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Thursday, March 18, 2010Church Sound Files: The Basics Of Lectern, Altar & Handheld Vocal Microphones
Tim Vear 03/18/10 11:28 AM, 0 CommentsIn order to select a microphone for a specific application, it is first necessary to know the important characteristics of the sound source(s) and of the sound system. Once these are defined, a look at the five areas of microphone… View this post
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Sunday, March 14, 2010Church Sound System Tune Up: Cable Wrapping 101
Mike Sokol 03/14/10 02:37 PM, 2 CommentsProvided by HOW To Church Sound Workshops. One of the most important things a church sound operator/technician learn is how to properly wrap cables for the sound system. A properly shop-wrapped cable will not only lay flat without any loops… View this post
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010Church Sound Basics: “1,000 Watts” Isn’t Necessarily 1,000 Watts By Some Standards
Jon Baumgartner 03/09/10 04:42 PM, 0 CommentsAt some point in the past, certain power amplifier manufacturers got hip to the fact that the only specification most power amp buyers pay attention to is wattage. Sadly, they decided that misleading specs were OK as long as it… View this post
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Monday, March 08, 2010Sacred Sound: Making it Mobile
David McLain 03/08/10 11:00 AM, 1 CommentWhen thinking of a church, most people conjure images of a building with chairs or pews, carpet on the floor, maybe some stained glass. The speakers hang in a cluster near the front and there’s a sound booth in the… View this post
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Thursday, March 04, 2010RE/P Files: Wally Heider Recording Sammy Davis, Jr. LIVE at the “NOW Grove” (1970)
Chris Huston 03/04/10 08:46 AM, 0 Comments10:30 PM . . . the ‘NOW GROVE’. . . the comedy team has slipped back behind the curtain . . . the room is hushed . . . expectant. . . apprehensively darkened . . . unaware that tonight’s… View this post
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Monday, February 15, 2010Studio Techniques To Get Great Sounding Vocals, Part 2: In The Control Room
Barry Rudolph 02/15/10 05:25 PM, 1 Comment(See part 1 of this series.) During a session, I remember when an artist was on mic, out in the studio ready to start vocal overdubs, and the producer asked: “how do we look in here from out there?” Interesting,… View this post
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010Church Sound Maintenance: Cable Soldering In 10 Easy Steps
Mike Sokol & Hector La Torre 02/09/10 02:54 PM, 1 CommentProvided by HOW To Church Sound Workshops. One of the major causes of audio glitches and complete failure during worship services is the broken microphone cable. Churches spend a lot of time and money each year tracking down intermittent or… View this post
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Friday, January 22, 2010Tools For Worship: Evaluating & Selecting Loudspeakers
PSW Staff 01/22/10 05:43 PM, 0 CommentsIn the world of sound system design and installation, there’s an old adage that states, “Your system is only as good as the weakest component in the signal chain.” This is especially true of a sound system’s loudspeakers. They are… View this post
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010Technologist: The Value Of UPS Protection In Your Studio
Kyle P. Snyder 03/10/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsWhile the skies now shine bright over my home state of Indiana, less than a month ago it was particularly harrowing to use Pro Audio equipment in the Midwest. Why? Well, we were constantly plagued with blizzards and freezing rain,… View this post
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Friday, February 26, 2010Technologist: A “Walk Down That Lonesome Road” Of DAE Errors
Kyle P. Snyder 02/26/10 04:55 PM, 0 CommentsSometimes, despite the best of intentions, things just go wrong. I know because that’s exactly what happened to me today. I sat down at a workstation that worked perfectly the day before (OK, not perfectly, but you get the point),… View this post
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Thursday, February 18, 2010Audio Pundit: From The Editors: The Time Is Now - Save Our Wireless Systems!
Keith Clark 02/18/10 05:27 PM, 1 CommentUPDATE: The FCC has moved the deadline for filing comments to Monday, March 1, 2010. Last month, the FCC announced that wireless systems must cease operation in the 700 MHz frequency band by June 12, 2010. In reading through their… View this post
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Sunday, February 07, 2010Technologist: Firewire Device Hierarchy: Does It Really Matter?
Kyle P. Snyder 02/07/10 08:40 PM,FireWire: it just sounds fast, doesn’t it? At the very least, it certainly sounds faster than USB. Perhaps that was Apple’s intention when they sat down with Sony, Texas Instruments, and many others to create an amazingly accessible data transfer… View this post
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010Z's World Of Church Sound: Sometimes “Live Sound Can Just Be So Live”
Gary Zandstra 01/26/10 06:49 PM, 0 CommentsA good friend of mine, Mark, is the technical director at a large local church. About a year ago he sent me an email describing the “disaster” he had on a Sunday morning. An excerpt: “To our surprise we had… View this post
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Sunday, January 24, 2010Technologist: Identifying “Go To” Sources For Important & Necessary Microphone Data
Kyle P. Snyder 01/24/10 02:49 PM, 0 CommentsIt’s no secret an engineer’s knowledge of his tools is a source of great power. Any time I’m preparing for a recording session or live sound gig, the first thing I set upon once I determine the makeup of the… View this post
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