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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Chris Huff 01/16/13 06:38 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Analog and digital mixers allow for controlling multiple channels as if they were one. These controls are commonly known as subgroups…but not really…maybe in the generic sense…but then you might say VCA’s if that’s what your board uses…because subgroups are different. [Sigh] There are several methods in which channels can be grouped together. And each works differently, of course, ’cause some days things just have to be complicated. Maybe I’m just… View this story
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Chris Huff 01/08/13 04:51 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. The word distortion has different meanings depending on who you ask. For some, they immediately think of “distorting words or phrases” wherein someone takes what you have said and twists it into something else. For others, they picture a distorted image. A guitarist sees distortion as an effect for applying to their guitar’s sound. A sound tech sees distortion as a bad sound reflecting a problem in the audio system. Reasons… View this story
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Chris Huff 12/19/12 04:14 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Mixing a worship team is more than just setting sound levels. Mixing involves bringing out the particular frequencies in each voice and musical instrument that, when combined together, present a high quality, emotional sound. A high quality sound means no low hums, no muddy sound, no high tinny sounds To better understand it, listen to a well EQ’d classical music CD. In classical music, there are so many unique instruments each… View this story
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Chris Huff 12/11/12 01:12 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. A recent post on feedback prevention prompted a good question from Ryan, a reader. He said: “…there was one phrase that jumped out at me. Specifically, ‘Regarding floor monitors, vocalists should be very close to their floor monitor.’ I wanted to ask what the reasoning is behind this? I would think the further away the singer is, the more the sound is diffused; ergo, feedback is reduced.” One of the hard… View this story
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Chris Huff 11/30/12 06:47 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Buzz in an audio system might be the most annoying sound you’ll ever hear. A close second is the first unexplainable rattle emanating from your new car. Buzzy audio has been the source of many an email I’ve received, and today you’ll learn the process for tracking down that audio buzz and stopping it. Audio system noise comes from a variety of sources. These sources include: —Bad gain structure: If you… View this story
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Chris Huff 11/19/12 07:23 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Dare I suggest the volume of your worship leader could be detrimental to the worship environment? Yes, yes I suggest that very thing. Overall audio volume level discussions are common between sound techs but I submit to you, my friends, that the overall volume isn’t nearly as much of a deal-breaker, mood-killer, worship-ender, as the volume level of the person leading the song. My wife is a wonderful singer (of course!)… View this story
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Friday, November 09, 2012
Chris Huff 11/09/12 03:39 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. I was going to be an architect. I attended every drafting class my high school offered. While my career choice changed, I learned the number one way for drafting the perfect home: having a vision. Looking back on the homes I drew in my middle school drafting class, I can’t help but be embarrassed. Middle school tech class wasn’t about the best way to draft a home floor plan, it was… View this story
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Chris Huff 10/31/12 11:16 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Let’s talk about risky business. Felix Baumgartner recently jumped out of a capsule at 120,000 feet above the earth. I played “Lost in Love” by Air Supply on the jukebox at the local bowling alley. Which was riskier? I’m not sure. There I was, standing in the pit at the bowling alley. I knew “Lost in Love” would come up next. My friend Dave began throwing his bowling ball down the… View this story
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Chris Huff 10/18/12 03:46 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Microphone sensitivity becomes a topic of discussion as soon as it becomes a problem. I’d hazard a guess that most people don’t think about microphone sensitivity until the moment when a microphone picks up a sound that explodes out of the house speakers, to which someone says, “that microphone’s really hot!” The Definition Microphone sensitivity is the measure of the microphone’s ability for converting acoustic pressure into an electric voltage. The… View this story
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Chris Huff 10/12/12 03:11 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. You might be suffering from all three of these audio feedback problem areas. I’ve been emailing a sound tech overseas who has had feedback problems. In my initial email, I said it could be caused by one of a few things. As it turned out, he had all three conditions that were causing feedback. Let’s get to work… Feedback is caused when a particular frequency becomes excited and is thus astronomically… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Consoles • Microphone • Mixer • Processor • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Stage
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