if you're studying for these courses
• Chapter 17: Final words - Other books you can read - and at long last, an Index !