Sound Tutorial - Running the Sound Board 

This is indeed an excellent tutorial for the true beginner. The explanations are at the right level and does not make the mistake of assuming knowledge and understanding terminology a beginner would not have.

One of the most informative and accurate videos - well done!! The rule of walking out cannot be stressed enough. I walk out into the crowd often to be sure they are listening to the best sound system around. It is so funny to hear new karaoke singers in my show say my system makes them sound good. I just take the time to update/tweak settings for every singer in my show.

Thanks for your post. I've read a lot of training materials about setting mixing boards and levels, but nothing compares to an engaging presenter talking about it in a hands on way.

I think this is the best anyone could explain about what does an analog mixer do. You summed up everything so quickly and easily.

best explanation on youtube

As a novice, Tom, Sir, your explanation is just perfectly balanced without overwhelming with technical jargon and terminology. EXCELLENTLY Done! Thank you very much. Be Blessed!

Excellent video, I'm taking over the sound board for our high school drama club and this video just made my life so much easier. Thank you!

You SIR have given the best explanation I have yet to see anywhere!!!!! Thank You!!!!

Congratulations on a most clear, helpful and well thought out explanation. Simple guidance of the mixing console overview, sound advice about how to get the best sound by careful listening and "training your ears", AND ... so easy to understand. Many thanks and keep up the good work.

Nice work. Quick, concise, without all the fluff of other tutorials. You did in 13 minutes what it takes others hours to do. Well done.

This is excellent, sir. You are awesome for taking the time to do this video. Thank you very much for this wealth of information.

Thanks! I've just been thrown in the deep end. I'm manning a mixing deck at a live outdoor gig tomorrow and this will be a first time in front of a deck. At least now I have an idea of what's what. Wish me luck.

This is very specific and EXCELLENT information presented in a really complete and professional manner. Thank you so much. Learned a lot.

Gotta be honest, the first 5 seconds I saw the video quality I almost skipped on to the next video: Shaky, and little fuzzy, looks like someone screwing around in their attic. Then I stuck to it for a few minutes, and it was the most effective 13.5 minutes I spent wrapping my head around my first mixer. Your content was concise, to the point, and exactly what I needed to put me in control of my first mixer that I have found myself suddenly in charge of running in an auditorium at my college. THANK YOU!

A few things that can help is to make sure any unused channels are muted and both gain and faders are off. This can help keep the board quiet especially with a cheap noisy board. Also cover your board to help prevent someone from changing a setting and having liquids splashed or even spilled on your board. No drinks near the equipment! Lastly, everyone thinks they can drive like Richard Petty. Just like everyone thinks they know how to run a board. Don't be afraid to learn. Ask questions from more experienced operators just be sure that they know what there doing. I like to set the faders to maximum then adjust the gain to the maximum regardless of the VU or LED meters say. This basically means run it up until it feedback and back them off slightly. Now your gains are set and no matter what level you set the faders to you should have a lot less feedback issues and still have all the volume your equipment can handle available without feedback. The clip light helps allot with this. Having said that, you can still have lots of feedback issues with wireless mics and the performer moving about the stage and room. You will need to learn how to deal with that. This method gives you a great no feedback base to start with. Setting gain with the PFL LED method often leaves you no headroom when you need it. It's not a good method for setting gains. It's also not good for much except maybe recording. That's because all you are hearing is the sound threw the board into head phones. This is live sound, you need to hear what's coming out of your mains, monitors and side fills if any. PFL is a tool for your use at best it's not to be relied on as it's not a true representation of the end product. Hope that helps, happy mixing!

This is a fantastic video. I’ve needed to share this with some youth that run sound for our children’s worship. Thank you for your time in putting this together.

Been searching youtube for days on sound/audio mixers and its set-ups and functions. And this is by far the best video i have come across on this subject. Thanks alot.

So glad I found this Chanel. By far the best video on RU-vid for this subject. Thanks for keeping it simple enough that a beginner like me can get a jump on learning something like this.

