0 a test of the musical instruments and recording equipment at a music show, especially before the players come on stage, to make certain that everything is working and that the sound quality is good
Trivial as it might seem, starting the sound check from the stage can have a profound effect in removing barriers between performers and electroacoustic music.
The computer software and hardware extend the sound check into a debugging session.
Part of the rehearsal is taken up by an extraordinary sound check in which sound engineers push the outputs all the way up to listen to hisses and hums.
We still have all these ideas, and we play a lot of new stuff at sound check, just to feel it out.
I like to walk around during sound check.
I was going to have to do the sound check, anyway.
The sound check usually starts with the rhythm section, and then go on to the melody section and vocalists.
They can be found on a bootleg with the rest of the unmixed soundboard recording and the sound check.
