Learning Session Video
System Engineer Skills for the Mix Engineer with Cookie Hoff and Pooch Van Druten
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
With the goal of improving your mixes and ensuring more consistent results from venue to venue, this webinar provides front of house mixers with some of the skills and knowledge of a systems engineer. Hoff has mixed live acts for nearly 30 years and has toured with acts such as Justin Bieber, Shania Twain, Styx and many more, while Van Druten is an experienced producer and live sound engineer with three Grammy nominations and credits on platinum- and gold-certified records.INSTRUCTOR BIO:
Chris “Cookie” Hoff holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Moorhead State University and has mixed live acts for nearly 30 years. He has toured as a front of house, monitor or systems engineer with acts such as STYX, Josh Groban, Shania Twain, Ricky Martin, Justin Bieber, Blue Man Group and Lords of Acid.
Ken “Pooch” Van Druten is an experienced producer and live sound engineer with a degree from Berklee College of Music, three Grammy nominations and credits on multiple platinum- and gold-certified records. Over the years, Pooch has worked with Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses and others.