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Monday, September 20, 2010
Barry Rudolph 09/20/10 04:29 PM, 0 CommentsHave you ever wondered why some recording artists and producers are more successful in the studio at accomplishing their goals than other people who are equally or more musically talented? As a recording engineer, here’s what I’ve noticed about successful people in the studio. Vision I’ve found successful people come in all personality types from the very shy and soft-spoken to the boisterous extrovert but they all share a common trait: they have a very specific “vision” of their songs… View this story
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Dave Dermont 07/26/10 05:34 PM, 2 CommentsThere are advantages to getting older. Years of learning something new at every gig add up to that thing we call experience. You remember how well the first Soundcraft console you ever used responded to your touch. You recall, despite its simple interface and lack of things to tweak, how great the reverb of a Lexicon PCM-60 sounded. Another advantage to getting older is that the gear you lusted after as a youngster becomes affordable. The downside of this can… View this story
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
PSW Staff 09/02/09 11:19 AM, 0 CommentsBeginning next week (September 9), Avid will travel across the Americas to demonstrate the newest member of its Digidesign VENUE family of live sound consoles, the Digidesign VENUE SC48, an excellent tool for small to mid-sized houses of worship, clubs, corporate A/V companies and touring companies. In a series of local events, registered attendees will receive two hours of hands-on training from veteran live sound engineer and Digidesign Market Manager Robert Scovill. Scovill will instruct in the features and benefits… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • News • Product • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Digital Audio Workstations • Education • Software • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
PSW Staff 09/02/09 06:01 AM, 0 CommentsAviom, known to countless church sound personnel and musicians for its “more of me” personal monitor mixing controls, has put considerable work into how to move audio signals from one place to another. It’s led to the development of a digital snake system and audio networking system, which Kent Gibson discusses in the August, 2009 issue of Church Production magazine. How does this technology work? What are the advantages (and potential downsides) of transporting signal in the digital domain? And… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Product • AV • Digital • Ethernet • Installation • Interconnect • Monitoring • Networking • Signal • Software • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • System • Audio -
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wayne Wadhams 08/27/09 03:35 PM, 1 CommentThere is no way to say for sure what specific elements, sounds or aspects of a record make it a HIT. Yet every hit has a few key things that grab our attention and make it memorable. Reviewing a long list of hits, we find that many of the same or analogous elements work over and over, in their separate contexts, to create their charisma. Some of these have to do with the song itself, others with the way it… View this story
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
PSW Staff 08/25/09 04:17 PM, 0 CommentsWorship Facilities Conference & Expo (WFX) announces its enhanced Conference Program for WFX Charlotte, scheduled to take place October 27-30, 2009 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Presented by Church Production Magazine and Worship Facilities Magazine, WFX is the leading event where church leadership teams connect with tools and technology to create meaningful places and powerful worship experiences. The WFX Charlotte Conference Program offers over 60 sessions, providing the education and training to help teams of church… View this story
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Kevin Young 08/21/09 02:53 PM,After Michael Prowda made the decision to get into live sound he never looked back. “I had no expectations at the time,” he said. “I just wanted to do it. It was like I was driven to be successful.” Based on that comment, it’s no great surprise that the Syracuse, NY-born monitor engineer counts running among his favorite off stage activities. He brings the kind of discipline and perspective to his work that’s essential to anyone who takes pleasure from… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Production • Feature • Production • Audio • Business • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Engineer • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • System -
PSW Staff 08/21/09 11:43 AM, 0 CommentsMeyer Sound has announced its international education schedule for August to October 2009, with seminars to be held in Mexico City; Toronto; Los Angeles; Montabaur, Germany; Seville and Madrid, Spain; Duivendrecht, Netherlands; and Osimo Stazione, Italy. Some seminars will be taught in the local languages, including Spanish and German, and others will be interpreted in real time by qualified translators. The upcoming seminars will cover core audio principles encompassing sound system design and alignment, line array theory, equalization, delay, and… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • News • Training • Education • Engineer • Installation • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Measurement • Processor • Software • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Subwoofer • System • Technician • Audio -
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
PSW Staff 08/19/09 08:47 AM, 0 CommentsThe Chicago Chapter of the Recording Academy invited legendary producers Mike Clink, Ron Nevison, and Keith Olsen to participate in a GRAMMY “Soundtable” event entitled “Behind the Glass,” a discussion recently hosted by the Recording Academy and Shure at the new S.N. Shure Theater at the company’s corporate headquarters in Niles, Illinois. “This was one of the most gratifying experiences I’ve had, personally and professionally, in my 20 years working at Shure,” said Mark Brunner, who moderated the discussion with… View this story
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
PSW Staff 08/18/09 11:06 AM, 0 CommentsBritain’s Top of the Pops (TOTP) has been a BBC institution since 1964, broadcast weekly until 2006 and occasionally as one-off specials in the following years. The latest TOTP special, broadcast on BBC2 earlier in 2009, featured performances from Franz Ferdinand, Flo-Rida, Oasis, Take That, Tom Jones, James Morrison and more, live from BBC’s Studio 4, as part of this year’s Comic Relief charity fundraising special. Aside from the significance marked by convergence of these great artists, a TOTP revival… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • AV • Concert • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Audio
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