Live Sound Fundamentals

As a long-time musician with limited experience in running live sound and multi-track home recording, I found Bill Evans' book to be invaluable. I found is conversational style to be very friendly, non-intimidating and easy to follow. The information was highly useful and I was able to upgrade my skills and knowledge immediately (which is what I look for in a "fundamentals" book like this). Evans is that rare combination of musician (he is an actively gigging band leader, guitarist and singer) and "front-of-house" sound expert, so his knowledge of both sides of the industry is apparent. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of live sound.

I like this book! It is in my library for for pro sound along with the Yamaha DVD which is also excellent. It gives you practical info for setting up a sound system and describes the basics in good detail. If you are a musician looking to run sound for your band this book is ideal.

Very informative textbook on live sound. Using it to study for church.

Great instructional book..needed for a music class

Very Easy, and Very Organized, and Very Simple. BUY IT.

This book seems to have been rushed to the printer. It was poorly edited, has several errors, and repeats material.The actual content is definitely helpful but doesn't go too deep into anything, which makes sense reading the title.The biggest error is on page 117. The amps and ohms were mixed up, making the math problem wrong.And one subjective thing -- the author tries to be funny which is just embarrassingly cringe worthy.

I'm only on Chapter 12 of this book and overall it is very informative and discusses exactly what the title suggests: the fundamentals of live sound.Pros:-Recently published so you have the advantage of reading about digital consoles and other new media formats that aren't covered in older live sound books like Yamaha's Sound Reinforcement Handbook.-Pertains to the practical knowledge needed in real-life live sound mixing scenarios.-Written in a relaxed easy-to-follow tone rather than something formal that is harder to read and comprehend-Covers the basics throughoughly but usually not too in depth (like how logarithms work and are applied to sound)Cons:-Author uses the word "flavors" a total of 13 times in this book in the context of, "vocal mics come in two different 'flavors' dynamic and cardiod."-Very word-heavy book (I know that sounds stupid...) but I would have liked to see more visualization when discussing the different parts on the board rather than just describing where they are in words.-Some sentences are phrased in a confusing manner.-Some basic aspects I feel were overlooked and went in detail of the topics before explaining what they are and what they actually do. Exmaple: His section on panning didn't explain what the pan control actually does, but instead went into why engineers should not default into mixing in mono as opposed to stereo. So one could infer pan control has something to do with mixing mono vs stereo but I still don't have a real understanding of what it is and how it works.Overall it is worth the read. Some parts may be hard to understand if you are completely unfamiliar with live sound and how it works, but it contains much more useful information than most books on mixing that I've come across.

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