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Friday, October 12, 2012
Roland Hemming 10/12/12 06:14 PM,Living in Britain, I am in a country steeped in history. A friend of mine’s house was built before a European even “discovered” America, and we are so used to things just being old that we don’t get excited about it. U.S. writer Bill Bryson noted that there were more, older buildings in the tiny village he lived in Derbyshire than in the whole of Iowa, where he was born. But like most people, I don’t get involved with history… View this story
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Craig Leerman 09/10/12 05:09 PM,The Olson M-191 is one of the more interesting-looking microphones I’ve run across, a hybrid metal and plastic unit that has a style all it’s own. Olson Electronics may not be a familiar name. Started by Sid Olson in Akron, OH in 1961, the company grew into a large retail chain that carried a wide variety of consumer electronics, including stereos, CB radios, TV antennas, parts, tubes, batteries, and car audio equipment. Olson Electronics was sold in the late 1960s… View this story
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Dave Rat 08/22/12 02:22 PM,Back in 1974, the Grateful Dead put together what was easily the most unique, experimental and perhaps complex sound system ever configured for live sound reinforcement in that era. This system was named the “Wall of Sound” and jt was a complete divergence from conventional sound reinforcement thinking. There were two key concepts combined together resulting in a very interesting outcome: 1) Because PA systems of the day were stacked on either side of the stage and often blocked audience… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Study Hall • Production • Audio • Concert • Education • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • System -
Monday, August 13, 2012
Paul D. Lehrman 08/13/12 05:35 PM,“The most important piece of equipment in a recording studio is the control room,” says Phil Greene, chief engineer and part-owner of Normandy Sound, located in Warren, Rhode Island. It’s that kind of thinking that led Normandy, one of the first 24-track studios in the region, to become the first facility in the six states to feature a certified Live-End/Dead-End control room. Since the new room opened last October, business has been good, but that’s not necessarily due to the… View this story
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Craig Leerman 07/30/12 07:25 AM,You never know what you’ll come across at a yard sale – a few months ago, I found this little beauty, a Kent DM-17 microphone. Kent was a brand established by Buegeleisen & Jacobson musical instrument distributors, which was based in New York City in the early 1960s. It was known primarily as a guitar brand, with some of the early guitars made by Guyatone and Hagstrom. In addition to guitars and basses, the Kent name was on amplifiers, guitar… View this story
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Neil A. Shaw 07/12/12 05:32 PM,Expectations in power amplifiers have come a long way over the years. We expect higher power, lighter weight, cleaner sound, less heat and increased reliability, all for less cost and with less weight per watt. Power amplifiers are almost a commodity today. Large power outputs from 1U and 2U high units are ubiquitous, cheap, and one could say that there is a surfeit of choices. BETHEMOTHS Last century we were at an archeological dig at the site of an old… View this story
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Monday, July 09, 2012
PSW Staff 07/09/12 11:37 AM,From humble beginnings in 1947, Crown Audio has grown to become one of the world’s largest manufacturers of power amplifiers. Crown’s history traces back to 1947 and an Elkhart, Indiana minister named Clarence C. Moore (1904-1979). Moore, a longtime radio enthusiast, had spent the early part of the ’40s in Quito, Ecuador working for HCJB, a non-profit Christian broadcasting and engineering group. Following his return to the United States, he felt the desire to supply Christian broadcasters like HCJB with… View this story
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Friday, June 08, 2012
Mick Whelan 06/08/12 01:22 PM,Touring around Britain and Europe during the early 1970s was quite a challenge; most bands carried their own public address (PA) system and used it for every gig, as “house PA systems” simply didn’t exist. Local work crews didn’t exist either so this meant that you and your fellow roadie carried the rig in and out of the venue one piece at a time; the wheel hadn’t been exported to the UK at this time, or they cost too much,… View this story
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Craig Leerman 05/24/12 04:16 PM,If you were a musician in the 1970s or are a fan of vintage gear, the name Univox should be familiar. Merson Musical Products, a musical instrument division of Unicord Incorporated, made and marketed a wide range of products with the Univox brand, including guitars, keyboards and cool-looking blue Tolex-covered guitar and bass amps. In addition, Merson Musical Products was the U.S. importer of Marshall amps, Korg keyboards and other lines including Tempro brand drums (my first kit). Some big… View this story
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Craig Leerman 04/26/12 11:10 AM,My Baltimore-area high school theater was outfitted with the first quality PA system I ever worked with. It had JBL horns and cabinets in a center cluster, powered by Crown amplifiers, with a 6-channel TAPCO mixer in the sound booth and Electro-Voice 664 microphones on stage. Initially, to my finely tuned 10th grade ears, the system didn’t sound very good – the performers could barely be heard, and there was a lot of feedback. It wasn’t long before I figured… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Product • Study Hall • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement
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