I'm completely with you and Cphollis on this one:Gambold wrote:>Properly EQing the keyboard sound for the room is the job of the sound technician. <
The sound guy?? Gads, never trust anything having to do with keyboard amplification to the sound guy. Our own CPHollis says it much better than I ever could:
"Also: there appears to be no shortage of indifferent and/or incompetent sound guys out there. I have learned to expect the worse, and thus am rarely disappointed. Making matters worse, many of them are from the “keyboards should be seen and not heard” school of sound mixing."
From his most excellent blog: https://chucksblog.typepad.com/late_blo ... right.html
I have had two good sound guys in my band experience. Out of dozens (a lot of time we have to do our own sound). I've learned the hard way to ensure my amplification is right (usually by begging the bass player to walk out into the middle of the room, since he's on wireless). No way I let them touch my Nord.
1) Even if it's not your job and you trust people, even if you know that he's going to do a good sound check, there is no harm to control a bit....Trust doesn't necessary come with no control , expcially if you are the client....When you receive a package, do you control what it's in? Yes, you trust the online dealer but you still control the package even if it's not your job to pack it and deliver it.
Same thing for the delivery of a service, you control it....
And after having controled it so many times and realizing that there is a lot sound guys who are the type of Cpholis ones, then, you are trying to solve the problems that are not yours....No need to buy a great sounding board if it's to be messed up and deliver a crappy sounds because of a guy who is used to mix loud guitar and loud drum...