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Gain Staging Livestream Q&A – May 30, 2024

David Stagl — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:48:08 +0000

Next Thursday, May 30, I’ll be doing a livestream at 1pm EDT over on my YouTube channel to answer questions about Gain Staging.

So, what are your gain staging challenges? What questions do you have? Is there something you feel like you don’t understand about it?

If you don’t think you’ll be able to make it or just want to make sure I get to your question, please send me your questions or leave a comment on the video. See you next Thursday.

Managing Mic Bleed and Feedback

David Stagl — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:45:18 +0000

My friends over at Waves asked me to talk about some of the differences between some of their plug-ins designed to help us with unique live sound challenges. So I put a little video together on this.

Setting Proper Input Levels

David Stagl — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:12:53 +0000

A very common thing I come across while training is very little attention to setting console input levels. Here’s a new video on some best practices for setting good input and/or recording levels.

Gain Staging – Do We Need to Use All the Bits?

David Stagl — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:33:19 +0000

Gain staging is an important part of audio engineering, and there are some important reasons to set healthy input levels. Today I’m putting one of those reasons to the test.

A Snare Mic to End All Snare Mics?

David Stagl — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:45:16 +0000

Decatur City Church recently added the new Lauten Snare mic to their collection, and I’ve been enjoying using it quite a bit. Here’s a video I put together on the first couple of weeks of using it, and my thoughts on the mic.

Taking the FOH Mix Online

David Stagl — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:30:43 +0000

Something that comes up a lot for me is the ongoing discussion of whether a church should use their FOH mix for streaming or if they should do a dedicated mix. While I think a dedicated mix always has a higher quality potential, in most cases I recommend using the FOH mix. I usually believe it is better stewardship to focus resources where they will have the largest benefit, and in most cases it is on making the room experience the best it can from both operator skills to the equipment and environment.

So, I recently put out a video going through my process of re-mastering a FOH mix for streaming purposes while explaining some of the challenges we face in doing this. The specific brands and models have changed, but I’ve used this process for years. It’s a pretty long video, but there are chapter markers if you would like to skip around.

If you need some help improving your mix in the room and online, I’d love to chat. Please reach out to me through my contact page, and we can set something up.

State of the Mix 2023: Live Vocal Chain

David Stagl — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:00:07 +0000

I had some questions on social media about my live vocal chain so I put together a video walking through it.

Atmos 101 for Artists & Producers

David Stagl — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:05:22 +0000

I haven’t posted a lot about this, but if you’ve been following me you probably know I’ve been getting into mixing for Dolby Atmos here in my studio.

I hear some common questions from artists and producers so I put together a quick video to answer them. If you or your church are going to be releasing music this year, this might be worth a watch.

Is a Stereo Guitar Actually Stereo?

David Stagl — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:43:49 +0000

I put together a little video late last year on stereo guitars to demonstrate what a “true” stereo guitar sounds like, but somehow I missed publishing it here. So here’s the video:

Level Up in 2023 with Black Friday Specials

David Stagl — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:37:37 +0000

Are you ready to level up your mixing skills in 2023? With Black Friday upon us this week, I have a couple deals for you.

First, if you contact me about training in 2023 before December 2, I’ll lock you in at my 2022 rate for any training visits booked by June 2023. I’ll also give first time training visits an additional 15% off if I visit in January or February 2023.

Beginning in 2023, I will also be offering more remote training online. If you schedule a January 2023 session before December 9, I will also take 15% off my regular remote rate.

All discounted rates for on-site visits and remote training are subject to availability.

If you’d like to take advantage of these discounts, please reach out to me through my Contact page.