How sounds engineers set up audio for a concert?

Question

What kind of stuff do they have to figure out that changes every night?

In: Technology

Answer 1

There’s a great documentary on YT that goes behind the scenes of setting up for a large arena show (bonus if you’re a Rush fan). They talk about variables that you wouldn’t probably think of, like cloth seats vs. hard plastic, summer vs. winter (people wearing short sleeves vs. long) and how the sound changes with those variables. It’s a six-part series and the link to part 1 is