How to Equalize - EQ a Live Sound System - How to Ring out Speakers for Feedback

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The above method uses the vocal mics as the reference. If the vocals sound loud, clean and clear, and do not feed back, I find it easy to mix the rest of the instruments via channel EQ's - which are usually very close to the middle once I EQ the room for vocal quality. Vocals are the #1 thing people complain about in a live music mix if they aren't loud and clear. Cheers!

Here are two follow up video on this topic, answering questions posted here:

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   • How to EQ Stage Monitors - Ringing ou...   (how to ring out stage monitors)

I've been setting up and ringing out sound systems since 1996 and teaching people how to do it since 2001 in Toronto. I use the club sound system at Rancho Relaxo on College St. at Spadina Ave. I have set up sound systems all over the USA and in Ontario and Quebec. I've also worked all over Toronto as a freelance sound person/AV technician.

This method (a popular method) of ringing out feedback and is based on volume and headroom preservation with little need for gain make-up elsewhere (meaning that the whole system is set for 'unity gain', pretty much, without too much carving of the 31 band EQ).