The unsung heroes of live music.

So intresting to see the inner workings of a smaller venue and not a stadium / arena

The "text on screen" to clairfy what everyone is guessing/thinking in their head is very intuitive and creative, 10/10 yet again!

I've been a Drum & Bass DJ for a while and been getting gigs for a bit more than a year now, every time i get to a new club i take my time to check out the mixer and have a chat with the sound equipment guys, because it's such a huge part of live music and i think it deserves appreciation just as much as the performer

As a current theatrical sound designer this takes me back to high school when I ran a music venue off an X32 and did lights live off of ONYX and a laptop. I miss those days. Taught me more than I ever learned in school.

Hey everyone! Thanks for all of the love you gave this video. Means a lot! Now that my channel is monetized I had to replace the Steely Dan music with generic royalty free music where the label claimed copyright to maintain monetization. Thanks for understanding.

Dude. It looks like you're passionate about this, and you love what you do. Thank you for being one of the good ones. We can't stand sound guys who don't even want to be there. Not saying it's always supposed to be peaches and cream, but you can tell the difference between someone who is meant to do this vs someone who's just filling a position. Love your video!

I wish more of the sound guys with which I've crossed paths were as on top of things like this. Cheers and keep rockin'!

This is awesome to see as a musician. You guys don’t get enough credit for the work yall put in! Awesome stuff man

When I was a teenager in the late 60s I used to go to dances in local halls. Instead of lusting after the girls I would sidle up to the guitar amps and learn what all the controls did. In my twenties when I went to bars or big shows I would leave my fellows to go and study the mixing desk if it was accessible, and if the operator didn't look too busy, ask questions. This is what I dreamed of. :-)

never seen a FOH Engineer tuning a drum kit for the band you are a nice dude for sure

I like your attention to detail. True professional who takes care in what he does.

Solid set up for a small venue! Everything you need with a few nice extras, and someone who’s clearly put some heart into it behind the desk. 🤘

Wicked to watch man would love to see one with full sound check 🤘🤘

"No, I'm the exterminator."

I love how professional you are, keep up the great work 💪🏼

That was cool! Thanks for sharing! Great looking venue, I'd love to have that room to do sound in. As a drummer as well as a sound tech, I concur with your statements about drummers not knowing how to keep their drums in tune! Great to see that extra step for making it sound good.

Love this video, I'm currently in college getting my audio technician certification and everything in this video is text book perfect to what my teacher has been teaching the entire class! Hope the show turned out amazing

I used to work in a hotel as a sound guy & this video brings back a lot of memories. I enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing

you guys are the most important person on a Live show. tks for sharing this man, full respect 👊

efficient and professional, very generous to show us an in depth video. Learned a lot, thanks so much

Honestly this channel should be in the top 10 ever. I truly believe you should have millions of subscribers (I'm sure it's just a matter of time). Legendary, please keep uploading!

I bought this board for all my synths in the studio. Great piece of gear, love it. Great video thanks

Many people hate the x32 but I used one for a few years and learned a lot from it.

super cool seeing the behind the scenes for stuff like this. great and insightful video!

I'm on my third year of college music tech, still no idea why, so here's some thoughts. I really love how I'm confident enough to understand/know everything that's going on to some competence. I'm not familiar with lighting yet and don't quite know what everything on the desk does at this moment (There's a lot of flashy lights, twisty knobs and sliders). Definitely picked up on a few new things here like testing the drum kit, I never realized that the overtone isn't supposed to be there. (No musical background prior to college lmao). Very good video I'm glad you uploaded it.

I subbed just after watching this video. This is great. I'm actually impressed at the production setup this seemingly smaller club seems to have, with the lights and everything. Most smaller venues I run into are lucky to have anything beyond KJ lighting for karaoke nights. Anyway, thanks for sharing.

I haven't worked with an X32 in years, seeing one in action again makes me miss it.

