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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
PSW Staff 02/19/13 02:07 PM,An Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system has been installed in London’s exclusive Arts Club. Managing FOH and monitor audio in the live performance room, the modular system comprises an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-112 Surface and fulfills the venue’s need for a fully-spec’d pro mixer installed in an extremely compact control area. Founded in 1863 by Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Lord Leighton, the members-only venue attracts a top-end clientele, hosting gigs, art and fashion events, and private parties.… View this story
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
PSW Staff 02/13/13 09:59 AM,Rental company Eko Geluid & lichttechniek, based in Silvolde NL, recently took delivery of an Outline point-source system. Currently the system is out in use on the Beethoven Rocks tour which they needed a powerful and compact stack PA system. After testing, the Outline system was chosen due to its impressive sonic performance, its light weight and small size. Eko’s Outline system is composed of eight Outline Doppia II 5040, two Outline Doppia II 9075 and twelve Outline DBS 18-2… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Subwoofer -
Friday, January 18, 2013
Nathan Short 01/18/13 09:30 AM,It’s a slate gray spring afternoon and I find myself crammed in the back of a creaking Econoline van making its way across the Midwestern prairie to a club gig tonight in central Iowa. We’ve gone from the man-made peaks and valleys of downtown Chicago through the bland sameness of the northern suburbs and now find ourselves looking out across thousands of square miles of dormant brown fields that occasionally yield to exit ramps and truck stops. Only three hours… View this story
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
PSW Staff 01/15/13 07:51 AM,The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the Fourth Annual ProSoundWeb Readers Choice Product Awards. Click here to view the winners! The participation of both manufacturers as well as our audience proved exceptional, with thousands of ballots cast since voting started less than a month ago. The races in each category were close and competitive, owing to the overall strength of every product entered combined with the distinct yet varied preferences of the pro audio industry’s… View this story
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Friday, December 07, 2012
PSW Staff 12/07/12 10:31 AM,Old Soundman, Welcome, LL! Please help, I currently run sound for an eight-piece group that includes a three-piece horn section. My problem is not getting a good clear sound; either I get the rhythm section to sound good, and the vocals and horns sound like crap, or vice-versa. Whenever any one group sounds good, the others don’t. I have sermonized about this before! Were you playing hooky that day, or what? What you are facing is a need to ruthlessly… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Analog • Consoles • Education • Loudspeaker • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer • System -
Dave Rat 12/07/12 09:18 AM,It’s pretty common knowledge that if you get the wires mixed up when hooking up two loudspeakers that something “not good” happens. Loudspeaker phase (actually, polarity) seems at first glance a pretty simple concept. If both loudspeakers are moving outward at the same time the sound adds together, and if one is moving out while the other moves in, the sound cancels out, especially the low frequencies. Hearing this effect is quite easily demonstrated - listen to your home stereo… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Consoles • Loudspeaker • Microphone • Mixer • Monitoring • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Craig Leerman 12/04/12 01:21 PM,There are many “sub-groups” among pro audio folks, with two of the primary groups being live and recording. But live mix engineers are now being tasked with interfacing recording systems and recording shows directly, whereas in the past we were usually only asked to supply an analog split off the snake for a separate recording company. With recording increasingly becoming a regular part of our job description, let’s take a look at some of the ways to record live events,… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Production • Feature • Study Hall • Production • Audio • Recording • Consoles • Interconnect • Microphone • Mixer • Software -
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Bobby Owsinski 12/02/12 01:48 PM,There are pros and cons in using a computer-based DAW (digital audio workstation) to make a live recording. While on the surface that seems like a no-brainer, a lot of engineers are afraid enough about the setup time and the supposed fragility of DAW in a live situation to feel comfortable with them. When DAW platforms like Cubase, Pro Tools, and Sound Forge (to name just a few) first came on the recording scene in the mid-1990s, you might say… View this story
Filed in: Recording • Production • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Production • Audio • Recording • Consoles • Digital Audio Workstations • Ethernet • Mixer • Software • Sound Reinforcement -
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Bobby Owsinski 12/01/12 06:31 PM,These days it seems that almost everyone has a digital audio workstation (DAW) and a common 8-channel interface from Avid, MOTU, Edirol or some other manufacturer. Believe it or not, these small, inexpensive rigs pack more power than The Beatles ever had during their heyday (yet they sold over 1 billion records), and we can easily put that power to work when making a simple 8-track recording. While many of the interfaces actually have more than 8 inputs if you… View this story
Filed in: Production • Church Sound • Feature • Production • Recording • Digital • Microphone • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System -
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Craig Leerman 11/28/12 11:37 AM,Recently a young person asked me about my work, and as I explained some of the various aspects, it triggered something in my brain. I realized that I had actually just barely scratched the surface in terms of telling him about the wide range of responsibilities that many of us have. For example, we’re regularly involved with sales before the show (and often during and after). From simply speaking to clients about their needs, to putting bids together, to being… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Production • Feature • Study Hall • Production • Audio • Backline • Lighting • Rigging • Staging • Video • Business • Engineer • Stage • Technician
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