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Course Description

This course is a deep dive into live sound production. This course will cover everything from power, speakers, live sound mixing, and monitors, to Dante. The live sound course will provide the student with hands on interaction with the most current technology and work flows used in live sound production.

Course Outline

Week 1- Live Sound Roles

Week 2- Power, Cabling, Cable Wrapping

Week 3- Staging, Stage Setup, Mic Stand Setup

Week 4-Introduction to Monitors

Week 5-Ringing out monitors, setup for in ears, setup stage and micing.

Week 6- Introduction to RF and Wireless

Week 7- Introduction to System Teching, Edqing a Sound system

Week 8-Introduction to Front of House Mixing, building a show file, console workflow

Week 9- First Day of Front of House mixing. Students will mix source tracks from a live show, focusing on eq and balance

Week 10- Lavilier, headworn and alternative micing and treatment

Week 11-Second Day of House mixing. Students will mix source tracks, with a focus on adding dynamics and effects

Week 12-Communication, Working as a team when working with a monitor engineer and Front of House

Week 13- Various show performance conventions, muting effects between songs, cueing scenes, playing music between bands, how to mute and unmute the pa. Q Lab

Week 14-Introduction to Dante

Week 15 -Third Day of Front of House Mixing, with Monitor Engineer

Week 16- Running a sample show

 

Learner Outcomes

The live sound course is designed to show students the typical workflows used in live sound production environments. The course will provide the knowledge necessary to acquire an entry level position in a live sound company or church, and/or strengthen existing knowledge and introduce state of the art technology that is taking over the industry such as DANTE audio over ip.

Prerequisites

ENT-ENT 7001 - Audio 1
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Section Title
Sound & Audio Engineering 5: Live Sound
FIS ID
350110
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
M
Time
5:30PM to 7:30PM
Dates
Jan 12, 2026
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
M
Time
5:30PM to 7:30PM
Dates
Jan 26, 2026 to Feb 23, 2026
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
M
Time
5:30PM to 7:30PM
Dates
Mar 09, 2026 to May 11, 2026
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
32.0
Location
  • Levine Campus / CPCC
Delivery Options
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $269.00
Additional Fee(s)
Accident Insurance $1.60 Mandatory
CAPS Fee $12.00 Mandatory
Drop Request Deadline
Jan 05, 2026
Transfer Request Deadline
Jan 05, 2026
Instructors
  • Matthew Laplant
Section Notes

Class will not meet on 1/19 and 3/2.

 

Section Title
Sound & Audio Engineering 5: Live Sound
FIS ID
350111
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
M
Time
8:00PM to 10:00PM
Dates
Jan 12, 2026
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
M
Time
8:00PM to 10:00PM
Dates
Jan 26, 2026 to Feb 23, 2026
Type
Discussion / Lecture
Days
M
Time
8:00PM to 10:00PM
Dates
Mar 09, 2026 to May 11, 2026
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
32.0
Location
  • Levine Campus / CPCC
Delivery Options
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $269.00
Additional Fee(s)
Accident Insurance $1.60 Mandatory
CAPS Fee $12.00 Mandatory
Drop Request Deadline
Jan 05, 2026
Transfer Request Deadline
Jan 05, 2026
Instructors
  • Matthew Laplant
Section Notes

Class will not meet on 1/19 and 3/2.

 

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