@Serr … I agree that the sound engineer IS a musician and ideally an integral part of the band - I was. Went to all rehearsals etc with my own ideas for songs etc, but not as a "player" of an instrument. Being aware of how all the sounds fit together is such a skill, often not appreciated by bands! I found that besides the usual instrument balancing getting the vocals balanced esp in harmonies is vital - the wrong harmony voice poking up just makes it all sound VERY wrong! Same actually for multiple guitar harmony parts too, for instance!
Yes, I was always walking around the room - of course, any error and I had to dash back to the desk. No remote in those days!
I too had some idiot mess with the desk when I was doing something else! They also messed with a tape intro as well, which was positioned for the start of the show - cue electronic piece, band filter onto stage one a t time taking over a part in the electronica until all on stage and then … bang, into the full live stuff!
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