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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Ken DeLoria 08/15/12 10:00 AM,One of the most difficult aspects to comprehend in the field of sound is the relationship of phase response, frequency response, and how each relates to time. Understanding these relationships can help a lot in making optimal choices when you’re deploying and utilizing sound systems. What the deuce is phase? (Sorry, I was channeling my inner Stewie Griffin.) The term phase response is actually short for “phase versus frequency,” in the way that we typically use the term in our… View this story
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Monday, August 06, 2012
Karl Winkler 08/06/12 04:52 PM,How do we teach aspiring audio professionals to mix? How important is teaching? Can some people even be taught? I’ve seen debates in the ProSoundWeb LAB forums as to whether mixing sound can/can’t be taught. There are a couple of interesting books I’ve read that relate to this idea. The first one is “This Is Your Brain On Music” by Daniel Levitin. Levitin addresses the age-old question of talent versus work effort, and essentially concludes that the real deciding factor… View this story
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Paul Bauman 08/02/12 10:41 AM,Introduced earlier this year, the JBL Professional VTX line array loudspeaker series represents the evolution of the VerTec line, combined with several new technology initiatives. VTX also benefits from the collective proficiency of the Harman Pro audio group in integrating power, processing, system tuning, networking and control aspects in a package suitable for both touring and fixed install applications. The first product in the VTX series is the full-size, 3-way V25 line array element, which includes dual 2267H 15-inch, 2,000-watt… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Product • Amplifier • Line Array • Manufacturer • Power • Processor • Software • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Craig Leerman 07/31/12 06:24 PM,The Radial Engineering ProD8 is an 8-channel, rack-mountable passive direct box that is optimized for use with keyboards, but it has many other uses at gigs as well. The eight channels can each be used with mono sources, or with stereo sources that it can merge to mono. The unit also offers loop-through routing capabilities, as well as an effects loop on every channel. Like all Radial units I’ve worked with over the years, the ProD8 is very well built.… 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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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
PSW Staff 07/10/12 04:09 PM,The number of music festivals being staged around the world has grown tremendously over the past decade or so. They’re a huge draw for good reason – audiences get several hours (and sometimes even a couple/few days) of live music, provided by artists of diverse or similar styles (something for everyone’s tastes), and usually at a reasonable price. Tributefest in Santa Clarita, CA (just north of Los Angeles) is emblematic of this thriving genre. Held in the city’s beautiful Central… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Amplifier • Concert • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Power • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Greg Stone 07/10/12 11:16 AM,I’ve often joked that my funeral ceremony will include a small monitor wedge next to the casket, with a sign on my chest that reads “I’d like a little more of me in the monitor.” It’s a way of finding humor in a comment that sound mixers hear all too often. On a more serious note, watch out! Trying to accommodate “more of me” can quickly provoke an endless string of errors that can turn the strongest mix master into… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Consoles • Loudspeaker • Mixer • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Monday, July 09, 2012
PSW Staff 07/09/12 04:53 PM,We define “medium format” line arrays as those with 10-inch low-frequency drivers, and we’ve created “small” and “compact” format categories for models with more miniscule LF drivers. This is a somewhat arbitrary definition, but no more so than the various designations that manufacturers use for their loudspeaker/line array systems—one entity’s “miniature” is another’s “mid-size” and so on. When the modern version of line arrays hit the market more than a decade ago, the vast majority were of the large format… View this story
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Kevin Young 07/09/12 03:16 PM,One of the primary drivers in Rob Nevalainen’s career as a monitor engineer and in the founding of his Coquitlam, British Columbia-based audio rental house Gearforce is a passion for perfecting both his own skills and the equipment he works with. “There’s always new technology available and new methods of doing the job, so learning is something you can never stop doing,” he states. Since he got his start in the Vancouver club scene roughly 25 years ago, the 45-year-old… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Business • Concert • Engineer • Sound Reinforcement • Technician • Audio -
Craig Leerman 07/09/12 09:36 AM,Live recording has benefitted mightily from the advances in digital audio, and it’s also offered a lot of pluses for recording in general, including the ability to manipulate audio in a computer using software programs that allow basic mixing and editing functions, along with doing “creative” things like sample audio sources, replace existing sounds, change pitch and tempo. Another bonus is the facility to transfer files quickly from storage media to computers or even over the Internet with no loss… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Product • Digital • Digital Audio Workstations • Microphone • Software • Sound Reinforcement
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