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Monday, June 29, 2009Simulating A Live Drum Solo In The Studio
PSW Staff 06/29/09 07:01 PM, 0 CommentsSuppose you just recorded a band in a club to create a live album. A few days after the gig, the drummer asks, “Can I play a drum solo in your studio, and have you add it to the album?… View this post
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Loudspeaker Measurement: An Overview Of EASERA SysTune
Charlie Hughes 06/29/09 09:10 AM, 0 CommentsEASERA SysTune is a relatively new, patent-pending audio measurement program from the Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG), designed for real-time analysis of acoustic signals and aimed at those doing system alignment, tuning and live sound applications. SysTune is not a… View this post
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Friday, June 26, 2009What’s The Delay? The Effects Of Weather Conditions On Sound
Bruce Main 06/26/09 10:21 AM, 0 CommentsSummer is here, and a good many of us are out working those “mud and dust” shows, fairs and festivals. We get to clean amplifier filters on a daily basis, put wedges into garbage bags to keep them dry, mix… View this post
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Thursday, June 25, 2009Don’t Bet Your Life: Get System AC Grounding Right
Bill Whitlock 06/25/09 12:47 PM, 0 CommentsAfter teaching seminars for more than 15 years now, it still amazes me how many otherwise competent professionals don’t understand the importance of proper equipment safety grounding. Even more shocking (pun intended), many routinely and casually disconnect safety grounds to… View this post
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009Understanding Loudspeaker Specifications And What They Can Tell You
Kent Morris 06/24/09 10:16 AM, 0 CommentsWhat’s wrong with this scenario? A clean stream of audio, processed through state-of-the-art digital processing devices and amplified by an advanced power amplifier, is delivered to the audience through a cone of paper pulp inside a wooden box. The weak… View this post
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009Guerrilla Recording: Adding More Dynamic Range To Your Mixes
Karl Coryat 06/23/09 10:25 AM, 1 CommentEven with today’s inexpensive recording systems, it’s possible to achieve a dynamic range of over 90 dB—in other words, the loudest sounds you record can be over 90 decibels louder than the background noise. Managing all of the “area” between… View this post
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Friday, June 12, 2009Acoustic Fundamentals And The Nature Of Sound
Neil Thompson Shade 06/12/09 05:07 PM, 3 CommentsWhy should one bother trying to understand basic acoustics? The most simple (and correct) answer is that study of basic concepts enables one to sort through the truth, semi-truth, myths and flat-out errors that pervade the pro audio industry. The… View this post
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Noise Gates 101: What They Do & How To Use Them Optimally
Andy Peters 06/12/09 04:58 PM, 0 CommentsNoise gates, usually called just “gates,” are dynamics processors that you use when you want to automatically turn off a channel if the signal is not present. They perform this magic by “looking” at the input signal, and if it… View this post
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009Mike Wireless: The RF Spectrum Before & After The “Big Day”
Mike Wireless 06/30/09 02:11 PM, 0 CommentsSo the big day (June 12, formerly February 17, 2009) came and went, and now we have the results of “the change”. For those of you living under a rock for the past 10 years, what has happened is that… View this post
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009Mike Wireless: Recent Wireless Technology Series: Inside The Lectrosonics D4
Mike Wireless 06/23/09 07:46 AM, 1 CommentThe newest wireless system offering from Lectrosonics, the D4, is the first one I’m reviewing that does not use the UHF spectrum. Instead, the D4 runs in the license-free ISM band between 902 and 928 MHz. Unlike the UHF band,… View this post
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Friday, June 19, 2009Audio Pundit: InfoComm 2009, Day 2: Digital Tide Keeps Rolling
Keith Clark 06/19/09 05:35 AM, 0 CommentsDay 2 of InfoComm 2009 in Orlando proved just as interesting as day 1, starting with a big announcement from Yamaha, which will be handling the North American distribution of the Audinate Dante-MY16-AUD card, which was also just introduced at… View this post
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009Audio Pundit: InfoComm 2009, Day 1: Back To The Future
Keith Clark 06/17/09 04:02 PM, 0 CommentsThe Expo portion of InfoComm 2009 at the Orlando Convention Center is underway, so let’s dive right into a very busy and interesting day one of the show. This morning I had the pleasure of sitting down with Rich Zwiebel.… View this post
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Friday, June 12, 2009Audio Pundit: Past & Present: Were The “Good Old Days” Really All That?
Keith Clark 06/12/09 01:20 PM, 1 CommentA recent poll here at ProSoundWeb asked, “The one thing I’d like to see the return of, or at least more of, in sound reinforcement is...” Response choices included tube electronics, rotary faders, loud/distorted audio, wired-only microphones, and wedges only… View this post
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009Mike Wireless: Recent Wireless Technology Series: Inside The MIPRO ACT Digital
Mike Wireless 06/10/09 12:03 PM, 2 CommentsThe MIPRO ACT Digital wireless system has been on the market for a couple of years, and like the AKG DMS 700 digital wireless system, it uses the same UHF bandwidth we’re all familiar with when using any UHF-band microphones.… View this post
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