live sound
Real-time performance audio
Live sound is audio produced and heard in real time during a performance, as opposed to recorded or studio sound.
The term covers both the acoustic experience at concerts, theater, and events, and the technical field of mixing and amplifying that audio: She works in live sound for touring bands.
Live sound engineering involves managing microphones, speakers, and mixing boards to ensure audiences hear performers clearly.
- concertLive musical performance
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
- microphoneAudio input device
- speakerOne who talks
- venuePlace of occurrence
stage · mixing · soundcheck · PA system · feedback · monitors · crowd · reverb · bass · acoustic · gig · performance · engineer · faders · gain staging · decibels · front of house · mains
- sound effectsringtone, boing, crash, howl, buzzes
- audio equipmentspeakers, microphone, headphones, amplifier, amplifiers
- sound artsoundscape, soundscapes, field recording, electroacoustic, deep listening
live soundrecording
Captured audio or video
playback · canned music · studio recording · lip-syncing · backing track
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