sound check

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Literature

“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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

He explained: "It's a very hard life because you will do up to four or five hours to get there, you'll set up, you'll do a sound check, then you'll do an hour set, and then you'll pack it all down and move to the next one".

From BBC

I uploaded the album on my way to the sound check.

From Los Angeles Times