Articles Tagged Quality

  • Wednesday, April 06, 2011
    signal path quality
    Jamie Anderson 04/06/11 08:30 AM, 0 Comments
    Be sure to see the related article by Jamie entitled “Anatomy Of A System Measurement Rig: Probes, Preamps & Processors” While it may be counter-intuitive, for 99.52367% (roughly speaking) of common applications, the signal quality that our system measurement/analyzer rigs require to produce good measurements is, by pro audio standards, not really that high - particularly when compared to the signal quality demanded for studio recording or even simple listening. What we require from the signal transmission path in our… View this story
    Filed in: AVFeaturePollStudy HallAVMeasurementSignalSound Reinforcement

  • Sunday, March 14, 2010
    fletcher recording
    Fletcher 03/14/10 01:34 PM, 2 Comments
    I’m regularly asked about my choices of favorite microphones. The answer is really pretty easy every time: my favorite ever made is the Shure SM57. You can point a ‘57 in the general direction of a sound and you’ll get a pretty decent representation of that sound that can be recorded and pounded to death later. Everything else in terms of microphones is pretty much open to negotiation. I do mostly unsigned artists, which often means that the “A List”… View this story
    Filed in: RecordingFeatureOpinionAudioMicrophoneStudio