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Monday, April 02, 2012Step By Step: One Guy’s Path To Building A Pro Audio Rig
Tim Weaver 04/02/12 02:28 PM,I’ve been in the pro audio business for almost 20 years, but I never set out to be a sound system provider. But in 2008, after eight years working at a large university’s theatre complex, well, as Bob Dylan said,… View this post
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012Extremes: Utilizing DSP On The “Low Lows” And “High Highs” Of Loudspeakers
Ken DeLoria 03/13/12 04:36 PM,Be sure to read the first two parts of this series: —Making It Flat: Analyzing Loudspeakers & DSP—Harnessing The Power Of Digital Signal Processing ————————————————- Years ago, a couple of smart guys named Thiele and Small characterized the behavior of… View this post
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Friday, March 09, 2012Special Report: Wireless Interference Protections
Henry Cohen 03/09/12 10:52 AM,Rules for the operation of Television Band Devices (TVBD) in the core TV bands (low VHF – channels 2-6; high VHF – channels 7-13; and UHF – channels 14-51) were finalized in January 2010. One of the requirements of TVBD… View this post
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Monday, February 13, 2012Method To The Madness: The Anatomy Of An Audio Rack
Dave Rat 02/13/12 06:09 PM,Prior to hitting the road with Soundgarden on tour last summer, Dave Rat documented his front of house racks. This collection of gear was deployed with a main system of L-Acoustics K1 line source (3-way) loudspeakers in flown arrays, K1-SB… View this post
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012One-Stop Shopping: Captain, What Does It Mean, This Term “Full Production”?
Teri Hogan 02/07/12 02:30 PM,Sound companies handle “one-off” shows every day. It’s usually formulaic, and after a while, we do it by rote. But what happens when the client wants one-stop shopping? This is also known as “full production” or “turn key service,” and… View this post
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Friday, January 27, 2012Everything You Wanted To Know About Sound Level Meters (SLMs)
Tom Young 01/27/12 02:56 PM,A sound level meter (SLM) is a device used to make frequency-weighted sound pressure level measurements displayed in dB-SPL. 0.0 dB-SPL is the threshold of hearing, and is equal to 20uPa (microPascals). This correlates to what one would aurally perceive… View this post
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012Loudspeaker Sensitivity: What’s A Watt Anyway?
Charlie Hughes 01/25/12 03:06 PM,The specification of a loudspeaker’s sensitivity is probably one of the most common, yet perhaps one of the most misunderstood. It’s common to see the magnitude response of a loudspeaker system reduced to a single number as a sensitivity rating.… View this post
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012Backstage Class: Developing The Sound Of A Rock Show
Dave Rat 01/10/12 05:27 PM,Beauty in art revolves around the realization that there is no “correct” way for something to look, sound or feel. I believe this to be also true about the way audio is presented at a rock show. In fact, there’s… View this post
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Thursday, December 22, 2011Twenty Questions: Dynamic Details
Rick Kreifeldt 12/22/11 01:41 PM,Go ahead and see how much you really know or don’t know about Compression. This mini-test gets progressively more difficult and is a good indicator of where you stand in this area of pro audio science. Rick Kreifeldt, Harman Professional… View this post
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Monday, December 19, 2011What Really Defines Good Bass In Sound Reinforcement?
Jeff Berryman 12/19/11 09:14 AM,These days, concert loudspeaker systems can sound very good over most of the frequency range. Things have improved a lot in the last five or ten years. But to my ears, bass sound hasn’t made nearly as much progress. How… View this post
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Monday, October 24, 2011A Great Mix? Sometimes It Depends On Who You Ask…
Dave Rat 10/24/11 01:06 PM,Mixing sound in the live realm is not rocket science. In fact, it’s probably closer to voodoo. A studio engineer creates a masterpiece that will (hopefully) live forever in permanent hard copy existence. But the very nature of a live… View this post
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Thursday, May 26, 2011Understanding The Language Of The “Show”
Alan Hamilton 05/26/11 12:29 PM, 0 CommentsWhen first starting out in audio, a newcomer will hear terms that may seem like a whole new language. These terms are very common to hear in arenas, union halls, theatres, and similar venues. While not so common in clubs,… View this post
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011Hints On Wiring Up The Band
Carl Cornell 05/25/11 11:08 AM, 0 CommentsIdeally, a band on tour should wake up to a late brunch, hit the hotel health spa, shower and head over to the hall where everything is plugged in and ready for an extended sound check / jam session. If… View this post
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Church Sound Files: Simple Stage Planning In Four Easy Steps
Chris Huff 05/25/11 08:28 AM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by Behind The Mixer. How do you decide upon a stage setup? That’s the question recently posed to me by a reader. It’s a simple question that leads to a simple, yet lengthy response. Setting… View this post
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011Tools of the Trade: How Boundaries Affect Loudspeakers
Pat Brown 05/24/11 01:45 PM,It’s nearly impossible to mount a loudspeaker in a room without placing it near a room boundary. Some logical questions arise: 1. Does this affect the response? 2. Is the effect good or bad? 3. Can I use the boundary… View this post10 Comments
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Monday, May 23, 2011Audio Basics: Not As Simple As They Look? Identifying & Solving Microphone Problems
Bruce Bartlett 05/23/11 03:10 PM, 2 CommentsBesides sound quality, there really isn’t much to think about when it comes to microphones, right? Well, guess again! Like all elements of a sound system, microphones present their own unique set of special problems. Fortunately, a lot of these… View this post
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Friday, May 20, 2011Uncomfortable Audio Experiences: Truths About Sound System & Loudspeaker Distortion
Tony Andrews 05/20/11 10:19 AM, 2 CommentsWe “Men of Audio,” as my friend Clifford Henricksen put it in one of his frequent moments of levity, fight either the good fight for good sound or high fidelity. But let’s just take a look at the words high… View this post
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011Industry Insight: Getting To The Bottom Line
Michael MacDonald 05/18/11 02:00 PM, 3 CommentsWith the New Year off to a roaring start, most of us are optimistic for a bigger and better year. It’s also the time when we look at the previous year’s financial statements in preparation of the company’s income tax… View this post
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Thursday, May 05, 2011Church Sound Files: Tips For Layering Your Worship Mix
Jonathan Malm 05/05/11 09:25 AM, 0 CommentsA Guest Post from Jonathan Malm on the Church Soundguy blog. Some time ago I wrote this as an introduction for my Church’s audio team. I’ll be the very first to admit it’s basic introduction, but these basics are… View this post
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011Video: Church Audio Basics - Understanding How Mixers Work
Gary Zandstra 04/26/11 02:31 PM, 0 CommentsFrom our resident church audio blogger Gary Zandstra comes the first video in a multi-part series on some of the basics of mixer usage and selection, which is equally useful to novices in any field. For more helpful hints from… View this post
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