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  • Friday, April 05, 2013
    Services At First Presbyterian Church Thrive With Lectrosonics
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    PSW Staff 04/05/13 08:44 AM,
    Since 1804—when Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States and Lewis and Clark were exploring the newly purchased Louisiana Territory— First Presbyterian Church has been meeting the spiritual needs of people in the Augusta area and around the world. Music plays a prominent role in the church’s worship activities and to ensure the best possible sound quality for all involved, an impressive assortment of wireless technology from Rio Rancho, NM-basedLectrosonics is utilized. Brandt Fincher serves as the media consultant… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • News • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Technician • Wireless

  • Thursday, January 24, 2013
    In-Ear Monitoring And What You Need To Know
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    Mark Frink 01/24/13 10:16 AM,
    Like wedge-based monitoring, each in-ear mix is very personal, but unlike with wedges, the only way to hear something is if it’s sent to that mix. Stereo generally works better than mono. By leaving the listener’s inputs centered and panning other vocals or instruments, it’s easier to hear all the elements of the mix at a lower volume and this is crucial to hearing conservation over time. This is easily demonstrated by listening to a track in mono and then… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Concert • Monitoring • Processor • Stage • Wireless

  • Tuesday, September 11, 2012
    Top 10 Tips For Mixing Personal/In-Ear Monitoring Systems
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    Mark Frink 09/11/12 04:24 PM,
    1) Both Ears Or None. Using only one ear encourages much higher sound levels. Good custom molds provide 20 to 25 dB of isolation, allowing lower monitoring levels for artists, and reduced stage noise to compete with front of house. Mixed mode monitoring combining wedges and personal monitors ultimately results in higher overall SPL. 2) Hard-Wired Equals Hi-Def. Wired personal monitors will always sound better than wireless. In addition to loss of stereo separation and frequency response, multiplexed stereo wireless… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Engineer • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Technician

  • Monday, June 11, 2012
    NetworkSound Debuts Stereo in-Ear-Monitor Mix System With iPad Mixer Control Surface
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    PSW Staff 06/11/12 03:02 PM,
    NetworkSound has announced the new MambaMIX32, a 32-channel monitor mix system designed for in-ear monitoring (IEM), with an iPad control surface. It gives each musician on stage control of their own monitor mix, with musicians able to create and store individual IEM mixes on their touch devicse using the free Mamba MIX32 app. Each Mamba MIX32 system provides eight band members with an independent stereo IEM mix of its 32 input channels. The Mamba MIX32 system can be expanded to… View this story
    Filed in: AV • Live Sound • Church Sound • News • Product • Monitoring • Remote • Software • Wireless

  • Wednesday, June 06, 2012
    Getting It Right: Crucial Facets Of In-Ear Monitoring (IEM)
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    Mark Frink 06/06/12 02:43 PM,
    Coordination. TV broadcasts are the dominant feature of the local RF spectrum. Online resources like the Sennheiser Frequency Finder, which uses a ZIP code, and the FCC’s database to provide a list of local TV broadcast stations and their signal strength, helps users tune wireless systems to interference-free frequencies, removing much of the guesswork. Antenna. Most wireless in-ear monitoring transmitters come with a simple quarter-wave whip antenna, which is fine for single systems at close distances. Multiple systems benefit from… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Slideshow • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Wireless

  • Thursday, May 24, 2012
    Shure PSM 1000 Solves In-Ear Issues For Red Hot Chili Peppers
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    PSW Staff 05/24/12 01:50 PM,
    Over his 20 years of mixing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Rat has had to deal with a wide range of audio issues. During the current multi-year tour in support of the album I’m with You, the band encountered severe interference issues with its IEM system, which Rat addressed with a switch to the Shure PSM 1000 system and its diversity reception design. “The troubles we were having with our existing in-ear systems were primarily due to the LED… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Concert • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • System

  • Wednesday, March 14, 2012
    Achieving Ambience With Personal Monitors - Can You Hear Me Now?
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    Jack Kontney 03/14/12 02:29 PM,
    In-ear monitors (IEMs) are radically different from the traditional floor wedge method of providing a monitor mix to performers. For many artists and engineers, they are the ideal monitor solution. But for others, they’re simply a method of trading one set of problems (extreme volume, tiny sweet spot, feedback potential) for another (sense of isolation, can’t hear amps or audience). Clever engineers and earphone manufacturers have come up with various methods of handling these issues, all of which revolve around… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Product • Monitoring • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Stage

  • Thursday, January 12, 2012
    Lectrosonics Announces “Silent Booth” For Upcoming NAMM 2012 Show
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    PSW Staff 01/12/12 09:09 AM, 0 Comments
    In conducting demonstrations of the Quadra IEM (in-ear monitoring) system at the upcoming NAMM 2012 show in Anaheim, Lectrosonics notes that its booth - 6329 - will be an oasis of quiet amidst the usual show floor noise. The use of the Quadra IEM will highlight the effectiveness of the product while simultaneously enabling the company to be a “good neighbor” to others in attendance. Consisting of the M4R belt-pack diversity receiver and the M4T half-rack transmitter, the Lectrosonics Quadra… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • News • Poll • Product • Monitoring • Wireless

  • Tuesday, November 29, 2011
    Church Sound: Enhancing Personal Monitors/IEM For Happier Musicians
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    Gary Zandstra 11/29/11 08:39 AM, 1 Comment
    I regularly hear complaints from musicians about being too isolated with they use personal monitor mixers with headphones: “I feel like I’m in a studio” and/or “I feel like I’m in my own separate world.”  These complaints often have merit because the only thing available to mix into their phones is the dry signals from the other instruments. To solve this issue I’ve tried - with good success - a few techniques. 1) Add a feed from an audience response… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Mixer • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Stage

  • Monday, October 17, 2011
    Not A Trivial Undertaking: Implementing Personal Mixing & IEM In Churches
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    Mike Sessler 10/17/11 08:57 AM, 1 Comment
    It’s important to adopt strategies for remaining sane while mixing monitors in churches. I touched upon some of those strategies in a previous article, where the focus was on how to group multiple musicians together to obtain positive results, how to stay organized, and how to run a sound check. All of the above assumes you’re mixing monitor wedges for the stage. Wedges work well in some circumstances, but have many downsides. Being loudspeakers, they obviously add to the mix… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Mixer • Monitoring • Stage