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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
PSW Staff 02/23/11 09:00 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I have a question about storing analog tape. I remember reading that the group Boston had major problems years ago with some tape that had gone bad due to not being stored properly. I have some 2-inch master tapes I’d like to take care of. What advice can you give me? A: The best way to take care of those tapes is to keep them in a cool and dry place. Moisture is the worst… View this story
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Monday, January 31, 2011PSW Staff 01/31/11 08:42 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’m looking for a few microphones for location recording. Since most of my source material isn’t very loud I’ve decided I want to get a mic with very low self-noise. Most good mics have a rating for this, and I assume lower numbers are better, but I don’t really understand the specification so I thought I should check. A: If the listed spec is for self-noise then yes, lower numbers are better. In many cases… View this story
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Thursday, January 27, 2011PSW Staff 01/27/11 08:49 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’ve been working in the industry for quite a while now, and recently, I’ve been repairing a lot of cable. One thing I’ve never really had a grip on is that there seems to be lots of different ways to shield a cable. Is any one way better than another? Does it even matter, or is it just the choice of the manufacturer. A: A very interesting question! Each cable is always shielded in a… View this story
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Monday, January 24, 2011PSW Staff 01/24/11 10:54 AM, 2 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’ve heard a lot about the ‘crest factor’ when people are discussing loudness. Does this relate at all to the issue of CD loudness in mastering? A: It’s funny how often the term “loud” is used in the same sentence with “mastering” these days. “Real” mastering is of course much, much more than maximizing the loudness of a recording. But loudness is an issue, regardless of whether you’re in the “more is better” camp or… View this story
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011PSW Staff 01/05/11 08:48 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I just got Pro Tools for Christmas and I’m working on setting up a home studio. I’m trying to make sure I have all the power and stuff hooked up correctly and I have a question for you. Can I run both a UPS and an AC power conditioner/surge suppressor, or should I only use one? A: The answer to this one is a bit surprising. If you’re using a UPS to power equipment in… View this story
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Bruce Borgerson 12/07/10 01:22 PM, 0 CommentsThis article is the second in a series on the historic Muscle Shoals studios. The first part is available here. After signing Jimmy Cliff to Island Records in 1971, label owner and producer Chris Blackwell was determined to introduce Cliff to wider audiences both in America and Europe. Deciding it might help to cut some songs with more of an R&B flavor, he brought Cliff to Muscle Shoals where, according to Hawkins, “we cut six, eight, maybe even ten songs.”… View this story
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010Bruce Borgerson 11/30/10 12:22 PM, 0 CommentsThis article is the first in a series on the historic Muscle Shoals studios. The second part is available here. Working at Muscle Shoals was by far the best period for me, from the middle sixties through the seventies. “I think my understanding was broadened and deepened so much by watching records being made from scratch, rather than deductively from written arrangements.” “Oh, man, it changed my life! There was never such an interaction between me and the musicians, and… View this story
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010Ted Hunter 11/03/10 09:20 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. This Tech Tip Of The Day come to you in editorial form because we wanted explain the benefits of various polar patterns. Variable polar patterns can actually be good for several things. Before we go into them, we should probably briefly discuss what the main polar patterns are. The three “main” polar patterns are cardioid (or unidirectional), figure-eight (or bidirectional), and omnidirectional. You can find far more detailed definitions in past Microphone World features, however, in… View this story
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010PSW Staff 11/02/10 09:56 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: When I do live sound gigs I find that as the night wears on I seem to have to turn the volume up more and more to keep the energy level up and to just keep the volume the same. Sometimes people say it gets too loud, but I don’t hear it that way. Are my ears lying? A: Yes, but there is more to it than that. There are actually many, many factors at… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Audio • Concert • Digital • Education • Engineer • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Power • Sound Reinforcement • Studio • System • Technician -
Monday, November 01, 2010PSW Staff 11/01/10 09:05 AM, 2 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’m working on a remix of a recent recording for a long time client which has me quite excited. The reason is that this is my first ever project for broadcast! I’ve been checking the mix on multiple sizes of monitors, including TV speakers, but something still doesn’t sound right. Can you offer any advice? A: We’ve encountered similar issues recently when mixing for broadcast. We were quite happy with the way the mix sounded… View this story
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