I learnt in a mixture of ways! It started off in year 5 setting up the
Mic stand for assembly and then I got hooked after that! I read the manuals, and did the hard yards of research understanding what everything meant. When I felt comforable I went and watched techs, everywhere. I then did some work of my own, I watched people, talked to them about their techniques, and then just used alot of TRIAL and ERROR to figure out what sounded good, what did what, and what 'moving this
fader to full with
gain at 5 o'clock' did.
Just learn by getting out into the field and doing it. Hands on is the best way to learn.
I've had to learn about it myself. But once i knew, I learnt a whole lot more as I was able to understand what people were going on about! If someone was to say to me "You have to take out this 50Hz Frequency to do this" or "this is the EQ from the
XLR out to the Amp then through the
return" (it doesn't actually make sense but It's just an example haha) i wouldn't have known unless I understood!
So keep learning! Get out into the field. Watch, Ask Questions and most importantly have fun doing it!
Cheers