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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Joe Gilder 04/26/12 12:01 PM,This article is provided by Home Studio Corner. Do you know the reason we rave over those “vintage” recordings? Imperfection. Forty years ago, they didn’t use tubes, transformers, and tape by choice. Nope, it was all that was available to them at the time. The “sound” of so many of our favorite recordings from that era came from running the audio through gear that couldn’t faithfully and accurately reproduce the signal. Each piece of gear added something to the… View this story
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PSW Staff 04/26/12 11:50 AM,Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION Certification training course in New Orleans during May, where AV designers, consultants, contractors and end users can learn best practices for designing, deploying and implementing MediaMatrix audio distribution, processing and control systems. The MediaMatrix NION Certification training course instructs AV professionals on the fundamentals of MediaMatrix, the most flexible and scalable audio networking system on the market, as well as how to design and program projects in nWare; how to set… View this story
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PSW Staff 04/26/12 08:17 AM,Avid has announced the release of Sibelius First, combining the Sibelius Student and Sibelius First notation products into a single easy-to-use, powerful, and fun music composition tool. The new Sibelius First takes advantage of the features introduced by Sibelius 7, including a task-oriented UI specifically designed to guide the user through the creative process, along with quality sound, 64-bit technology and support for the latest operating systems. It also offers new video export functionality, online publishing, and direct sharing to… View this story
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Chuck McGregor 04/25/12 02:55 PM,Polarity and Phase - these terms are often used as if they mean the same thing. They are not. POLARITY: In electricity this is a simple reversal of the plus and minus voltage. It doesn’t matter whether it is DC or AC voltage. For DC, Turn a battery around in a flashlight and you have inverted or, more commonly stated, reversed the polarity of the voltage going to the light bulb. For AC, interchange the two wires at the input… View this story
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PSW Staff 04/25/12 10:44 AM,One of the primary event spaces at the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA), the second-largest municipally-owned museum in the nation, is benefitting from a sound system upgrade that centers on an Ashly Audio PEMA integrated processor/amplifier and FR-16 network fader remote control. “The walls, floors, and ceiling of the event space are solid stone,” observes Dennis Phillips, owner of Phillips Pro Audio, the company that designed and installed the new audio system. “It’s an art institute, after all. But solid… View this story
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Matthew Weiss 04/25/12 08:34 AM,This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files. Check out Mixing Rap Vocals Part 1 and Part 2 before reading this article. Compression is a difficult subject because there is a lot you can do with it. So let’s look at the main reasons to grab a compressor before getting into some of the more intricate uses. Quick Macro-Dynamic Control Macro dynamics refer to words and phrases. These are the clear dynamics you can hear as “this part… View this story
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Monday, April 16, 2012
PSW Staff 04/16/12 11:11 AM,The latest release of software for Studer Vista digital consoles brings 30-band graphic EQ functionality to all channels on the desk, whether they are inputs, buses or outputs, in addition to the existing full 4-band parametric equalisation. Assignment and selection of the graphic EQ is via the Vistonics touch screen, and the control of the frequency bands is then placed on the channel faders, or via the rotary controls in the Vistonics section. On Vista 9 consoles, the FaderGlow illuminates… View this story
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Duke DeJong 04/13/12 02:47 PM,A while back, I got the rare opportunity to work with the youth band at our church. These guys have an incredible heart and passion to worship and have loads of raw talent which translates into a powerful time of worship. When they lead, as a worshipper I feel free and emboldened to praise God the way He created me too. When they lead, as a sound operator I have to work as hard and quick as ever to create… View this story
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PSW Staff 04/13/12 11:17 AM,PreSonus is now shipping Studio One 2.0.5, a free update to all versions of the company’s DAW software for Mac and Windows that adds several important new features and fixes a variety of issues. Among the new features: —Any Studio One command can now be assigned to any MIDI CC message. Use any MIDI control surface with Studio One, even if it isn’t natively supported. —Ampire XT amp models have been reworked to sound significantly better. —Markers can now have… View this story
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
PSW Staff 04/12/12 05:42 PM,Line 6 has announced the availability of the new StageSource L3t loudspeaker, outfitted with Smart Speaker mode that optimizes output for a variety of performance scenarios: front-of-house PA, floor monitor, personal PA, keyboard and acoustic guitar backline. The L3t can also be used with Line 6 POD multi-effect processors as a high-performance electric guitar speaker system. Smart Speaker modes can be set manually or automatically via built-in orientation sensors that detect whether the loudspeaker has been pole-mounted or rotated and… View this story
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