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  • Wednesday, February 25, 2009
    Yes, Virginia, System Gain Structure Matters - Here’s Why
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    James Cadwallader 02/25/09 11:44 AM, 20 Comments
    It’s time for me to come out of the closet: I’m a dyed-in-the-wool unity gain structure freak.  There, I said it and I sure do feel better. Catharsis is a good thing.  Now, for those of you who aren’t sure what the heck I’m talking about, I’ll explain, and maybe get a few of you over to the dark side with me. First some clarification. Gain in sound parlance is the act of adding to (positive), subtracting from (negative), or… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Opinion • Amplifier • Consoles • Processor • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System

  • Monday, February 23, 2009
    Swtichcraft Debuts New SC800 Instrument Direct Box (DI)
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    PSW Staff 02/23/09 03:04 PM, 0 Comments
    The new Switchcraft SC800 instrument direct box converts the outputs of high impedance line level audio devices and musical instruments to low impedance, balanced and isolated mic level signals that can be connected to audio consoles, microphone preamplifiers, effects processors, and other equipment with three-pin XLR inputs. SC800 Technical Specifications: All measurements were taken with a 25 Ohm source into a 1 kOhm load measured on XLR output. Common Mode Rejection Greater than 100 dB at 60 Hz Input Impedance… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Product • Interconnect • Stage

  • Thursday, February 19, 2009
    KRK Systems Unveils New R6 Passive Studio Monitor
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    PSW Staff 02/19/09 04:39 PM, 0 Comments
    KRK Systems has announced the availability of the R6 passive studio monitor, which incorporates design cues from KRK’s best selling Rokit line, including radically radiused edges along the front of the cabinet. A key design component of the new R6 is the molded front baffle that virtually eliminates diffraction distortion caused by standard flat baffles. Further, this curved front baffle was engineered to minimize diffraction of high-frequencies, resulting in a sweet spot that is significantly larger than products with square… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Product • Monitoring • Studio

  • Tuesday, February 03, 2009
    Are You Always ON? A Bit Of Perspective For The “Amrchair Audio Experts”
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    Dave Dermont 02/03/09 10:03 AM, 3 Comments
    It’s Super Bowl time, and all the experts on the ProSoundWeb forums are telling us how they just know what parts of the halftime show were ‘live’ and what were pre-recorded tracks. Or whatever. Pre-recorded tracks can make what is already a technical nightmare a bit less terrifying to those involved. As long as it’s the same person live and on the recording, what’s the big deal? Oh yeah, just because the video is out of sync with the audio… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Blog • Lizard's Lounge • Opinion • Business • Concert • Sound Reinforcement

  • Thursday, January 22, 2009
    TC-Helicon Introduces VoiceLive 2 Vocal Effects Processor
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    PSW Staff 01/22/09 10:12 AM, 1 Comment
    TC-Helicon has debuted the VoiceLive 2, an easy-to-use and powerful floor processor designed to offer singers smooth studio tone, rich harmonies and ear-catching effects. VoiceLive 2 offers many advancements including new NaturalPlayTM harmonies with up to eight harmony voices controlled from a guitar, MIDI keyboard or MP3 player. Simultaneous stompbox-style or preset foot-switching allows vocalists to easily engage and layer the six effect blocks, which include a new, more lush reverb, tap tempo delay, natural doubling, T-Pain-like pitch shifting, distortion… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Product • Processor

  • Wednesday, January 21, 2009
    Winter NAMM ‘09 Sees Launch Of Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56, FX Suites
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    PSW Staff 01/21/09 12:48 PM, 0 Comments
    At the Winter NAMM ‘09 show, Focusrite unveiled is new Liquid Saffire 56 as well as two Focusrite FX Plug-in Suites. The Liquid Saffire 56 is the company’s new flagship Firewire interface, marrying Focusrite’s celebrated Liquid technology with its new generation of Firewire interfaces (led by the critically acclaimed Saffire Pro40). Two of the eight mic pre’s use the third generation of Liquid pre amps, building on technology used in the Liquid Channel and Liquid 4Pre. This means that as… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Product • Digital Audio Workstations • Digital • Processor • Studio