Crap Sound at Gigs or Perfect Mix for Whom?

[Lozz196]

Couple of good posts there @Buddster

[Buddster]

5 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

Or according to that very reliable source, Urban Dictionary:

 

Sound engineer

Somebody who wrongfully uses the title "sound engineer" for their job when they really belong to a group called "sound technicians".

Their job is to facilitate the production of sound during recordings and events using technology that an actual engineer has designed.

"So what do you do you for a living?" 
"I'm a sound engineer"

"Ah so you must be quite good with electronics then" 
"No, I just sit in a recording studio and press buttons"

"Ah right, I think you mean you are a sound technician"

by Frankxk April 21, 2021

An Engineer (in any profession) is also a problem solver. 

A sound engineer solves the problem of how to make a group of scruffy Herbert's sound good

[TimR]

20 minutes ago, Buddster said:

An Engineer (in any profession) is also a problem solver. 

A sound engineer solves the problem of how to make a group of scruffy Herbert's sound good

 

Quite. And in the UK Engineer isn't a protected profession. 

 

Anyone can be an engineer. However a professional engineer is something different to an 'engineer'. They will have a degree or a similar level experience based qualification.

 

So let's not get bogged down in semantics based on proffessional snobbery. 

 

As I say, it's 'recording' engineers trying to make the band sound like they do on the 'CD' or maybe MP3 or Radio. Everything louder than everything else.

 

Maybe it is the problem with the musicians not playing dynamics and making the music actually come alive. 

 

I rolled my eyes again last night as one of my band members said "We need to play it faster as it's lacking any energy."

 

Maybe if they learned some internal dynamics and concentrated on phrasing instead of turning up to 11 it would have more life..