Favorite Sound Check songs?

[jowens004]

Dont you hate it when someone grabs a mic and goes....... "Check, check, check 1, 2"

God i hate that.

 

[jowens004]

No sound check. When the time comes we just play. My only request is a first song I don't sing.

You know I always get stuck singing the first few songs. We have a chic singer, and she just doesnt like to start things off. I dont like it much, but what can I do. Just hope I dont blow my voice on the first song before im warmed up good.

 

[rtslinger]

We usually do Georgia Satellites
Keep your hands to yourself
warms up the crowd for what's next

 

[ggunn]

Every engineer has a 'sound check' song for tuning a PA. What's yours?

I start by using the driverack to mute everything, and one by one unmute each cab and check for blown speakers, and that the crossover's are set correctly. For this I use "Another one bites the dust" because it has a nice separation of lows, mids, and highs.

To tune the room I use "Billy Jean" because it's got a nice mix. It's clear lows make it easy to dial in the subs. The snare and hihat are also very crisp which makes it easy to find where any slapback is coming from.


I can't tell you how many times I've been at a festival when from off in the distance arises.."I want my MTVEEEEEE".


What's your favorite sound check song?

The Grateful Dead's "Althea" from Without a Net.

 

[seanm]

I just plug in the MP3 player with my "safe list" and put it on random. But then, I am lucky if I get more than a minute to sound check the PA. If I take too long, the band starts playing without me

 

[Stranger Danger]

The Grateful Dead's "Althea" from Without a Net.

+ one bazillion

 

[Jazzdogg]

Oscar Peterson solo piano.

Being able to faithfully reproduce the sound of a grand piano for the audience at concert levels is, IME, one of the most difficult tests of a sound system's fidelity.

 

[Nicolas Amadeus Hartfiel]

I use The Hunter from Janiffer Warnes. is really good to check bass an drums setting