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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Kevin Young 06/05/13 04:29 PM,Since Paramore’s 2005 debut recording All We Know Is Falling, the Nashville-based, rock outfit’s popularity has grown substantially, garnering them multiple Grammy nominations as well as plum song placements in soundtracks for motion picture blockbusters like Twilight, platinum sales and a consistently growing, global audience. They’ve also developed a reputation for high-energy live shows, fueled as much by their musical chops as by a finely honed sense of what they and their audience need to hear in order for both… View this story
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Monday, June 03, 2013
Craig Leerman 06/03/13 07:53 AM,If audio gear doesn’t arrive at the venue ready to work, you’re out of luck. It’s the primary reason why racks and cases are so important (if overlooked). And in addition to the obvious purpose of protecting equipment from damage, they also serve other important functions, including helping to organize, inventory, store, transport and set up a systems. Being able to locate things quickly on a show is a must, especially when you’re working with local stagehands who are not… View this story
Filed in: Production • Feature • Study Hall • Production • Audio • Cases & Accessories • Lighting • Rigging • Staging • Video • Business • Concert • Education • Stage • System -
Friday, May 24, 2013
Kevin Young 05/24/13 02:58 PM,“Ever since I drove my first drywall screw into my mother’s coffee table, I’ve had a passion for building things,” says Gregg Brunclik. Originally that manifested itself as a desire to build things with his hands, he adds, including the first loudspeakers his company, Clearwing Productions, offered to its clients. While that passion has evolved over time, it’s been integral to success of Clearwing since day one, and well before the company incorporated in 1985. Over time, the Milwaukee-based company… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Production • Feature • Production • Audio • Backline • Lighting • Staging • Video • Business • Engineer • Sound Reinforcement -
Monday, May 06, 2013
Karl Winkler 05/06/13 06:11 PM,When I was a budding sound engineer with the U.S. Air Force Band during the 1990s, one of my mentors was a consultant in the Washington, D.C. area named George Weber. George was a somewhat eccentric guy and definitely a dyed-in-the-wool audiophile. He had done some modifications to the band’s K&H studio loudspeakers, and those things did sound amazingly good. George once invited me to his home and played some record albums on his super-high-end stereo system. The turntable alone… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Opinion • Study Hall • Production • Audio • Education • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Monday, April 08, 2013
Kevin Young 04/08/13 11:29 AM,Few have achieved the level of success of Alan Parsons as an engineer/producer, as well as a performing artist in his own right. After beginning his career as an assistant at Abbey Road Studios at age 19, he worked on iconic records such as Abbey Road and Let It Be before further cementing his reputation on projects with The Hollies, Al Stewart, Paul McCartney and Wings and, of course, with Pink Floyd as engineer on Dark Side of the Moon.… View this story
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Karl Winkler 03/12/13 11:59 AM,Purple loudspeakers sound better than black ones. At least that’s what I hear when I see them. And plaid loudspeakers sound, well, more complex, with additional harmonics. Think I’m crazy? Actually, this is a real effect. Well, not purple versus black versus plaid loudspeakers, exactly. But a carefully controlled test might prove something along these lines, as evidenced by recent scientific reports about how the brain fills in some of the gaps, or even obscures certain things, due to input… View this story
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Todd Hartmann 02/26/13 07:19 PM,I’ve spent the past several years experimenting with various types of subwoofer arrays and have arrived at the same conclusion each time: with each method, something is gained while something else is lost. Left-right placement enhances coverage on the sides at the expense of drastic power alleys and cancellation zones. Horizontal arrays produce even coverage in front of the array at the expense of a major drop-off on the sides. With delayed arcing, side coverage is improved, at the expense… View this story
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Craig Leerman 02/15/13 02:29 PM,Festival season, in particular, means dealing with portable generators for show power. At performance venues, we hardly give power a second thought, simply handing our tails or feeder to the house electrician to tie into the “company switch.” Then we check the voltages at the distro end with a meter to make sure everything is connected properly, and that’s usually it – no more thinking about the power until it’s time to disconnect at the end of the gig. The… View this story
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Kevin Young 01/11/13 03:48 PM,Joe Jackson is best known to many for a string of breakthrough pop-rock/New Wave hits that began with 1979’s “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” but the British singer, songwriter, and composer (and five-time Grammy Award nominee) has explored a variety of musical styles over his stellar career. His latest tour is no exception; a series of live shows in the U.S. and Europe in late 2012 featured both reinterpretations of his own material and selections from his latest… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Production • Audio • Recording • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Loudspeaker • Microphone • Monitoring • Processor • Sound Reinforcement -
Karl Winkler 01/11/13 12:14 PM,Recently, I was subjected to a strikingly dull conversation with a top touring mix engineer. He really didn’t seem to be into his job, or anything else for that matter. Apparently, being behind that quarter-million dollar console out in an audience of thousands, mixing shows for that totally hot female star that everyone knows, just wasn’t cutting it for this guy. What? Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Of course. We’re blessed to belong to an industry that attracts passionate people from… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Opinion • Business • Education • Engineer • Sound Reinforcement • Technician
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