Mixing in a loud environment

[AlexJ]

So im just answering a few questions for a potential venue gig im applying for.

I got asked whether my mixing will be better or worse in a loud room full of people?

just want to make sure i give the most accurate answer possible. what are the forums thoughts as havent found a whole lot of useful resources on the topic on the interwebs.

From my experience playing lots of loud gigs in the past,

I want to say that the mixing itself shouldnt change alot, however it will be harder to mix in a louder environment. if the monitor speakers arnt configured correctly fine tuning mixing points is difficult as the sound gets heavily reflected by walls etc. The fact that a room is full of people means that their movement itself will change the sound dynamic of room, absorbing alot of low end frequencies.

What ive found from my experience is that people dont really notice the 'noise' so much in loud environments such that you can fuck up alittle, overlap, have a bit of shoddy eqing etc. In this way mixing that is the same as a mixtape will sound much better in a loud club as minor eq points/volume issues will simply be lost in the clutter of the noise alreasy being pumped out by the front of house speakers.

any and all help is appreciated.

[Mitch]

If it was me id just say mixing is flawless regardless of a full/empty room. That is a stupid question

[AlexJ]

If it was me id just say mixing is flawless regardless of a full/empty room. That is a stupid question

i thought so as well

but i dont fuck around with this dude so im planning to just say. mixing is good regardless but... because he wouldnt have asked if he wasnt chasing something specific

[russell]

Like you touched on, it's only as easy as the monitors allow it to be.

[BeatLeSS]

"I've had experience with loud environments, and I'd have to say that my mixing is always flawless, but believe how well the system, stage/booth, and monitors are set up contribute."

Puts it on him to question his venue, normally it'll be positive so he'll be like "Fuck yeah my setup is dope, this guy will be king"

[AlexJ]

this is what i said in regards to the query

As for mixing in a loud busy room, in my experience the mixing itself will be good full or empty. I feel college has definitely improved my ability to fend off people who might want to come near the gear or interfere with the music. besides its a job not a charity people start getting too close I'm going to make sure i sought it out. The physical noise level can be distracting but if the monitor/booth speakers are half decent things should be fine.

[SolDios]

I've played on our HQ mainstage which is the biggest venue in town and I have to say opening sets are fucking horid.

Even with the huge monitors it cant block all the echo coming back from the back of the room.

[russell]

Even with the huge monitors

They need to be good, not huge.

[Cupe]

I hope that's not the exact response with the typo's and missing punctuation.