Dave Hibbs Live Sound Engineer

10/23/2024

The new series of behringer Wing consoles are coming soon! Pre-order yours now at www.AltoMusic.com

10/23/2024

10/22/2024

10/07/2024

On this day in 1966, Time Drags By by Cliff Richard was released.

I had been booked to play harmonica on a session at EMI Records Studio Number Two and discovered that it was for Cliff Richard. The song had been written by The Shadows guitarists Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, who were there with drummer Brian Bennett and Cliff. They were super gracious and encouraging and it was a pleasure to have worked with some of the UK music aristocracy.

It was so cool to have the chance to work with The Shadows. As a studio musician, you weren’t supposed to show any emotion whatsoever, but I couldn’t hide my huge respect for them, the band members who were there in the studio with me. I hope I did a good job for them, because they gave me so much inspiration along the way as a teenager – they still do, actually.

This song was later to feature in the film Finders Keepers. In 1959 I played one support spot whilst in Neil Christian and the Crusaders for Cliff and the Shadows at Edmonton Odeon. I was still at school and I couldn't really talk to the other kids about this so I kept it to myself.

In 1981, in the same studio on the same day, I was overdubbing the orchestra on the Death Wish II project.

📸 © Abbey Road Studios

10/07/2024

Just saw the Lyle Lovett and his Large Band show Saturday. DiGiCo Quantum 225s at FOH & monitor. Steve Weiss helming FOH. Here he is prepping the show

10/03/2024

Elements of music

09/30/2024

With Funk Guitars USA – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

09/26/2024

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09/26/2024

Know Your Vocal Range.

09/16/2024

09/11/2024

This is the Mitsubishi Dialtone D160, the largest subwoofer ever built, with 60 inches in the 1980s. Weighing 800kg, it can easily shatter windows and produces small earthquakes that can be felt like ground vibrations within a 2-kilometer range.

At the Koriyama factory, the test was conducted at first in the measuring room, but was stopped because the ceiling lamps fell due to vibration.

The outdoor test appeared to have a negative impact on the neighborhood. At a distance of about 100 m from the speaker, the sound was felt, but at a greater distance, it was transmitted as vibration and noise on the earth instead of an audible sound. Within a 2-kilometer radius of the factory, damage such as vibrations, small earthquakes, as well as noises from walls and windows occurred.

08/18/2022