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Joel Adams
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I make bands sound loud for a living and enjoy sharing my life.
How to Mix in a Bad Room - A Live Sound Engineers Worst Nightmare
In this episode I talk about coming to terms to terms with difficult sounding rooms and adjusting your mindset so your attitude about it doesn't ruin a good show. After all, the show must go on.
Follow me on Instagram where I post more photos and behind the scenes things @ joel_adams
Follow me on Instagram where I post more photos and behind the scenes things @ joel_adams
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Never Stop Listening, Never Stop Learning: What is the first week of tour like?
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.14 дней назад
Take a look into the first week of touring, from trailers to show Follow me on Instagram where I post more photos and behind the scenes things @ joel_adams
Touring as a Front of House Engineer
Просмотров 3 тыс.21 день назад
This is what the start of a tour looks like for me these days. If you have questions please let me know and stick around for more Follow me on Instagram where I post more photos and behind the scenes things @ joel_adams
How to Soundcheck with Thornhill
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.2 месяца назад
A quick look at Soundcheck with Thornhill midway through tour in the USA. Venue: House of Blues Chicago Console: Midas M32 Microphones: Se Electronics, Sennheiser and Audio Technica
Thornhill - Obsession (Soundcheck Live Drum Cam)
Просмотров 8513 месяца назад
Live drum cam from Soundcheck in Minneapolis. All raw audio direct from the sound board with vocals muted. M32r live for the mix. Filmed, Edited, Recorded and Mixed by Joel Adams
AROUND THE WORLD WITH THORNHILL AND HOLDING ABSENCE
Просмотров 16710 месяцев назад
6 weeks of touring Shot on iPhone.
Hot Takes - Stray From The Path - First World Problem Child (Band Cover)
Просмотров 1633 года назад
Guitar, Drums and Bass cover of Stray From The Path - First World Problem Child I do not own any rights to this song. Ben Maida plays drums in Thornhill: thornhillmelb Shaun Fuller is an Audio Engineer and can be found at: shaunfullersound Maida and I were super keen to do this one and then hilariously Shaun suggested the same song. About "HOT TAKES" Bred out of lock...
Hot Takes - Citizen - Roam the Room (Guitar and Drums Cover)
Просмотров 4584 года назад
Guitar and Drums cover of Citizen "Roam the Room" I do not own any rights to this song. Managed to get a few friends involved in this one which was great. The guys played their parts really well and I can't thank them enough. Check out their bands below. Sam Bianco plays Guitar in Parkwood: parkwoodau Jake Leahy plays Drums in Weighbridge weighbridgeau About "HOT TAKES...
Underoath - A Boy Brushed Red... (Cover)
Просмотров 1884 года назад
Guitar and Drums cover of Underoath - A Boy Brushed Red... I do not own any rights to this song. Bred out of lockdown boredom and a need to create. Hot Takes are music cover recordings with a No Cuts, No Edits & No Samples approach. A No Bullshit series of videos with the intent to just enjoy music free from perfectly directed, curated and compiled videos with takes that don't match up. (It's a...
American Nightmare - Love American (Cover)
Просмотров 1234 года назад
Guitar cover of Love American by American Nightmare I do not own any rights to this song. Bred out of lockdown boredom and a need to create. Hot Takes are music cover recordings with a No Cuts, No Edits & No Samples approach. A No Bullshit series of videos with the intent to just enjoy music free from perfectly directed, curated and compiled videos with takes that don't match up. (It's also 100...
Balance and Composure - Quake (Cover)
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.4 года назад
Guitar and Drums cover of Balance and Composure "Quake" I do not own any rights to this song. Bred out of lockdown boredom and a need to create. Hot Takes are music cover recordings with a No Cuts, No Edits & No Samples approach. A No Bullshit series of videos with the intent to just enjoy music free from perfectly directed, curated and compiled videos with takes that don't match up. (It's also...
