Articles Tagged Eq

  • Tuesday, December 23, 2008
    ACDC Live In Concert
    Nort Johnson 12/23/08 11:23 AM, 2 Comments
    In 1976, I was hired on the local crew to pitch and bail scaffolding and deck for my first stadium show at the historic Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was a July 8 truck tip and the day of the show was July 10. The temperature hovered around 100 degrees for the duration. We erected the monster in the left center field bleachers over the seats where Babe Ruth and Nellie Fox used to tear the hides off of well-greased… View this story
    Filed in: Live SoundFeatureAmplifierConcertConsolesEngineerLine ArrayLoudspeakerMicrophoneMixerMonitoringSound ReinforcementSubwooferTechnician

  • Monday, December 22, 2008
    forest audio f15
    Keith Clark 12/22/08 09:20 AM, 0 Comments
    Radial Engineering has announced the launch of Forest Audio, a new division of Radial Engineering that will focus on top-end audio devices for studio and live touring. The division’s first product release is the Forest Audio F15 instrument preamplifier, a Class-A device with a unique feed-forward design that eliminates the use of circuit stabilizing negative feedback in the DI section, boosting sonic clarity. The F15 also includes several features unique to instrument preamps, including remote phantom powering for microphones, drag… View this story
    Filed in: Live SoundRecordingProductInterconnectMicrophoneProcessorSignalStage

  • Thursday, December 18, 2008
    brightman ev
    PSW Staff 12/18/08 03:16 PM, 1 Comment
    Texas-based tour production specialists LD Systems are currently touring with British superstar soprano Sarah Brightman, providing a concert sound system led by Electro-Voice components. Brightman’s Symphony World Tour is currently on its 48-day/32-city North American leg, with stops including Washington DC, Mexico City, and Toronto. The show boasts stunning new technology that transforms the stage into a variety of fantasy environments, creating a brand new concert experience for the audience. The tour supports “Symphony,” a collection of all-new songs which… View this story
    Filed in: Live SoundNewsAmplifierConcertLine ArrayNetworkingSound Reinforcement

  • Thursday, November 13, 2008
    Midge Ure
    11/13/08 05:05 PM, 0 Comments
    After fronting the uber-successful synth rock outfit Ultravox in the ‘80s, it would have been easy for Midge Ure to sit on his pile and retire gracefully. But that was never going to happen, so a quick stint at changing the world followed as he helped organize Band Aid, writing the second best-selling single in UK chart history (Do They Know It’s Christmas?) along the way. Midge has since enjoyed success as a solo artist and is still gigging around… View this story
    Filed in: RecordingNewsMixerSoftware

  • Thursday, May 01, 2008
    Doug Fowler 05/01/08 10:45 AM, 2 Comments
    A New Paradigm – Linear Transfer Before delving into the nuts and bolts it is necessary to examine the desired goal of measurement. After all, how can one get somewhere without knowing the destination? After much exposure to Smaart in the “early days” of 1997 it became quite clear to the author a personal rethinking of the equalization process was in order. What is the goal? Of course the easy answer is “make it sound good” but after watching Sam… View this story
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