All SR/Live Sound Feature Stories
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Top 10 Reasons For Bad Sound (And What You Can Do About It…)
By Karl Winkler
One of my favorite quotes goes something like this: “Let’s take some of these things over which we have no control, and do something…
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Chicago’s Park West: Fond Memories From The Past Three Decades
By Jack Alexander
As you head North from the Loop in Chicago, you exit right at Armitage Avenue, rolling past the Best Buy parking lot on your left and the commuter…
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Real World Gear: Subwoofers Large & Small
By Mark Frink
Whether bass reflex, infinite baffle, horn-loaded or band-pass, they put the tour into contoured sound and are the bedrock of rock. No music system…
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Real World Gear: Electret Measurement Microphones
By Mark Frink
While it’s possible to spend thousands of dollars on laboratory quality measurement microphones, electret measurement mics are all well under…
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Dave Rat Transmission: Sometimes Sound Is About Time
Time - a subject that seems to perplex even the more savvy of we humans who comprise the professional audio community.
How fast do sound signals travel through…
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First Look At The New Midas PRO6 Digital Mixing System
The best way to learn about the new Midas PRO6, the much anticipated sibling to the company’s XL8 digital mixing system, is by comparison to the XL8.
Both…
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Solar Powered Sound: Green & Loud On Van’s Warped Tour
By Keith Clark
Founded in 1994 by Lollapalooza veteran Kevin Lyman, the Vans Warped Tour has now grown to feature as many as 100 bands per stop, spread among numerous…
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Backstage Class: Live Recording Microphones
By Jack Alexander
As I was glomming the new issues of my favorite British Hi-Fi mags at the bookstore yesterday (Hi-Fi Plus and Hi-Fi News –…
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Carvin The Top Gun At Miramar Air Show
Widely recognized as the most dynamic air show in the country, the annual Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar Air Show, held earlier this month (October 2008) in San…
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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) About Aux-Fed Subwoofer Systems
Question: Doesn’t an aux-fed subwoofer system alter the gain structure in the crossover/processor, and therefore, corrupt the crossover points for the FOH loudspeaker…
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Tom Young Details The Aux-Fed Subwoofer Technique
Over the past several years, a technique most commonly called “aux fed subs” has been developed for reducing low-frequency “muddiness” from front-of-house…
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Old Soundman: Lawyers & Open Mics
Dear Old Soundman:
I’m a 23-year-old law student at Yale, and I discovered this summer that I really hate the practice of law. I mean I really hate it.…
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The Incidental Contractor: Go In With Eyes Wide Open
By Bruce Main
Another touring season is winding down.
Cables and snakes have been tested and repaired, wood painted, and cases treated to fresh new stenciling.…
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Tribute: Clair Brothers Celebrates 40 Years
Live Sound International magazine and ProSoundWeb pay tribute to iconic sound company Clair Brothers…
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Clair Brothers Touring: The Beginning
The story of Clair Brothers starts in 1954, when a grocer decided to purchase a PA system as a Christmas gift for his two sons, Gene and Roy Clair.
“He had…
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