Lakota: Cipher

30/09/21 - Lakota Cipher:

On this night I learnt more thoroughly how to set up the DJ mixers and CDJ’s, making sure to pay attention to set it to line. These were set up for the main room and one other room, the second room never got used. For FOH the wedges were squeaked remotely from a laptop on stage. All the patch was set up and the Behringer X32 desk was already configured so my job was to monitor levels and mix the DJ’s. One of the XTA amp channels for the SB28 subs was running a bit harder than the others, but I didn’t adjust it as I didn’t feel confident knowing the user interface for the amps and felt it wise not to tweak mid show. However, this is an area that I can work on to develop my skills. I EQ’ed the FOH DJ sound to monitor bass frequencies and account for an identified standing wave in the room. The bar balcony delays were quiet but mostly propagating where members of the public weren’t allowed for this night. After I achieved a well balanced sound that accurately displayed the amount of subwoofers used I was asked by the event organiser to turn the sub level down. Adhering to this, I was able to excite the crowd by playing the fader levels down and back to their original position leading up to ‘drops’ in the songs, creating the illusion of a louder sound. 80-100 Hz was a resonant frequency band, specifically 80Hz.. I put a high pass EQ filter and low pass EQ filter to look after the speakers and limit the sound where no audible noise context exists. I also notched out some harsh feedback frequencies such as 2kHz and 3kHz. I applied the EQ for standard balanced mixing, and then separately applied a graphic EQ to notch harsher and resonant frequencies.