Sound Design Live

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Online courses for beginner to intermediate level live sound engineers to improve their skills and grow their career.

Pro Audio Workshop: Seeing Sound

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Pro Audio Workshop: Seeing Sound ADVANCED

Real World RF Troubleshooting

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Real World RF Troubleshooting ADVANCED

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Guerrilla Mixing ADVANCED

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Success in Sound 2022

Courses in this Program:

$60

Sound System Tuning without Measurement Software

Tools at your fingertips to get your sound system in order.Tuning a sound system without measurement software is not ideal and not recomm...

$97

Guerrilla Mixing on Digital Consoles

$497

Real World RF Troubleshooting

Get practical guidance to help you quickly locate and address RF problems.48 video lessons with hardware+software demosCoordination check...

$30

Build a Library of Actionable Data w/Tracebook

At this interactive workshop you’ll learn how to build your own library of speaker measurements so that you can: ✓ Perform regular mainte...

$147

Live Sound Summit 2018

11 hours of training from 11 different expertsLifetime access to stream or download all videos, slides, and training materials30% discoun...

$147

Live Sound Summit 2019

17 hours of training from 17 different expertsLifetime access to stream or download all videos, slides, and training materials30% discoun...

$147

Online Wireless Workshop

Demystify wireless microphones and IEMs.9 hours of training from 7 different experts.Lifetime access to stream or download all videos, sl...

$77

How do I EQ my speakers? 2021

Questions we will answer:Should I aim for a flat EQ curve?How do I EQ quickly and get the best results?What's the best mic position for E...

$37

Introduction to the Phase Graph 2021

Questions we will answer:What are the optimal settings for the phase graph?How to practice when I don't have a PA?How to convert phase to...

$57

Intro to the Phase Graph 2022

At this interactive workshop you’ll discover how to easily read the phase graph in your audio analyzer so you can STOP being overwhelmed ...

$47

Phase Alignment Science Academy

Learn the power tools for problem solving.Questions we will answer:Where do I put the measurement mic?How do I use crossover filters?How ...

$87

Phase Alignment Science Academy 2022

At this workshop you’ll learn the only fool-proof crossover alignment method that works every time.Questions we will answer:1. Where do I...

$77

Getting Work Done with an Audio Analyzer

During this 2-hour workshop you will learn how to:EQ quickly and accuratelyTime align fill speakersPhase align Main+Sub speakersNote: Thi...

$497

Pro Audio Workshop: Seeing Sound

Learn speaker placement, aim, EQ, and crossover alignment to quickly and effectively maximize sound system tuning in any room.58 content-...

$197

Live Mix Mastery

Make the audience AND the artist happy by getting control of your mix quickly (without struggling)!

Get Started with Sound System Tuning

Are you a live sound engineer interested in sound system tuning?Maybe you have seen other people use Smaart on their shows and you want t...

$47

Follow the Sound System Tuning Roadmap

"You have the tools. Now what??🤨This workshop overcomes the biggest challenge with audio analyzers: They don't tell you what to DO.It's f...

$37

Reach Your Career Goals in 2022

$500

Success in Sound 2022

Reach your business goals in 2022

About NathanLively

Nathan Lively is the host of the Sound Design Live podcast (559K downloads), and author of Master Your Craft. He has toured nationally with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus and internationally with the Portuguese group, O'QueStrada. He lives in Minneapolis, MN.

What Our Members Have to Say:

“Can you learn it all on the job? You can, but I certainly wouldn’t recommend it. It’s the slowest hardest path. You'll start at the very bottom with that kind of mentality.

Instead, find the quality people to get insight from and find quality work to do. It’s a real challenge for our industry right now and Nathan is a good example of someone who's trying to offset this.” ― Robert Scovill

“You are the first person on the planet to make this more for simple mortals.” ― Mauricio Ramirez

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