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sound check

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noun

  1. an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“To be real with you, some of my early stuff wasn’t the most authentic,” she says as her drummer starts thwacking a snare during sound check .

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

In late May, Axelrod fired Wyatt during a sound check.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

"It was really hit or miss because every day he would go out to do sound check, and he would choose one of his three pianos and play something like Expecting To Fly," says Hannah.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2025

And we didn’t have the sound check in our script.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2025

After introductions and a sound check, we are almost set up.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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