I'm really into music and never seen such a work like this before, Thanks for sharing man

Great video man! As someone who is getting ready to graduate from my college's "Entertainment Technology" program (and has done setup and sound for a few different events on my own), it's nice to see that everything we've been doing over the past 2 years is truly integral to the process of prepping and starting a show! The X32 is the goat as well, love that thing!

good job, my friend. i apprecciate how polite and friendly you were to the band guy coming in. cheers

wow just stumbled on this video and this is my hometown! ive played on that stage when I was in highschool with a band called A Step Forward back in 2011.and if i recall a dude named jay was the soundguy back in the day great upload!

I’m a senior in hs going to college soon, planning on studying music production and everything you do is really inspiring!

This is so cool to watch man! ty for the footage

Steely Dan is all around perfection. Amazing artistry in what you do and what the musicians do.

I always appreciate that attention to detail and methodical setup. Sucks that Jimmy Shredz is gonna drop a dimed Mesa Triple on that cab and throw a fit when his monitor gets pulled. Musicians wouldn’t be anywhere without you, thanks for everything you do.

thank u so much for sharing to us all of your work! im 21 and studying live sound and this is so helpful, greetings from argentina

I have had alot of passion for sound and music. Your video gives me alot of motivation and confidence on how well I can or maybe capable of working particularly in a small venue or environment with limited sound resources and the know how to get the jobs done. That's awesome. Really appreciate your video. Thanks heaps. Regards from Buka Island, PNG.

I get it why clubs use a dedicated drum kit, but as a drummer, I really hate it when I can’t use my own kit. It saves time setting up and cuts down the sound check. But not all of these club kits have the same quality and can compete with the sound of a drummers own kit. I personally invested in a premium kit, that is tuned to what it should sound like for our music and doesn’t take more than 5 minutes to setup and sound check. The sound depends on shell material, shell sizes and used skins. On the other hand, not every drummer is as prepared as they should be 😅. But anyway, great video!

I do this almost every day and still like watching how others work the room and set up. Lovely.

Aaah. Just what I needed. Nothing is nicer than hearing a nice XLR click on a Saturday afternoon.

This was a joy to watch. Thank you

My school has a gym with a bunch of sound technology set up in it and im the one who sits behind the sound board for every assembly! Its a really fun job that I dont get paid for, but i like it! I am very happy to be chosen for this job. I get to go through doors that others can only dream of whats behind them.

Great video. I used to crew and watching this reminds me how much I miss it. I did large and small venues and at the smaller venues I also used to single-handedly run the x32 and an avolites desk - we make it work eh!

massive respect for tuning the drums

this is cool, thank you for uploading this. im gonna watch some of your other videos now

I really enjoyed that! I was kinda hoping the dude loading in gear for the band would have come back sooner though. I wanted to see how you mic up their cymbals. Also, definitely want to see some POV with the full band during the set!

more videos please! These are great

Dingbatz!! This was a video suggestion from another video I was watching but my band played here in January & is playing here again May 12th \m/. Great video my friend

The lyrics are. Ey hey oooo ey hey. I use one, tsuu. Hahaha 🤣. Im joking man. You are really good ☺️. You people are the heroes in every event. Great job.

My go to test tracks for my FOH gigs were XTC - Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (love the punch of the drums compared to Crash Test Dummies cover), also You Can't Fix This from the Sound City Reel to Real album with Stevie Nicks. This video brings back memories of my house tech days.

This is excellent. Keep it up man ❤

I agree that Steely Dan is the music to use.I have used it since the 70s to dial in audio systems because its so clean and precise

Loved this, I'm gonna have to tech for a night at a local venue roughly the size of this one, this will help me loads.

Glad to found your channel bro, support!

Need more of this!

Lovely job 💗

I've played dingbatz! Fun room. Made me smile seeing this pop up on my feed.

Damn it.... was just settling in to watch the soundcheck and the video ends, great vid, new sub here.

Love playing that place, we try to hit there as often as we can. Gonna be playing there again this Saturday night!

