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Thursday, May 24, 2012
PSW Staff 05/24/12 01:50 PM,Over his 20 years of mixing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Rat has had to deal with a wide range of audio issues. During the current multi-year tour in support of the album I’m with You, the band encountered severe interference issues with its IEM system, which Rat addressed with a switch to the Shure PSM 1000 system and its diversity reception design. “The troubles we were having with our existing in-ear systems were primarily due to the LED… View this story
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
PSW Staff 04/19/12 01:21 PM,Dave Rat, owner of Rat Sound Systems, long-time mix engineer, product designer, and noted pro audio author, is presenting audio educational seminars that are being held regionally as he travels as front of house engineer for the ongoing Red Hot Chili Peppers tour. Find tour more about the seminars here. Dave’s offering the PSW/LAB community the chance to attend an upcoming seminar -- free of charge -- at any of the following tour stops in the month of May: •… View this story
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Dave Rat 04/03/12 04:52 PM,The attention to detail that takes place in preparing a rock show can be mind boggling. For example, I listed out the factors we account for in setting up the lead vocal mic for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Check it out: 1) The mic. Anthony has been using Audix OM7 dynamic mics for over 20 years now. The OM7 exhibits high feedback stability and picks up very little room sound compared to other mics. This allows me to capture… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Study Hall • Engineer • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Technician -
Monday, March 26, 2012
PSW Staff 03/26/12 04:01 PM,Dave Rat, owner of Rat Sound Systems, long-time mix engineer, and noted pro audio author and educator, has announced a series of upcoming educational seminars. “The goal is to offer insight to a wide range of audio concepts presented in a clear and understandable manner,” he notes. “I will discuss aspects that are commonly ignored or overlooked and leave you with useful real-world practical methods to improve the quality of your craft.” Several topics for seminars are on the agenda,… View this story
Filed in: AV • Live Sound • Recording • Church Sound • News • Poll • Training • AV • Education • Sound Reinforcement • Audio -
Friday, February 24, 2012
Dave Rat 02/24/12 02:26 PM,A while back I was pondering mixing live shows, as I strangely so often find myself doing, and I began to analyze the varying aspects of dynamics in live reverberant fields. Is there something more legitimate than personal preference that would add credibility to using compression? The studio humans and mastering labs use a ton of it, but comparatively, we live engineers use fairly little. I know it works well to control the variations in a band’s playing, and also… View this story
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Monday, February 13, 2012
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 (2 x 15-in) subwoofers, and LA8 amplified controllers. Dave notes that some of the pieces were dictated by sub configurations he planned to use, while the Dorrough meters were on hand to provide clear visuals of average versus peak simultaneous… View this story
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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 a fairly wide range of possible sonic footprints which a sound engineer can offer the music to the audience while still maintaining an impressive auditory presentation. An even bigger challenge is to find a “sound and mix” that optimally compliments… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Concert • Engineer • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • Technician -
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Dave Rat 11/23/11 12:09 PM,At age 17, I dreamed of someday working in a recording studio and listening to music. Having no real idea what a studio engineer did other than record stuff, I loved the way music made me feel and it seemed to be a pretty good idea to get paid to listen to music. The energy, excitement and thrill received from unwrapping new sounds into my ears seemed to scoop me away into timelessness. Even still memories flood back of the… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Concert • Digital • Digital Audio Workstations • Engineer • Microphone • Networking • Audio -
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Dave Rat 11/03/11 02:26 PM,Strewn across the fields of true technological and artistic credibility, the world of pro audio is littered with misinformation, overhyped irrelevance and useless complexities. Sorting through the debris to distill useful and accurate concepts can be quite challenging. Whenever possible, I devise comparative test methods to prove or unravel various theories and assumptions. Rather than meticulously documenting the results, I opt for constructing and sharing simple repeatable test methods so that anyone who wishes to repeat the results can independently… View this story
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Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Engineer • Measurement • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Audio -
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Dave Rat 09/08/11 08:20 AM,To accomplish anything in life, we, as humanly creatures, must utilize an assortment of resources to accomplish any given task. For example, going to a store to purchase something involves brain time in making the decision to venture out, “wear and tear” on our vehicle, and the depletion of our finances – all are expenditures of resources. Even something as simple as watching TV, in which our visual and auditory perceptions are held captive or distracted, can be viewed from… View this story15 Comments
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Consoles • Digital • Engineer • Mixer • Processor • Audio
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