The SC - Welcome to the Sites, Sounds and Rain! 

What is the stand that you put your sound rack on? It looks very useful and sturdy.

You both make a great team! I don’t miss those late night gigs, you deal with it better than I.

Guys I have approx. 3 dozen bookmarked episodes of you two in action but have watched many others. I can''t stress enough how super awesome you guys are with explanations, real world situations, suggestions, professionalism, etc.. I can go on and on. But with all that I already admire about you, you go the ultimate mile by filming your loadouts, back and fourth, over and under, up and down, lift and drops in and out, over and over again, and I sit through it all and watch your every move until you announce, guys, that's a wrap. I do this because I use to play bass in serval bands and occasionally did production for a couple of national acts. I ventured off into IT for 20 years and about to retire. I know you were in IT also Bart. I am seriously consdering doing production once I retire in 3 years and the Sound Couple's videos are a God send to me. I love you two so much with showing me what I am about to get myself into. I am so much more prepared because of you. I have the Presonus 64s mixer, 32-16 NSB SB, but will also pick up a couple of 32 channel rack mixers and a 16- 8 NSB. I own approx. half or less than what you have as far as monitors and accessories but only the CDL12Ps with external DSP. (DriveRacks). You guys are truly my heros all the way down to even your suggestions of proper voltage testing equipment. With all the crazy things happening in the world, you guys give me hope of a brighter future. May God continue to forever Bless you two, and us all. Thank you.

Watching you two pack up at the end... been there sooooo many times. Great video showing what a lot of us go through. 👍👍👍

That was brutal. Must have been at least a 20 hour work day! Great work with the rainproof covers, especially the ones for the lights. I love that they were made “Bart proof” 😂

what a great job you two pulled off great set up alot of hard work

And I thought loading two subs and two cabs was hard. You guys kick @$$. Great job.

A soggy gig, but a truly great video. Thanks to Bart and Stacy for once again showing us how their professionalism overcomes a variety of challenges. Finding the missing ground was a critically important discovery. The new trailer camera and the relatively new speaker rain covers really shined. The quite tall stage reminded us to come prepared, as the Sound Couple did, with a ladder. If you are just watching this video as your first exposure to The Sound Couple, be sure to go back to the first video and watch them in order for a great learning experience.

always enjoyable watching.

Hi Bart & Stacey, first off all respect to you two , just the the 2 of you fixed it all . No roof above the trailers, no good stairs or ramp to get you gear up , no stagehands . No savetyfence ad the back of the trailers . In Holland the band says none of that at the gig !.... we don,t performe period! You had the luck it was only rain , no thunder . You thit a hell of a job and now you have to ride back . Maybe you could have a third person who drive you home after this kind of heavy gigs . I don,t wanna see you hurt in any kind of way .

you two are amazing

You two did a amazing job!!!! I know it’s a lot of work and rain absolutely sucks

Admirable 👍

How I understand you guys! At 3 in the morning, two people disassemble and load all the equipment, at my almost 59 years of age I'm quite fed up even though I love this job a lot! A special greeting from Italy

This is a GREAT video to show when people ask "Why so much?" Thank you for showing all of it... well... for the most part!

That was hard work but a good feeling doing a good job. I have done this so many times when i was jonger. Great job guy's

Its my favorite couple on youtube!!!

Wow you both powered through that!

This video has reminded me to devise a better plan for rain. You guys did an awesome job covering so much gear in the rain! And that load out segment at the end was so familiar to me. I finally gave up full-time sound work when I was 54 because it just became to be too much work. I'm 61 now and the set-up / tear down for a DJ is much easier! I RESPECT all the hard work and professionalism you two consistently demonstrate to us with every video.

Hi Bart and Stacey, I am always so happy to see another video from you guys. When I watch your videos, I relate so much about the many things that "we" do. Anyway always good to see you both and I am sure sorry it rained on you guys, I've been there more than a few times in my 48 years. Rest up :)

Nerve wracking 😬 good thing there wasn't more wind. Great work & excellent video! Loading onto and off of a stage that tall looks exhausting

it's a long day ...for you .... but very interest to see when you work !!

Aloha from molokai Hawaii Jrk Sound love your video it's hard work going home late in the morning but we love what we do Sound guys keep up the good work 👏 Aloha

Great job but that looked hard work. The stage looked great with all the lights and totems - well done!

SKB rack! Love it!

Great job

Great job, as always. The band is lucky to work with The Sound Couple. With my band, apart from playing, we set up and take down. It is hard that when the party ends you are left alone to pick up, take the van, get to the band's place, unload and go home. Sometimes it is better to stay overnight in a hotel with a secure garage. And leave the next day, even if you live three hours away. All the best.

My system is a lot smaller that yours, thank God. That recovery at the end of the night was brutal. It would have been better if you had hands at least at the start (because they never stick around for the end of the night). Thanks so much for sharing. You guys inspire me with every video.

Great job 👏 you are not alone sometimes my self I get home at 4:30 am an I always arrived to my evens at least 4 hours earlier

Nice work and the rain issue happened to me too so I just had to cover my whole side stage setup and my speakers and subs got wet but it was fine I just had a squad of people helping moving gear in but good job 👏 and anytime I could help you bring gear in but I’m in California

Good sounds

That trailer ramp is awesome

Your video skills have really been crushing it these last few months!

