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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, 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
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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
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Ken DeLoria 12/18/12 07:31 AM,In the previous segment, we looked at the basic process of using a high-resolution FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) analyzer to view the frequency and phase response of a 12-inch cone driver in a typical 12-inch/2-way loudspeaker. In that segment, we established that the 30-degree off-axis response of the cone driver is substantially lower in level (12 to 18 dB), as well as highly irregular in phase and frequency above approximately 2 kHz, when compared to the driver’s on-axis response (Figure… View this story
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Kevin Young 12/14/12 07:07 PM,Like many production professionals, Gemini Light, Sound, Video (LSV) co-owner Tim Cain started out as a musician. “This all began with the band I was in the late 70s/early 80s. We had our own PA and rented some lights, but there really wasn’t a lighting company in Dallas, so one day my brother Terry said, ‘you know what, I’m going to buy some lights and rent them out.’ It was that simple. He started in 1981. In 1983 we brought… View this story
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Monday, December 03, 2012
Bruce Bartlett 12/03/12 07:21 AM,Microphone choice and technique have a powerful affect on the amplified sound of a reinforcement system. The sound picked up might be “natural,” “boomy,” “thin,” “colored” and any other number of descriptive terms that are applied to a sonic signature. It’s usually most desirable to attain “natural” sound. But what does that mean? I define it as the tonal balance heard with our ears in front of a musical instrument, a few feet away. Some synonyms might be “accurate,” “realistic,”… View this story
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Craig Leerman 11/30/12 02:39 PM,Like most production company owners, I regularly take stock of my equipment inventory, evaluating the need for updates or additions to match current and future needs. A recent audit led me to consider investing in higher powered 12- or 15-inch-loaded stage monitors. The process of investigating what matched our audio requirements with what’s available in the marketplace emphasized that there are a whole lot of variables beyond sound that come into play regarding the acquisition of new gear. All businesses,… View this story
Filed in: Production • Feature • Production • Audio • Backline • Cases & Accessories • Curtains, Pipe & Drape • Lighting • Production Software • Recording • Rigging • Staging • Video • Analog • Business • Digital • Manufacturer • System -
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
PSW Staff 11/20/12 11:59 AM,A live music system usually isn’t complete without subwoofers. Whether horn loaded, cardioid, bass reflex, infinite baffle, or band pass, they are a bedrock of pop and rock music, as implicit as the kick drum mic in channel one. Though initially developed to extend LF response in the 1960s and to enhance supplemental effects for 1970s disaster movies, subwoofers – dedicated band-limited cone loudspeakers for frequencies generally below 100 Hz – have grown to become the most ubiquitous specialty enclosure.… View this story
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