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The Wall of Sound was an enormous sound reinforcement system designed in 1973 specifically for the Grateful Dead's live performances. The largest concert sound system built at that time, [1] [2] the Wall of Sound fulfilled lead designer Owsley "Bear" Stanley's desire for a distortion-free sound system that could also serve as its own monitoring ...
A sound reinforcement system is the combination of microphones, signal processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers in enclosures all controlled by a mixing console that makes live or pre-recorded sounds louder and may also distribute those sounds to a larger or more distant audience. [1][2] In many situations, a sound reinforcement system is also ...
The monitor system in a large club may provide 500 to 1000 watts of power to several foldback speakers; at an outdoor concert, there may be several thousand watts of power going to the monitor system. At a concert using live sound reproduction, sound engineers and technicians control the mixing boards for the "main" and "monitor" systems ...
Two microphones set up to record a piano simultaneously, which creates a stereo sound. Stereo sound systems can be divided into two forms: the first is true or natural stereo in which a live sound is captured, with any natural reverberation present, by an array of microphones. The signal is then reproduced over multiple loudspeakers to recreate ...
The left and right surround speakers in the bottom line create the surround sound effect. 5.1 surround sound ("five-point one") is the common name for surround sound audio systems. 5.1 is the most commonly used layout in home theatres. [1] It uses five full bandwidth channels and one low-frequency effects channel (the "point one"). [2]
An audio engineer adjusts a mixer while doing live sound for a band. A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems. Inputs to the console include microphones, signals from electric or electronic instruments, or recorded sounds.
Backline (stage) Canadian band Bedouin Soundclash performing. The backline gear, including an 8x10" bass speaker cabinet, drums, and several powerful guitar amps, can be seen behind the two musicians in the front of the stage. The term backline is used in popular music and sound reinforcement system contexts to refer to electronic audio ...
Front of house. In the performing arts, the front of house (FOH) is the part of a performance venue that is open to the public. In theatres and live music venues, it consists of the auditorium, and foyers, as opposed to the front stage and backstage areas. In a theatre, the front of house manager is responsible for welcoming guests ...