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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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10/10/12 03:02 PM,
SynAudCon is pleased to announce the release of their 5th web-based audio training course titled “Sound Reinforcement For Designers”. This web-based course covers the fundamentals of loudspeaker selection and placement to achieve acceptable speech intelligibility in reverberant spaces. It is for anyone who selects and places loudspeakers in rooms. The content paves a logical path from the site survey through the design process, describing and demonstrating what must be considered each step of the way. “We have computer room-modeling programs…
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Pat Brown
09/26/12 05:37 PM,
Intuition is one of the most valuable tools of the sound system designer. But sometimes intuition can lead us astray. Humans tend to think in terms of linear relationships rather than proportional relationships. But most significant changes in an audio system are related to the proportional change rather than linear change. For example, a 2-to-l power ratio produces a 3 dB increase in level, regardless of the initial power. A 1 watt to 2 watt increase produces the same proportional…
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Pat Brown
05/27/11 01:12 PM,
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An auditorium is a “place for hearing”. It’s very definition suggests that any aspect of the space that has to do with communication should be given high priority. Prior to the invention of the sound reinforcement system, an auditorium was a space designed to allow a large number of people to be addressed by an unreinforced talker. The room geometry and acoustical treatments in an auditorium provided natural reinforcement for the acoustic source. The ancient Greeks even built megaphones into…
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Bruce Main
03/15/11 10:45 AM,
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We’ve all spent more than enough time dealing with snakes. You know, microphone snakes, drive snakes, sub snakes, unscrupulous promoters… The most dreaded job in sound reinforcement is peeling up and stowing a snake after a three-day metal festival where it runs right along the fence next to the beer garden. By the end of a regional tour, snakes can swell to twice their normal size with sticky duct tape and used chewing gum. And why is it always the…
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Friday, May 28, 2010
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05/28/10 01:09 PM,
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In evaluating the success or failure of every house of worship sound reinforcement system, two requirements stand out: coverage and intelligibility. Does the system provide completely smooth and consistent coverage throughout the entire space? And, can every syllable of every word (and every note of every song) be heard and understood - and even further - within their intended context? This is the heart of the matter. If a system can’t be heard due to substandard coverage to certain areas,…
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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03/12/10 04:15 PM,
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Acoustics Dimensions announces noted audio/video systems designer David W. Robb has joined their New Rochelle, New York office as Senior Associate, where he serves as the backbone of the Audio and AV Group; providing design direction, quality standards, documentation supervision, and a critical ear for all performance space projects. Robb is one of the innovators of modern audio installation design, integrating products and techniques from the touring industry into the world of permanent installations. His two decades of audio systems…
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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06/23/09 08:29 AM,
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At 2009 InfoComm in Orlando, Renkus-Heinz, worldwide distributor of Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) products, hosted the debut of the new AFMG A/D-D/A converter, the 8-input EASERA Gateway x.8. The x.8 is the product of a collaboration between AFMG and German hardware designers DSPECIALISTS, and is designed to complement AFMG’s EASERA and SysTune audio measurement software tools to provide sound system engineers with a complete PA system tuning package. The Gateway x.8 is the first 8-input/2-output converter specifically designed for…
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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05/06/09 08:29 AM,
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RackTools 3.5, Middle Atlantic’s free layout and specification software package, has been enhanced with new shapes for user-defined components and greater drawing export flexibility. The software now allows users to export complete drawings to AutoCAD as well as output the drawings at a 1:1 ratio, saving significant amounts of time. The software also now supports shapes for user-defined equipment including amplifiers, receivers, and DVRs, in addition to offering an expanded library of RSH Series custom rackshelf shapes is now available…
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