Red Hot Chilli Peppers Front Of House

US Analog live sound mixing setup in detail      06/07/22

Audiophiles can often be found peering behind the scenes at live concerts, perusing the mixing desk and casting a beady eye over the mix engineers choice of beverage. In this video we see more than a glance at the front of house setup for Red Hot Chilli Peppers from David Rat - who has also worked with Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, The Offspring, and Blink 182.

In this video from 2016, he takes us methodically through the setup, pointing out every element and explaining its place in the setup - including detailing the effects, compression, metering, gates EQs and more. We shared a simitar video not too long ago showing behind the scenes at Dr Dre's studio.

Dave has also shared a video on his strategy for mixing live shows:

 

More videos from Dave Rat here: https://www.youtube.com/c/DaveRat/videos

 

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 


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