Best straight forward explanation of the board! Thank You!

This is absolutely brilliant!. Thank you. So easy to understand and comprehensive. Which idiots are giving this a thumbs down?!

I just wanted to say thank you all three videos that you have posted on mixing desks. It is very helpful...

Very comprehensive video. We are starting a Youth AV team for our student ministry and this is exactly the kind of content I need to help bring our young kids along.

FINALLY, someone who gets how to teach something item by item. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much for this. I’m controlling the sound for our 7th grade video news club and this helped sooooo much!

It Worked perfectly after trying other methods this one was the best one, Thanks.

Very good, you are quite versed in the use of the instrument and have brought great clarity to the beginner.thanks much

Dude, one of the best,if not the best basic tutorial on mivers on RU-vid. Nice work....methodical

Excellent video. I totally understand my own mixer now 😊

This was really good & i am “fairly “ good @ this stuff but reviewing the basics is always a good idea. Thank you.

Got a church camp coming up, of which I am required to rent and set up the entire sound system. This and your PA system video helped tremendously!

Thanks for this! It is the best I have seen on the Allen & Heath board. Answers a lot of questions for me as a new operator and I will use to train others.

Just awesome, Thanks I can't begin to explain how much I needed this.

wow thanks for this wonderful explanation, many people in my church they are now appreciating the way sound is coming out.

You are a very good teacher ,, you explain it very clearly.

Just what I needed. I know very little. Now I know a lot more. Thanks for the lingo.

Woooooow.... been watching a loooooot of RU-vid clips in regards to setting up band equipment (mainly in ear monitors) and using the mixer over the past two weeks cos I’m about to set up my new church band in a couple of weeks time, and I can say is .... this is by far theeeee best video I’ve seen ! You explained everything about how a mixer works, what all the functions are and how to use them properly in 13 minutes! Which I had to struggle to find over many clips and Piece them altogether. Thank you !!!! I only wish that I stumbled over this video first. Straight 🔥 🔥 New sub ! 😁

Fantastic Tutorial tekasza very clear instructions mate. Learnt a lot. Cant understand the small amount of people who have disliked. Certain people mate just don't take in simple instructions. Well done,and keep it up. Cya mate.

I really appreciate your in depth tutorial

Very Good Tom, Very concise, a lot in few words, you did the best job in a smaller amount of time than any other video I have seen in the last three hours here on RU-vid.

I agree with this is the best explanation that I have come across. Thank you

This was real helpful than most of the videos on RU-vid with the same topic.

I really appreciate your vid. Most folks gloss over basics. This is excellent taking it from the basics up. Thank you. 👍

GREAT video Tom! Very well explained and straight to the point, NO FLUFF. I love it, keep rockin' steady brother

Thanks for putting out this video I’m super new at this and the info in the manual wasn’t really sticking. Everything makes much more sense now!

Quick, clear, and concise! Excellent!

Thanks so much for posting this! It's very clear and easy to understand even for a complete beginner. Very helpful.

Great vid! Really clear and straightforward explanation of all the basic concepts

Thanks brother! I'm sure I'll be watching this over and over and over again! 😅 I'm just starting out with sound board to help my church!

Great tutorial and explanation. I play a little guitar on a basic amp and always wondered what all these knobs and buttons actually control. Now I know 👍

Awesome tutorial man! Learnt so much in a short amount of time :)

Awesome vid bro👏🏽💯Starting my journey into audio operations▶️💯

simple and easy to understand for noobs! like me! i feel like i know some stuff about audio LOL

Aloha from Hawaii! Thanks for posting!!! Greatly appreciated!👌🏼😎👍🏽😇

After listening about 10 different videos, this is the first guy that sounded like he knows what he's talking about. Great job.

easy to understand. THANK YOU! I could actually hear you and you gave examples.

Like you said, " It all comes down to the ear. And that takes practice. Great job my brother. 1/29/2021

Thank you. This is so useful. And straight to the point

This was by far the best noob video for sound engineering.

