sound check

noun

: a test of sound equipment
They did a sound check before the concert.

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After sound check, Cuco made his way back to the suite level to wait for the rest of his party to arrive, which included his parents, Adolfo Banos and Irma Mendoza. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025 Unlike last year, this year’s event won’t include a Thursday night sound check and will end at 10:30 p.m., 30 minutes earlier than previously proposed. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025 These would include packing the tour van, getting the clothes cleaned, working the lights for shows, and running sound check, among other things. Devonne Goode, Parents, 24 Sep. 2024 Ohio Governor Mike DeWine takes part in a sound check at the Fiserv Forum ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 14, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024 Richards says the venue has declined his clients' requests for Wooly's to move the venue's sound check schedule from earlier in the day to 5pm. Linh Ta, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024 Jake Xerxes Fussell plays his 1976 Fender Telecaster, his favorite guitar to play on the road, during a sound check before a gig at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 22, 2024. Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024 Best Part of Recording Human Clay The majority of that record was written on the road during sound check. Dan Hyman, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024 Behind them board operators ran a sound check and a wardrobe assistant shook out costumes. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 June 2024

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“Sound check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20check. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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