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
these are so sick, thanks for sharing, joel not sound related question: how do you colour grade these video? the colours are absolutely beautiful 🤩✨
Glad you like them. Honestly nothing crazy. Most of the footage is shot in x100vi using in built colours instead of flog2. Apply a basic lut I’ve had laying around and tweak to suit the footage. White balance and contrast being the main things. Any action cam stuff I just try match a little
@@joel_adamsFOHsound ah thanks for replying, I've heard only good things about the fuji, might try it some time :)
I was wondering if the Oakdale was going to be part of this video haha. I was at that show, we were hanging in the back of the room for the first couple bands and Wage War & it was pretty tough to make out a lot of details. Only when we went up closer for ERRA was I like “holy shit, the mix sounds fantastic up here.” When dealing with a difficult room, do you aim to make the mix sound ideal in a particular spot/area in the room where you think the most people will be? Or was that just the different mixes or just coincidence/unavoidable because we were in the back & so much shit was just bouncing around?
It was really location dependent in that room. The middle was the worst due to reflections and p.a relationship. In the front 3rd you would hear the p.a before some of those reflections which was great and on the sides you’d struggle with low end. I always want a balanced mix but as Erra is a “guitar” band ideally I want vocals and guitars to be on display no matter where you are.
@@joel_adamsFOHsoundThat all makes so much sense and I totally agree with that analysis. I’ve seen a bunch of shows there because it’s one of the closest venues to where I live but the sound has always been kinda rough lol. Being in the front 3rd of the crowd for ERRA was easily the best sound I’ve heard there so kudos and thanks for putting in the work to figure it out in that room!
Man pleaseee make more videos, and longer too!
Absolutely more videos on the way! Thanks for checking this out. Length wise will always depend on the content, don’t want to drag things out for the sake of it.
I like the video styl, it is pretty much fitting
I appreciate the kind words!
I live near Milwaukee, and The Eagles Ballroom. The worst mixes I’ve ever heard were there (most, tbf). I’ve also heard it sound amazing (Dream Theater, Steve Vai, King Diamond). I remember a roadie telling me when he was on the road with the B-52s, the sound guy walked in and said, “Right. Kill all the verbs, and we’ll see about the delays. Will likely bring them way down.” I think that’s a big key. Live: clarity is king! Whether it sounds like your virtual mix (aka, the record) doesn’t matter if you’re trying to fit all the ritzy-titzy moves that sound killer in the studio, like hammering a square peg in a round hole, at the cost of ruining the experience of the paying fans. You absolutely nailed it in this video! Thanks for sharing something we have all struggled with. Much love! ❤
Yeah things like reverb and delay only wash things out more in an already reverberant room. Choosing what to use and when is important. Thanks for checking the video out and hopefully seeing many more great sounding gigs!
Really cool BTS. Next tour I'd love to learn more about this process!
Very Well said. Had this very same issue last night. Excellent perspective
Glad you enjoyed it!
Its hard to not dwell on it knowing that the room is also full of people who think its not sounding great, but also don't have the capacity to understand its more the room than the engineer. it can sometimes be just grit your teeth and hook into the mix. don't try to overpower the room; never works...
It can seem destructive to redo your mix but there’s obviously a point you have to learn to just call it and let the show be a show. As long as the first thought is to help try make it sound good instead of just giving up “because the room sounds bad” I think we can sleep at night.
Really appreciate these kinds of videos! I’ve seen you at a couple of shows with Thornhill and Ocean grove and it sounded great both times! Wondering if you have any advice about room/pa tuning and your process on that? I feel somewhat confident in my mixing ability but this is a gap in my I’m trying to fill. I know tour can be pretty hectic but hope you can keep these vids going!
Oh rad! I have great time making these so will likely look to address p.a tuning in that. I’m definitely no pro at that topic but have a unique way of dealing with it fast
Before this moment I never understood why some of my friends tended to say something like "Sound in this club is always bad" and thought that FOH is a some kind of magicians who could make everything sound well or at least OK
Sometimes it’s truly impossible. There’s so much science behind why a venue can sound great or “bad” . We’re not magicians but sometimes a FOH can work miracles. There’s so many variables but the room is the biggest
@@joel_adamsFOHsound Room and also the players or doing most of the sound ! If it's a mess on stage, even the best mix will sound bad Great video thanks man !
