Shop Talk Ep. 5 | What's Your Favorite System Tune Song?

Hey Friends! An often debated subject: the system tune song. Ben and I were working on an install and the subject came up. I figured it was a good opportunity to make a Shop Talk episode.
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[@mitas3484]

I start off with time alignment and pink noise, then 1-2 sweeps down front, center and rear. I tend to remove some 100-200 hz, a bit of 350 and on the top boxes of a line array I usually do a shelf to get rid of 10+khz screechy ness. It can get harsh further away, could carry more measurement mics, but I dont feel like having hundreds of feet of XLR for a single purpose.
Then usually play these sounds while walking around a given venue.
Jack of Speed - Steely Dan
Rip & Tear - Mick Gordon
Before - Neelix (Just because its awesome on big PA)
Hey Now - London Grammar
After that, I usually go back to your videos and complain about too much EQ.

[@alexbaumy]

Love this one!
Attention - Charlie Puth
Music For A Sushi Restaurant - Harry Styles
Nocturnal - The Midnight

[@johnmcquay82]

I have a few tracks I gravitate towards;
When I'm Alone - Lissie
Reflect - Neelix
No Diggity - Chet Faker
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
I have a playlist of test tracks that I pick from depending on the genre of the bands that are performing. I do a lot of multi-band shows, and usually engineer for all of the bands, which means it I can be mixing multiple genres, so I mix up my test tracks.

[@user-cg6lp5kl8n]

I have 4 “go-to’s”
1. Arctic Monkeys - Arabella (overall drum kit sound)
2. Deadmau5 - closer (low end lobing)
3. Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters/Jenny don’t lose that number (PA imaging and mids)
4. Michael Jackson - Jam (pa attack and decay)
If there’s more time, Florence & the machine - various
Alt-J - tessellate
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Hermitude - various
Billy Eilish - bad guy, if the vocals are “clear” I’ve done my job.

[@1962infiniteloop]

My go to tracks are 'Slave To The Rhythm' by Grace Jones..'Blue Monday' by New Order & 'Marathon' by Rush..3 tracks I know well..pull down some 400Hz & 1Khz and take it from there

[@therealcalebrz]

The best system tune song is the one you know the best. Im not sure why, but I always play "Midnight City" by M83. I lean towards mixers and engineers that I trust, so anything mixed by Chris Greely.

[@ThisDoesNotCompute]

Speaking of Bruce Hornsby, his album "Harbor Lights" is just amazing. And while 3EB's first album is great, their second album "Blue" is super underrated.

[@billylaguardia]

Agree 1000% to both!!

[@SpiritoftheBearmusic]

I can hear this video before watching Billy

[@billylaguardia]

Does it sound like the smooth dulcet tones of Bruce Hornsby? Cause it should.