soundcheck

plural soundchecks · alternative sound check · alternative sound-check

1. countableuncountableentertainmentAn activity that takes place before a concert, etc., when the performer and sound crew run through a small portion of the upcoming show on the venue's sound system to verify the volume and tonal frequencies.

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   Soundcheck for the band, today, takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It is late afternoon and while the arena's 17,000 outdoor seats are still empty the four members of Mumford & Sons – prospering British folk band, in the middle of a long tour of Australia, the US and the UK, their newly released album Babel a smash on all fronts – wander to centre stage.

   2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph

present singular third person soundchecks · participle present soundchecking · participle past soundchecked · past soundchecked · alternative sound check · alternative sound-check

1. intransitiveTo carry out a soundcheck.

   At a show by American singer Jeffrey Lewis in Leeds last month, he was still soundchecking at 11pm, and when Guns N' Roses made a comeback of sorts in 2006, their Hammersmith Apollo gig began at 11pm, and ended two hours later […]

   2007 November 2, Caroline Sullivan, “Why do gigs start so late?”, in The Guardian

2. transitiveTo perform (a song etc.) as part of a soundcheck.

   Guns N’ Roses were heard soundchecking a previously unreleased song ahead of their recent show in Tel Aviv.

   2023 June 7, Liberty Dunworth, “Guns N’ Roses soundcheck unreleased song ‘Perhaps’ ahead of Israel Concert”, in NME