I m from India. Great work.

REALLY ROCKY REMIX NOW THATS SO COOL

nice to see Stacey.....👏👏👏👏

Olá! Bom trabalho para vocês! 🇧🇷

Hectic day that was…👌

Nice love you .🎶

I'm happy the rain stopped before load out. Nothing is more depressing to me.

You both are such Hard working person .....We also work like this, so we know........ sometimes we have to packup at 4-5 AM .....keep doing......

I'm glad I'm a musician, ....after the last song "I GO HOME"

I always test the power when I get to the venues. Here in the UK, a lot of venues are adamant that we prove our PLI (Public Liability Insurance) and ask for PAT certificates (Portable Appliance Tests). I always have both available, though I expect the venue to keep up their end of things too, and make sure they have everything in place that they should too. I worked an event in May 2022 that had beautiful weather forecast all weekend; 3 hours into the show, we had a river under the stage...we ended up pulling the show. Typically, buy the time we packed down, the rain was done. It's no fun working or packing down in the rain.

Hi loving your job keep it up kindly send me a link of where I can purchase the table that you place the rack with the mixer on. Thanks

Great work guys. Have you thought about adding people to your team to help with setup and breakdowns?

Nothing like the soothing sounds of sirens and a marching band to make load-in that much more tolerable. Anyone notice the lone unicycle man with a... merry go round horse at 8:15??

I really admire your work ethic. You guys are an inspiration. You have a fan all the way in Botswana... 😁What are those standing lights you had behind the band?

toppppp

Hey great videos, im curious, what are those standing lights? Thanks

We've all been there....nothing like watching tens of thousands of dollars worth of gear hunkering under tarps. Light condoms are genius....I'm be interested in what materials were used.

Man I feel this working in the rain nonsense... recently had a 2 day build for a festival, and it was pissing rain the whole time... Show day was overcast and misty all day. I ended up losing an input card on my monitor console (S6L) and the whole day (6:30AM - 1:30AM) was just a big ol "CF" but we made it happen. Headliner had so many issues internally with their monitor guy, and tracks rig and stuff... then we loaded out the next day in the rain...

I need a circuit analyzer in my kit!

Alpacas!

those wagons should have a rain cover. Good job despite the rain

Do the speakers give a good sound even if it covered by that black cover?

You guys need some real MagLiners!! - also why didn't you leave the subs on ground? Nice work!

Hey Bart. What’s the best way to run a secondary speaker that’s 100 or more feet away. Example I’ve I’m doing a big school dance, I’ll have my mains in the front and I want to put some rear speakers in the back of the room. What’s the best way to get the signal there?

Hi from the UK. You guys travel and work hard. I used to play in a band and we had to do our own pa and lights plus backline and play for may 3 45 minute sets sometimes longer but the most we would travel would be an hour to an hour and a half to a gig. We would also in most venues be under pressure to pack up and leave the place within an hour to 90 mins.I was wondering for just your services what you charge for a day like in this video which must be on top of the bands fee my apologies if your find this rude.

Wow, 10 sub speakers? Are they all CDL 18s?

I was getting tired just watching you guys. Sound is fun when you're not moving everything. What're your rates?

Hi Bart and Stacey, you need a ramp. why do you not use heplers save energy? what case do you use for ipad?

You can never have enough subs hey! 😂

May I know the brand and model of your vehicle? TIA

😎😎🇮🇩

LOL . Stacy yawned soooo loud at the end of gig

34:54 What is this box? I've done live sound for some time now, but I have never used one like this. I would assume that it is related to power distribution, but I'm still somewhat inexperienced as compared to you and Stacy 😊

respect for the video,.......hard work and more_pashion.....but u need help lifting up speakers,....why not a" stage beam" and some electrical lifter" like in the car busines"/and a line array spreader beam?

First to get there and last to leave 😔

the weather is unpredictable. there should be a stage cover.

I hope y'all got paid a fortune for reinforcing that wet mess of a gig, I'm not in your crew and I STILL quit! I told our manager to never take another gig without proper stage cover...then after getting soaked again I had to explain what proper stage cover was. I bow-down to your liquid endurance. 🤠

When you wish a large tent was provided...

4:19 total trolley eh! it's also a ladder that's crazy! You darn RU-vidrs making everything hard to get, show it in a video and now nobody can find it. HAHAHA

That looked like a rough one. I think you should ask for a few hands at load in and load out, at least to lift and tote.

Nights like that will make you wish you ground stacked the PA😳

Lol.. what was that comment.. "your mom needs it" (power line)

Привет ребят, тяжёлая эта работа, дождик подвел. Видео надо немного короче делать.

Lol... wanna get drunk and risk your life savings? C'mon.... just one? Lol... I'm the same way...I got beer or whatever at home. That's a really long load out. I usually can get mine in 2 by myself (2 hf tops, 6 subs, 2 to 3 lighting trees). If you don't mind me asking, what is your plan of attack for load out?

Nice job i got my light condoms store bought as i use my lights for halloween and you never know what curveball mother nature wil trow at you .... and i cant aford IP rated lights ...