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Allen Gerhardt
I’m a live sound engineer and production manager with 17 years of experience in large-scale entertainment: live theater, arena, stadium, corporate and festival shows.
I started in 2011 with Feld Entertainment, where I rose from audio assistant to audio department head, mixing a nine-piece live band for more than 400 shows a year. Since then I’ve worked as a senior audio engineer, system engineer and project manager, and today I tour as FOH engineer and production manager for One Night of Queen.
- FOH & MonitorsA1, A2 and system engineer
- Production ManagementAdvancing, crews, load-in to load-out
- RF & WirelessCoordination and frequency management
- System DesignPre-production for shows of 100 to 2,000+
Experience
Jul 2024 – Present
Freelance Audio Engineer & Production Manager
- One Night of Queen: Production Manager (Jan 2025 – Present). Advance shows and direct a crew of 3 touring personnel and 12 local hands.
- One Night of Queen: FOH Engineer (Jul 2024 – Present). Mix on a Yamaha DM7 and deploy JBL A8 tops and B18 subs on Crown 4x3500 amps.
- A1 and A2 for IMS Technology Services; A1 and system engineer for Clearwing Productions.
Nov 2021 – Jul 2024
Senior Audio Engineer IMS Technology Services · Boothwyn, PA
- Worked shows as A1, A2 and system engineer on Yamaha CL, QL and TF consoles.
- Pre-production and system design for shows from 100 to 2,000 attendees.
- Maintained and repaired Martin, JBL and QSC speakers, plus cables and other gear.
- Ran Shure wireless and Delegate systems, RF, and Clear-Com FreeSpeak II, HelixNet and Arcadia; set up lighting and video as needed.
May 2017 – Mar 2020
Audio System Technician Clearwing Productions · Milwaukee, WI
- Mixed FOH and monitors on DiGiCo, Avid, Yamaha and Midas consoles for large and small events.
- Maintained and used L-Acoustics, JBL, Outline and QSC speakers and Shure and Sennheiser wireless.
- Production and project manager, with pre-production and production design, on events and festivals.
- NACA Project Manager (Sep – Nov 2019): led a crew of 15 through load-in, show and load-out; mixed monitors for acts from solo spoken word to six-piece bands; coordinated schedules with national and regional coordinators and handled site operations including stage placement, power drops and rigging points.
Mar 2011 – May 2017
Audio Department Head Feld Entertainment · Palmetto, FL
- Head of audio (Mar 2014 – May 2017): trained crew on DiGiCo and Yamaha consoles, Meyer Sound speakers, Shure wireless, mixing and chain motor operation.
- Oversaw audio load-ins and load-outs, troubleshooting and repair, and a $31,000 annual department budget.
- Mixed monitors and FOH for a nine-piece live band at 400+ shows a year, and tuned the system weekly with SIM 3.
- Helped the general manager and operations manager move show equipment between cities.
- Audio assistant (Mar 2011 – Mar 2014): FOH and monitor mixing, Meyer point source speakers, RF and repairs.
Gear & Systems
Consoles
Yamaha DM7, CL, QL, TF · DiGiCo · Avid · MidasLoudspeakers
JBL · L-Acoustics · Meyer Sound · Martin · Outline · QSCWireless & RF
Shure (including Delegate) · SennheiserComms
Clear-Com FreeSpeak II, HelixNet, ArcadiaTuning & Networking
SIM 3 · SMAART · Dante · JBL Performance ManagerSoftware
Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPointEducation & Certifications
- Full Sail University: AS in Show Production and Touring (2010)
- OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Outreach
- Dante Levels 1 and 2
- L-Acoustics: K2, System Fundamentals, M1/P1, Loudspeaker System Calibration
- JBL Performance Manager and Line Array Calc 3
- Rational Acoustics SMAART training
- Shure Advanced RF Workshop
- SynAudCon Course 200: Signal Chain Optimization
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Contact
Available for live sound and production management work. Reach out to talk about your show.