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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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11/28/12 02:03 PM,
SurgeX announces the availability of Crestron and AMX control system interface modules designed by Control Concepts, a company with over 15 years of control programming for AV consultants, integrators, end users, and manufacturers. Smart energy management is playing an emergent role in homes and businesses, and the new automation modules will provide intelligent options for power management, measurement and reporting. The partnership makes it easier for integrators and end users to manage their power through an automation system. With the…
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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07/11/12 11:22 AM,
Looking to provide contestants with professional-quality monitor coverage while maintaining a low visual profile on the sets of CBS’ Survivor and NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice reality television programs, Red Hook, New York-based Firehouse Productions relies on JBL CBT Series column speakers. Both television programs needed a loudspeaker option that could provide tight vertical coverage patterns while being easily hidden amongst the design of their sets. To do so, Firehouse Productions provided JBL’s CBT 50LA—a compact, 50-centimeter-high column that utilizes a straight…
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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01/23/12 12:45 PM,
Up to 10 musicians can simultaneously control their StudioLive monitor mixes using an iPhone or iPod touch and Presonus’ free QMix app. QMix builds on PreSonus’ original Virtual StudioLive (VSL), which provides bidirectional computer control of PreSonus StudioLive-series mixers via FireWire. Next came StudioLive Remote for iPad, which provides wireless control of StudioLive mixers. “SL Remote is very useful for the front-of-house engineer but it’s overkill for onstage performers, and the cost of iPads can add up. That’s why we…
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Bobby Owsinski
12/26/11 01:48 PM,
This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. If you’re doing a session in Los Angeles and you want your drums to instantly sound great, then your first call is to the Drum Doctors to either rent a fantastic sounding kit, or have your kit tuned. Ross Garfield is the “Drum Doctor” and you’ve heard his drum sounds on platinum recordings from Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Metallica, Dwight Yokum, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitiz, Michael Jackson and…
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Mike Sessler
05/13/11 09:56 AM,
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Most of the time, we’re dealing with non-professional musicians, limited equipment, and tight deadlines. While difficult, it’s not impossible to produce good monitor mixes and a good house mix. In most smaller churches, monitors are mixed from the front of house mixing position. Typically, smaller churches have 16- to 48-channel consoles that have 6 aux sends. On these consoles, aux channels 1 through 4 are pre-fader (or can be set that way with a switch), meaning the main house fader…
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Monday, May 09, 2011
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05/09/11 10:54 AM,
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This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. When it comes to problems people run into when building studios, few issues top floors and ceilings. What most musicians and engineers don’t understand, for example, is why low ceilings are usually bad for sound. Or, an equally common question, is it better to cover the studio floor with a rug or leave it hard? So, hopefully we can offer an explanation to these and a few other issues in this excerpt…
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Kent Margraves
04/28/11 10:00 AM,
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Provided by Sennheiser. Today, our discussion focuses on the processing and optimization of miked sources on the worship stage, using the equalization available in the PA console channel strips or outboard equalization inserted into these channels. It does not discuss overall system processing or “tuning” and assumes appropriate system installation and optimization. So, have you ever experienced a case of microphones squealing feedback before they are loud enough in your PA mix? Even with great mics and a wise…
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011
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04/06/11 07:34 AM,
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KRK Systems has announced the introduction of the new ROKIT RP10-3 Mid-field Three-Way Monitor System at Musikmesse 2011. Designed to deliver full range professional performance in a mid-field monitor package, the ROKIT RP10-3 breaks both performance and price barriers to give commercial and private studios the creative edge for critical listening environments. The integrated low frequency driver and cabinet design deliver true bass response down to 35Hz to yield an enhanced low end experience not found with other mid-field monitors.…
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Bobby Owsinski
04/04/11 12:40 PM,
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This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Before you can look at some accepted ways to improve your isolation, it’s important to look at all the things that won’t work. In this excerpt from The Studio Builder’s Handbook (written with Dennis Moody) is a list of various materials that you’ll often see attached to the walls of a space in hopes of increasing the isolation. However, they really won’t help much at all. Mattresses: There are so many…
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Andrew Catron
03/31/11 01:27 PM,
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Provided by Sennheiser. The difference between mono and stereo in the use of a wireless monitoring system is very profound. If you think about it, we experience life in stereo. We even describe sound reproduced by systems with multiple channels of stereo as “rich” because it comes even closer to how we naturally experience sound. In the case of a wireless personal monitor system, utilizing stereo gives a sense of space. In fact, playing really gets fun and expressive when…
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