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Monday, December 12, 2011
Tim Vear
12/12/11 03:30 PM,
An important consideration in microphone use is acoustic interference, which can occur whenever delayed versions of the same sound are mixed together, acoustically or electrically. With mics, this may happen in several ways: mics of reverse polarity picking up the same sound, multiple mics picking up the same sound from different distances, a single mic picking up multiple reflections of the same sound, or any combination of these. The results are similar in each case, and include audible peaks and…
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Dale Alexander
02/07/11 07:01 PM,
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The question that is at the top of the list when we talk to pastors and music ministers: Why can’t we hear the choir? For a church with an active choir ministry this can be one of the most volatile challenges they have to deal with. The solution to the problem is usually not a simple one. In many evangelical churches, the choir is still an extremely important element of the worship service although the musical styles have evolved from…
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Sam Berkow
01/28/11 10:25 AM,

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If one could listen to only the direct sound of a loudspeaker, the world would be a very different place! Unfortunately, free field listening, where you have no reflections, room modes or ambient noise, is hard to achieve in everyday life, so we listen to loudspeakers in real rooms. The interaction of a loudspeaker system and a room can be very complex to understand, model or measure! One way to measure this interaction is to measure the impulse response of…
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Pat Brown
10/12/10 12:48 PM,
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For most humans, there is nothing easier than breathing, seeing, smelling and hearing. We do these things without thought, and even take them for granted. Our senses were given to us to help us exist in a physical universe. They are transducers that allow physical stimuli to be converted into a form recognized by the brain. We are bombarded with stimuli every waking moment, and our brains are continuously processing the information to help us function in our environment. Of…
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Friday, August 06, 2010
Tim Vear
08/06/10 06:18 AM,
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Sound Waves Sound moves through the air like waves in water. Sound waves consist of pressure variations traveling through the air. When the sound wave travels, it compresses air molecules together at one point. This is called the high pressure zone or positive component(+). After the compression, an expansion of molecules occurs. This is the low pressure zone or negative component(-). This process continues along the path of the sound wave until its energy becomes too weak to hear. The…
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
PSW Staff
07/23/09 12:17 PM,
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Multiple Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Christina Aguilera is in the studio again, working on tracks for her next album. Aguilera’s personal studio is filled with a wide assortment of world-class recording equipment ,and she and her creative staff rely on their reference monitors to make critical decisions about her recordings. To ensure that no detail is overlooked, Aguilera and her team look to Equator Audio Research for the accuracy so essential when making a high profile recording. Recording engineer Oscar…
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Friday, July 03, 2009
PSW Staff
07/03/09 07:17 AM,
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Crown Audio introduced the CDi 6000 amplifier, the fourth amplifier in the CDi Series, at the 2009 InfoComm show in Orlando. “The CDi 6000 provides an unmatched combination of processing, power and a competitive price that makes it the clear leader in its class. The new CDi 6000 is a reflection of our commitment to providing integrators with the greatest range of options for power and scalability for the challenges that each individual installation presents,” stated Brian Divine, director of…
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
PSW Staff
06/24/09 09:23 AM,
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The new WaveCapture Live-Capture Pro is a PC-based software tool for real-time live sound measurements, optimized for front of house use. Up to eight channels of time and frequency domain are measured simultaneously using program material (music and speech), before or during a performance, with the audience present. Live-Capture Pro also employs traditional MLS and Chirp measurements. The full suite of features includes room-resonance detection in real time, delay finder with group delay and Cepstrum analysis, filter optimization, sound level…
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
PSW Staff
04/09/09 01:17 PM,
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At the 2009 Prolight+Sound-Musikmesse in Frankfurt, WaveCapture highlighted the just-introduced Live-Capture Light, an easy-to-use, PC-based software tool for real-time live sound measurements that now includes a two-channel analyzer for the Lake Controller analyzer interface. Optimized for front-of-house use, Live-Capture Light measures time and frequency domain simultaneously using program material (music and speech), before or during a performance, with the audience present. Live-Capture Light is dedicated to sound reinforcement system optimization with a range of unique analysis tools that provide fast…
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
PSW Staff
03/31/09 01:35 PM,
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ICON Studios in Atlanta recently invested in new Equator Audio Research G12 studio reference monitors as well as a Q18 subwoofer for Studio C, one of four studios utilized by top music artists, such as Akon, Jazze Pha, Shawty Red, and DJ Khaled. The monitors were purchased through Atlanta Pro Audio. The Equator Q12 is a two-way active system employing Equator Audio’s Zero Point Reference coaxial design. The monitor’s no-slope crossover approach reduces the mid-range distortion associated with conventional coaxial…
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