soundcheck

sound +‎ check

soundcheck (countable and uncountable, plural soundchecks)

1. An 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.
   • 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph‎:

     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.

From English soundcheck.

soundcheck c

1. (colloquial) a soundcheck

   Jag brukar säga att all väntan, alla soundcheckar, att bo på alla hotellrum, det är det jag tar betalt för och jobbet på scen, det är gratis.

   I used to say that all waiting, all the soundchecks, staying in all these hotel rooms, this is what I charge for, and the performance on stage, that comes for free.

• soundchecka

• soundcheck in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)