Every professional who works in a company in the sound sector must have basic working tools that we want to review in this post. Tools that can not miss to not ruin the work.
We can only start with the headphones . You will have to take them in case, in the course of work, you need to monitor or check something without letting the sound from outside get in. So that they bulge as little as possible, it is better to choose ones that can be folded. Nor can you miss the typical multi-tool that includes a screwdriver, knife, scissors, pliers … In the course of a sound technician’s working day, many times you have to use these tools to cut a cable or adjust the screw of the foot of a micro . The next item in our kit are adapters. You have to carry a little bit of everything (female XLR, male XLR, XLR-TRS, RCA-TS, Speakon splicers). A good idea is to take them in pairs in case you have to adapt something in stereo.
We continue with the flashlight or headlamp to have free hands. You must also wear gloves when you have to load, unload, wire or collect snakes . Also, don’t forget a few permanent markers because you will almost always find something to mark. Nor of the marking tapes . Nowadays in most cases Velcro cables are used, but a roll of bodybuilder tape will never hurt to mark things on the sound table or on the floor where it is placed.
We turn to the memory pencils . Today with digital tables the issue of storage is key. Bring one or two flash drives in case you have to save or load a scene on the table. If you work on live sound, you will wear custom ear plugs . If you have to deal with the sound of two concerts a day, believe us, you’ll appreciate it. Also, don’t forget a few spare batteries or the cable that allows you to connect your mobile phone to any sound table. Finally, sound technicians often wear lighting tape . It is fluorescent tape to mark positions on stage in low light.
