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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Church Sound Basics: “1,000 Watts” Isn’t Necessarily 1,000 Watts By Some Standards
Jon Baumgartner
03/09/10 04:42 PM,
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At 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…
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Monday, March 08, 2010
Sacred Sound: Making it Mobile
David McLain
03/08/10 11:00 AM,
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When 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…
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
RE/P Files: Wally Heider Recording Sammy Davis, Jr. LIVE at the “NOW Grove” (1970)
Chris Huston
03/04/10 08:46 AM,
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10:30 PM . . . the ‘NOW GROVE’. . . the comedy team has slipped back behind the curtain . . . the room is hushed . . . expectant. . . apprehensively darkened . . . unaware that tonight’s…
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Studio Techniques To Get Great Sounding Vocals, Part 2: In The Control Room
Barry Rudolph
02/15/10 05:25 PM,
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(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,…
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Church Sound Maintenance: Cable Soldering In 10 Easy Steps
Mike Sokol & Hector La Torre
02/09/10 02:54 PM,
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Provided 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…
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Church Sound Basics: The Most Common Cause Of “Blown” Loudspeakers
Jon Baumgartner
01/27/10 12:15 PM,
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I’m the pro audio guy at a music store in Iowa, and my office is in the back corner of our electronic repair shop. Because I get to overhear the sad tales of woe from the repair shop customers, I’ve…
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Tools For Worship: Evaluating & Selecting Loudspeakers
PSW Staff
01/22/10 05:43 PM,
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In 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…
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Understanding Target Sound Pressure Level And Required Amplifier Size
Charlie Hughes
01/20/10 07:30 AM,
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In a previous article (“Loudspeaker Sensitivity”), I examined the topic of loudspeaker sensitivity and how it may or may not relate to the overall sound pressure level (SPL) produced by a loudspeaker. One of the conclusions of that article is…
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Technologist: The Value Of UPS Protection In Your Studio
Kyle P. Snyder
03/10/10 08:45 AM,
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While 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,…
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Technologist: A “Walk Down That Lonesome Road” Of DAE Errors
Kyle P. Snyder
02/26/10 04:55 PM,
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Sometimes, 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),…
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Audio Pundit: From The Editors: The Time Is Now - Save Our Wireless Systems!
Keith Clark
02/18/10 05:27 PM,
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UPDATE: 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…
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
Technologist: Firewire Device Hierarchy: Does It Really Matter?
Kyle P. Snyder
02/07/10 08:40 PM,
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Z's World Of Church Sound: Sometimes “Live Sound Can Just Be So Live”
Gary Zandstra
01/26/10 06:49 PM,
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A 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…
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Technologist: Identifying “Go To” Sources For Important & Necessary Microphone Data
Kyle P. Snyder
01/24/10 02:49 PM,
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It’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…
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