100% right. There’s a lot of variables. Thankfully in a touring realm one of the consistencies I have is my bands abilities.
These videos are great mate. Super impressed with the quality and dedication to putting these together!
Thanks man! Appreciate you checking it out
Quality vid! Can’t wait to see your vids!!
Thanks for kind words and checking it out!
great video
Thanks for checking it out
Nice I am learning
Hi Joel, I see you use the Galaxy Audio Nano Spot there. How do you like it? What do you use it for? PFL?, Monitoring or Shoutbox?
Absolutely love the Galaxy audios nano spot! It’s very loud, the blinking light when signal passes is worth every dollar. I use it for Shout mics.
@@joel_adamsFOHsound Thank you. I also have a Allen&Heath Cti1500 and it looks like the nano spot fits perfect to the small console.
haha using a steam deck as a recorder amazing!! what size of pelican do you use for the mics?
I travel with a pelican 1610 with the double layer foam divider. Carries so much for me!
Really great videos!!
Thanks for checking them out!
Loving the Smallrig arms for drum miking! Looking forward to future videos of your tour.
Small rig arms are the absolute for drums. Thanks for checking out the video!
Love the content! Def keep it up!
what's your filming and editing setup? you're killing it with the vlogs, looking forward to the next one :)
Joel, are you also responsible for lights? Or there must be another person working with it?
Only help getting them in and out of trailers. We have a lighting operator with us and then a lighting designer who designed the whole show and programmed it in time with the show. It’s very cool!
@@joel_adamsFOHsound thank you
new joel let’s go
integrating the steam deck into your workflow is sooo sick haha.
Hell yeah dude. This is sick
Thanks Harper!
I am absolutely no aus´dio person but I love these, thanks for sharing - I find this so so interesting :)
Hell yeah man!
Very well made.
Thanks for checking it out!
teach me prog daddy
This is sick! Keen to see more :)
I’ll make sure that happens!
Thank you for this video. I'm interested in what's going on on tour in general, so I would be glad to see anything related in the future here
Noted! More to come for sure.
Sick dude! Nicely shot and explained. Would love to see more!
This is great Joel, shots look amazing and I’d love to hear a feed of your work on some new stuff!!
Thanks for checking it out Jasper! That’s definitely a possibility!
Yeah dude definitely more of this ! Killer🤘🏼
Hell yeah thanks for checking it out. More to come!
Very cool Joel, King of IG reels becomes king of youtube?
Giving the people what they want!
Awesome video.
Thanks for watching!
Sick 🤘🏻
So for this are you just taking there AES lines and plugging them into your console? How do you end up knowing where your drive lines are and how the sub is situated (matrix or mono bus) , Does the venue have an AV sheet sent previously with drive line and matrix routing information so you can prepare your outs?
We do a full analogue split. This allows me to send Drive lines from stage or FOH (Foh preferred) . Always running Left, Right, Sub, Fill on matrixes and any extra Outputs I deal with on the day.
SICK! 🔥 Great Content!
so are snare bombs something the sound engineer will do manually, or is it usually a tracked effect. I noticed when I saw alpha wolf that every band had the same snare bomb effect, maybe they had a trigger on the drum kit or something?
For me it's always something I do manually/most audio people will. There's sometimes song specific "must have" moments that will be on tracks but for TH there isn't much of that for Snare fx.
@@joel_adamsFOHsound Thanks!
What is the fx you are using for the snare bomb..
As the saying goes, not all heroes wear capes
RIP
🔥🔥🔥
The attention to detail in the fills and that pocket goes crazy 🔥
dude has groove for fucking days, just saw them live and he crushed.
love seeing this kinda stuff, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Legend!
awesome
Sick!
I have a J. Mascis and love that tone! What amp are you playing through?
Great cover man. Really nice tone and that drumming was pretty tight as well.
So good !!!