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Friday, July 22, 2011
Teri Hogan 07/22/11 04:27 PM,Editors Note: For more information on console maintenance, check out Properly Cleaning Mixing Console Faders. Ask 10 folks who work with sound companies their most detested chore in audio maintenance, and the majority will respond with “the cleaning of mixing consoles.” Hated or not, however, keeping consoles clean is a primary way to protect the investment and to assure that they will stay on the job and operate at full capacity. Many consoles cost at least as much as the… View this story
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Michael MacDonald 07/13/11 09:09 AM,I define a trend as a lasting change in the direction of a technology or market. Webster’s dictionary says, among other things, that it’s defined as “ a line of development”. A fad, on the other hand, is defined by Webster as “a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal”. This led me to consider the most recent “trend or fad” example in our industry: the line array. It’s true that these new, improved tools have taken… View this story
Filed in: AV • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Analog • AV • Audio • Business • Digital • Education • Sound Reinforcement • System -
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Al Keltz 06/29/11 01:40 PM, 0 CommentsIf church sound system has evolved along a familiar path, what started out as a pretty simple, small group, “sound-on-a-stick” has gradually become more and more sophisticated. Many have replaced that powered mixer with separate components and added a snake to allow for a mix position in the listening area. Words like “direct box”, “balanced”, “low impedance”, “crossover”, etc. have become part of the sound team’s vocabulary as they strive to provide today’s expected level of sound quality and production… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Training • Audio • Interconnect • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Studio -
Friday, June 10, 2011
PSW Staff 06/10/11 03:52 PM, 0 CommentsLegrand has completed its acquisition of Middle Atlantic Products Inc., which now becomes the company’s new commercial division focused on AV products and solutions for commercial, residential, security and broadcast applications. The acquisition enables a more comprehensive offering of AV infrastructure products and solutions from one company to ultimately better service the needs of the growing AV markets. “The Middle Atlantic brand, operations, and services are continuing as they always have, so our customers can continue to expect the exceptional… View this story
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
Charlie Moore 06/02/11 09:28 AM, 0 CommentsLet’s play hide the sound equipment! Sounds like a child’s game, eh? Maybe so, but unfortunately, it’s also a reality that I’ve seen played out in too many churches. A primary purpose of a church’s existence is the delivery of spoken word and music, so it begs the question: Why place sound equipment that is so important to this purpose in locations where it cannot be seen? More importantly, sometimes it’s even placed where the sound operator is totally out… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Audio • Consoles • Engineer • Installation • Loudspeaker • Remote • Sound Reinforcement • Technician -
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Teri Hogan 05/04/11 10:40 AM, 1 CommentSo you need a new “thingamajig” for your system? The problem: there are so many brands and types of this thingamajig available, how do you best go about the process of choosing the one is exactly right for your situation? Sometimes buying a new toy - rather than being fun and exciting - is instead fraught with frustration and indecision. And the need rarely comes at a “financially convenient” time. Purchasing professional audio gear can’t be an impulse decision, because… View this story
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
PSW Staff 05/03/11 07:12 AM, 2 CommentsGuitar Center Professional (GC Pro) recently played a significant role in outfitting Blade Studios, a new multi-room, multi-function production facility that recently opened in Shreveport, Louisiana. The complex, which offers a broad range of music, film and other media production services, features studio acoustics and architecture by Russ Berger Design Group and an equipment list that includes products from ADAM Acoustics, Apple, Avid, Ocean Way Audio and Solid State Logic, much of it supplied through GC Pro. The collaboration with… View this story
Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Digital Audio Workstations • Installation • Monitoring • Studio • System -
Friday, April 22, 2011
Vance Breshears 04/22/11 08:33 AM, 1 CommentMost of us think we have it together, at least most of the time. We try to have a balance on all things “life” – work, family, time management, enjoying the “little” moments, and so on. It’s all the stuff that you can read about in some magazine found in the check-out line at the grocery store - “How To Get Your Life Together,” or something like that. Then again, if we take a closer look (some of us don’t… View this story
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mike Wireless 03/24/11 01:38 PM,One of the topics that I’ve seen poorly understood, and even deliberately used to mislead people, is the issue of wireless microphone transmitter power and the effects said power has on system performance. Let’s start with the basics: all things being equal, more transmitter power = more range for the system, but not in a linear way. In broad terms, when discussing analog wireless systems, the receiver wants to see a signal from a transmitter that is at least about… View this story10 Comments
Filed in: AV • Feature • Blog • Poll • Analog • AV • Audio • Microphone • Signal • Stage • System • Wireless -
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Fletcher 03/22/11 08:02 AM, 0 CommentsIn the early days of our industry, equipment was made to serve the user’s needs. Many of the original studio owners came from a radio background. They built their own equipment, from consoles to compressors to equalizers, etc. They didn’t have cost-effective manufacturing in mind when they created this equipment. They built it in order to make superior-sounding recordings. At some point, other people in the audio community asked these pioneers to build equipment for their studios. The world of… View this story
Filed in: Recording • Feature • Study Hall • Audio • Education • Processor • Studio
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