Pro Sound Panel 2
Varying Applications to Live Sound Mixing
Moderated by Liz May
Featuring Danny Slaughter, Liquid 5th, and Kyle Welch
Join this team of live sound engineers as they compare and contrast their approaches to live sound in their unique roles as a front of house engineer. Their experiences range from rock & roll to symphony orchestra to a cappella and everything in between. This interactive panel will take questions and comments from participants and will be answered in real time. We will focus topics on their different approaches to prep, mic application, workflow, profile set up, and mixing techniques. We will also talk about the challenges the industry is facing and how they have adapted.
Kyle Welch has worked as an audio engineer and educator since 2003. He has toured nationally and internationally as a Front of House Mixer and Production Manager for major label recording artists. As well as being a skilled audio mixer, Kyle also specializes in audio system design and optimization as well as wireless system coordination. He is currently the Front-of-House Mixer and Production Manager for the country band Lonestar. He also holds a position as System Designer and Integrator for the audio and video install firm TruBlue AV. Following his music and audio education, he accepted a position as an Audio Engineering instructor for Guilford Technical Community College. In 2014 Kyle moved to Nashville, TN to become the Director of Live Sound Education at The Blackbird Academy where he worked until 2019 when he returned to touring full time.
Danny Slaughter has been a professional live sound engineer for over 42 years. He has worked with over 100 artists, acts and presenters including Grammy and Dove Award Winners, Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductees and TV Personalities. He has been a live sound engineer and technical director for many organizations, including Westover Church and the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Danny has been trained by SynAudCon, and is a member of the organization. With a wide variety of experience, he is a former Advisory Board Member and Guest Instructor to the Larry Gatlin School of Entertainment Technology at Guilford Technical Community College. He also provides volunteer technical support for Northwest High School Marching Band and Performing Arts Program, and is the former owner/operator of Simply Video Production Company.
Liquid 5th is a leading international a cappella production company headquartered in Durham, NC. Members of their team have more than a decade of experience producing award-winning studio albums and live sound engineering. Liquid 5th has recorded, engineered, and mixed live sound vocals for hundreds of groups from all over the country, building an acute ear for the specific needs of a cappella groups in both a recorded studio and live amplified performance setting. Owner Chris Juengel toured with Pentatonix as their sound technician in 2013 and has also worked with Varsity Vocals, PopTV’s Sing it On, A&E’s Pitch Slapped, CASA, A Cappella Academy and many more.
Liz May, owner of SoundLizzard Productions and founder of TRAINcycle, is an audio engineer, musician, producer, and entrepreneur in the music scene and entertainment industries of North Carolina. Through SoundLizzard Productions she has worked with hundreds of artists, both in and out of the studio, through project management and artist development to help propel them into sustaining career artists. She has also worked with numerous clients across the state with live sound, production management, studio, and a/v support services. She is the Manager at the historic RJ Reynolds Auditorium, a 1900-seat 1924 performance hall in the heart of Winston-Salem. Liz is committed to the mission of TRAINcycle, cultivating relationships and partnerships between the education sector and the arts and entertainment industries, and believes that it combines her various skills, education, and experiences into an innovative new concept.