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Monday, March 07, 2011
Kevin Young 03/07/11 01:55 PM, 0 Comments“You know,” Ted Leamy says, “I’m always troubled when people ask me to write or be on panels, telling me, ‘we want to hear what you have to say,’ because I don’t know much of the math.” “I just know you’re supposed to point the loud part toward the audience and turn it up.” As understatements go, that’s a big one. Over the course of his career Leamy has optimized sound systems for a who’s who of important acts and… View this story
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Bobby Owsinski 03/07/11 10:58 AM, 1 CommentThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Now more than ever, a lot of people are building their own studios. That’s great! However, there are some things to take care of before throwing up the studs. Here is an excerpt from my newly released book, The Studio Builder’s Handbook, on permits for your studio. Permits Before you begin construction, check to see if you need any permits for the job. A construction or building permit is required in most… View this story
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 03/02/11 11:02 AM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. A common recording process sees an engineer EQing, compressing, and adding multiple mics in trying to capture a sound, yet never taking into account what the sound in the room at the source is like. That’s why it’s imperative that every engineer use the appropriate steps to achieve the appropriate sound through microphone placement. Here are some tips from The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook which are equally applicable to most instruments. 1.… View this story
Filed in: Recording • Feature • Blog • Poll • Analog • Audio • Digital • Microphone • Signal • Studio • System -
Monday, February 21, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 02/21/11 09:38 AM, 2 CommentsThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Most engineers know that raw speaker transducers sound different from one another, but few know exactly why. Each speaker has a wide variety of parameters, and most aren’t that obvious unless you’re a transducer engineer. The one that is obvious is the speaker magnet. Speaker magnets come in all sort of different sizes and shapes, but the materials that they’re made of really makes a difference in the way the speaker sounds.… View this story
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Barry Rudolph 02/16/11 08:20 AM, 0 CommentsMany studios built in the 1970’s were designed not to have any acoustic influence on the recorded sound produced in them. This was accomplished by over-deadening walls, floors and ceilings so no sound waves (leakage) would reflect and add (or subtract) from the instrument’s original sound waves. Bass traps were purpose-built for controlling sound from electric bass amps, small isolated (and dead sounding) drum booths were mandatory and heavy gobos or baffles were used around all musicians separating them and… View this story
Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Audio • Digital Audio Workstations • Installation • Mixer • Signal • Studio • System -
Monday, February 14, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 02/14/11 10:00 AM, 3 CommentsThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. The way you act at a session many times counts for so much more than your performance. If you make anyone uncomfortable in the slightest way, you can bet that you probably won’t be asked back, so being aware of proper studio etiquette is extremely important. Studio etiquette applies to before, during and after a session as well. In part one, we’ll look at what’s expected before the red light is turned… View this story
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 02/07/11 12:10 PM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Rich Tozzoli is one of the many “hybrid” musicians who does a lot of different jobs in the music and audio business. He’s a great guitar player and composer whose music can be heard on television shows on Fox, the History Channel, Discovery and more. He’s also a great engineer who was one of the first to get into surround sound (check out his book “Pro Tools Surround Mixing”. You can find… View this story
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Friday, February 04, 2011
Mark Frink 02/04/11 02:09 PM, 0 CommentsThis is the 40th anniversary of Altec Lansing’s passive third-octave “continuous” equalizer that began modern sound system equalization. It didn’t start as a graphic equalizer, but rather, was three rows of eight knobs on third octave centers. A companion third-octave real-time analyzer, three rows of eight VU meters, provided a means to measure a sound system. Subsequent Altec EQs replaced the knobs with a row of sliders, earning the name “graphic” because their positions provide a graphic display of the… View this story
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Rob Stam 02/04/11 08:40 AM, 0 CommentsIn his previous article, Rob Stam discussed the first four “deadly sins” one can make as a technician, musician and/or worship leader. If you missed it, click here to catch up. Rob checks in here with the final three, with experience-based commentary and advice along the way. Yes, technical people and musicians can get along and work as true partners in worship excellence – while having fun at the same time! Deadly Sin #5: Not holding one’s tongue (or, how… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Training • Education • Engineer • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Technician -
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Rob Stam 02/02/11 05:32 PM, 0 CommentsOver the past several years, I’ve had the privilege of being a musical performer and worship leader, as well as a church sound engineer and technician. This has provided unique perspective from both sides of the platform; what I’ve learned on one side has helped me do better on the other side, and vice versa. Through this process, I’ve noted several problems and solutions that apply to the technical side, the creative side, and both. I’ve refined these observations and… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Training • Audio • Education • Engineer • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • System • Technician
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