What Skills Do Sound and Light Technicians Need?

To create a successful event, many factors must be combined from event equipment to human labor. In particular, it is impossible not to mention the technicians who always silently support the event to go smoothly and successfully.

THE ROLE OF SOUND LIGHT TECHNICAL STAFF

Sound and light technicians are those who work behind the scenes, they are behind the stage but have a very important role in each show. During the event, the technical staff always closely followed the program to adjust the sound and light system to suit each performance on the stage. Therefore, it can be said that sound and light technicians are the people behind the success of the program and are an indispensable part of any event.

LEARN ABOUT THE WORK OF SOUND LIGHT TECHNICAL STAFF

1. Sound technician

The sound technician is the one who directly determines the sound quality of the event. The duties of an event sound technician include:

• Arrange and install, connect devices in the sound system together
• Sound alignment based on speaker and microphone
• Play the soundtrack according to the scenario of the event
• Calibrate effects on the mixer to control the frequency ranges of the event's output
• Handling sound problems during the event

At music events, factors such as vocals, loudspeaker equipment and tuning technicians will create a good performance. Because each person will have a different voice, the task of the technician is to adjust the sound accordingly, so that the performance becomes more attractive and attractive to the listener.

2. Lighting technician

Not only sound technicians, the role of lighting technicians in the stage field is also very important. If sound conveys beauty and attracts listeners, light will bring beauty and attract all eyes of the audience. In fact, it is clear that these two fields have nothing to do with each other, but when a stage has a harmonious combination of sound and light, it will definitely create an attractive, unique and successful event. than.

The work of a lighting technician includes:

• Design, layout and install lighting systems suitable for each location that needs to be illuminated
• Connect to control devices and check the operation
• Adjust effects, colors, light intensity to suit each situation on stage
• Handling light problems during the event

WHAT SKILLS A SOUND LIGHT ENGINEER NEED TO HAVE?

To become a sound technician, event lighting needs qualities and skills such as:

1. Sharp and accurate grasping skills

This is an essential element of sound and light workers because they have to ensure quick and accurate adjustments and handling in accordance with the situation on the stage, ensuring the customer's event. goes on continuously, without interruption, as expected.

2. Creative skills

Technicians are also considered artists when they have the creative ability and imagination to find new adjustment methods and beautiful, eye-catching effects.

This profession is being interested by a lot of young people, but not everyone can work as a sound and light technician, this profession requires you to have the ability to appreciate music, have a delicate aesthetic eye, passion, enthusiasm for the profession, sometimes even having to be knowledgeable about singing, art, ....

3. Self-study skills

In any field, you need to be eager to learn in order to succeed. Moreover, in the era of technology, machinery and technical means are being rapidly improved and changed frequently, so you need to be quick to grasp information as well as find documents and how to use the website yourself. new equipment to catch up with trends, serving the working process in the best way, whether the equipment is old or new.

4. Professional skills

A lighting technician must have the expertise to understand the design, installation, maintenance and operation of the system. In addition, you must have a certain knowledge of electricity, the ability to read and understand drawings. Sound and lighting technicians need to be well-trained, remembering each role and function of the control buttons of each device in the sound and light system.

In addition to the above factors, to become a professional sound and light technician must have perseverance , passion and love for the job because any job requires "heart" , especially for with a profession that involves so much creativity. In order to overcome the difficulties and hardships in the profession, to bring the audience the most complete performance and stage, these "silent" people had to work very hard.

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