My very first job was running the sound board at my church. It was such a pain to get right. The booth was way up in the rafters and to the far left back of house so as to hide it from the attendees. We had no headphones for monitoring up there and I had to use hand signals while leaning half way over the rail of the cramped booth to check with the speakers and performers to make sure everyone could hear what they needed to, and due to the distance to the doors (had to take stairs and a ladder), the interruption it would cause, and the short segments before having to switch mutes on and off; I never had a chance to do a walk to make sure it all sounded good. I was about 16 and had never even used a mixer before that job, but I held it for about a year. A video like this then would have been super helpful but RU-vid was not around then. Oh and I had to make a master recording on tape for each sermon that copies could be made of so they could be taken to people that could not get out of their house or were in hospital.

I love his videos, they are well explained, clear as chrystal

You explain this FABULOUS!!!

This tutorial is eq’d perfectly.

thank you so much. I am being thrusted to head the audio ministry at my church and I have no clue on what I am doing. This video helped a lot.

This was exactly what I needed...thank you for sharing your knowledge sir!

Thank you SO much for this video :) it really helped me out!

Easy to understand. Thank you

hi Tom. am very much thankful for the lesion . actually I have longing to ask a question on the use of monitor but today you have made it clear to me. thank

Thanks for making this more clearer I had my first tranning last Tuesday I'm going to be doing a dry run with trainer who has been training me I'm super nervous about it but I can do this

Thank you! This was very helpful!

Mate. That was such a great refresher. Thank you.

Best explanation ever. Period. Thanks for posting this, it’s the real deal.

Tom, thank you for your useful and easy to follow video on mixer setup and I learned a lot!

Excellent explanation

I'm looking to buy a Zed 24 mixer today and this is a great vid to introduce me to it. Thanks!

Organic info .Excellent.

Well done! Thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial .. you have a better grasp than most other youtube'rs on how to use this board.

Why wasnt I a nerd at school . So much more useful in real world.

What a great tutorial. I actually have this video on my iphone so it is handy.

Dude...awesome!! I wish it gave very specific monitoring set up and mix but I just learned a ton.

you just saved me a bunch of time and money sir. thanks

Such a great video! Thank you

Really nice job! Thanks!

This tutorial is very good

nicely done. knew most of it but great job of explaining.

Thanks I bought a 7$ audio book and it went way over my head but I want to become a sound engineer and your guide is nice and slow for me

Nice and clear introduction. Thanks!

Wooow, best mixer tutorial ever, Thank you bro

Great job, very easy to follow. Now I will be able to get the best sound from my equipment.

I have had a mixer for years and now I know how to use it!

Thank you so much. So simple and straight forward.

Well, In regards to the +48V, most DI boxes does need phantom power to run, which isn't an uncommon thing to see in a live setting. At my church we are using 4 DI boxes, which all need phantom power.

Very good video and all the best for your new friend

A lot of good info here! Thanks for this!

This is so good. Thank you so much!

Perfect, all the essential info! Thanks!

Thanks, I wanted to know more about the AUX SEND and how to deliver efx to a channel and how to control it. Covered that making it easy to understand--I think. Gotta try it.

Dude i had everything down up untill the Aux part.. def need to re-watch that section... i kinda get it, but def a lot to take in.. good job man...

LMAO!! I have three mixers in my home recording studio that I have yet to fully figure out...a Fostex 16 channel rack mount line mixer, a Peavey RQ 1606M Desk Mixer, and recently acquired a Yamaha MG12/4X Desk Mixer. I've learned quite a bit by trial and error...just plugging in shit until I get sound output, or trying to hook the two or three together as one main mixer for all of my music gear. It's a pain in the ass...but after watching quite a few instructional videos, I am slowly figuring it out.

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Very nice job at explaining board operation basics. Hope you plan to do board specific settings and the effects for instruments and vocals. You would be very good at it. Thank you for making this video.