So much better/more effient than when I ran bar/club gigs in the late 90's - early 00's. Digital consoles existed but only in use in medium to large theater installs. Had to reset everything from scratch if there was another FoH working your off nights. Certainly no mirroring on a tablet to eq stage mics. That alone could save 30 min for a band with several vovals and horns.

I love sound but I have always been curious about lighting, I find it fascinating, hopefully one day I will have the opportunity. Good video!

Helpful video. Thank you.

Great video. Really covers everything.

Played dingbatz a few times! Great sound when the right guy is running it! Seems they got a new house kit hahaha awesome content!

it's funny how every foh engineer i've spoken to has their favorite band or song to test PA systems, and sometimes it also reflects how their mixes sound. Also thank you for uploading your experience 🙏

i love your analog "tape limiter" on the x32!!!

Your videos are amazing man! I know is kind of geek stuff, but I love to watch this!

This is fantastic. Thank you.

I loved the idea and set up

I came to this video from the other one of the 3 metal band gig, and I'd quite happily watch you do more of those. A lot of engineers could learn (or re-learn) a thing or two about how to work and conduct themselves as an engineer, without feeling the need to go more primadonna than the actual bands! 👍

Great Work and Valuable Video mate ! much live from SRI LANKA!

Very cool! Thanks for the time spent making this. Only thing I would've loved would be to see a little snippet of the band playing at the end :) EDIT : Just checed some of your other videos and it fulfilled my needs ;)

You earned a sub the second I saw a soundcheck with Jack Of Speed. Godwhacker is my personal fav for going through a system.

Is this Dingbatz??? I saw my very first live music show here when I was in highschool. Watching this gave me a blast of nostalgia. I've since gone on to become an audio engineer myself. Thank you for creating this video. Edit: Just saw the desktop background, confirming that it is the same venue.

Thank you so much for the video! It's always interesting to see how colleagues from another part of the world work. I am involved in organizing gigs, sound engineering, and other sound-related activities. Best wishes from Omsk, Russia. P.S Soon I hope to record a similar video on preparing for a gig, but my equipment is simpler - XR18, I don't have lights or a console for it, but I aspire to more!

I had a weird sense of deja vu when i watched your video and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I've played Ding Batz so many times when I was playing in a band many years ago

this is weirdly my dream right now, just started as a tech at a hotel and have done a few in room events as a lighting and audio tech but it's events for different businesses so they aren't the most active events. hopefully sooner or later I can run some Venue's like this, Thanks for the motivation!

as an audio and light engineering student i thank you for this video

I run the x32 and the chamsys at my summer gig! Great set up.

I always love the peace of coming early before anyone else to prepare the sound system 😊

You sir, are a real pro.

Nice. Was hoping it'd end with the band playing a few seconds at the end but still neat to see the setup and your routine. I'd be nervous about beers splattering the equipment, I never put anything past drunks

thanks for sharing

Awesome video!

That's a nice venue!

Worst one I had was ELO trip the circuit breaker. I felt it whip past my leg as it opened, I didn't know it was there, but a quick reach and back up we came.

Dude dingbatz is the best venue ever!!! So sick to see you working there 🤘

i love this!

I like this video and the X32 🙂

"Are you the sound guy?" "No, I'm the exterminator" Best part of this whole video

Hey, love the video, would you be able to go though your mix profile and settings, so we can see what your desk set up is like? Also, what are the drum mics you are using?

I did sound for a year at a shitty ass club. I hated when I came in extra early just to set up myself for success, then the band showed up wayyyyy earlier then they were supposed to. They were in the way and just fucked up everything. Glad you have a decent set up! Cheers

Holy shit things have changed since the 90's. You didn't smoke one cigarette the entre time! You didn't find an old dip cup in the rack and I certainly didn't see any vomit stains on the board. I mean, you hardly flinched when you threw the mains for the stage, almost like the place was wired correctly. I wouldn't know what to do with myself

I’m watching as I’m on my way to my sound check

Good video man!

The way you hit the gums on the mixer makes me know that they are strong.

Nice job!

as an audio engineer student, i loved that

That was interesting, thank you for the insight! =D