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Thursday, May 16, 2013
James Cadwallader 05/16/13 06:08 PM,I suspected trouble when I accepted responsibility for something I had no control over. There was a 50/50 chance of either being the hero or the whipping boy. I didn’t care for those odds, but I couldn’t change them. It all started when a friend of the family asked me to help make sure that the sound for his wedding didn’t ruin the ceremony. The catch was that I wasn’t handling the sound - his cousin, the part-time DJ, had… View this story
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Bob Buontempo 05/16/13 04:41 PM,To begin with, there are many things that you cannot do in a home studio. A competent recording of a live band - still the mainstay of the recording industry - is usually impossible in your bedroom. Fitting an orchestra in there is also challenging. And even though the topic of this piece is whether award-winning (i.e., Grammy) music can be conceived, recorded and mastered in a home studio, there’s nothing to indicate that any such recordings actually have been.… View this story
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Bruce Bartlett 05/16/13 04:08 PM,What goes around comes around. From the 1920s through the 1940s, PA systems for music often used only a single microphone. Band members would gather closely around this mic, balancing their sound by moving toward or away from the mic. Radio broadcasts and recordings often used one mic as well. And over the past several years, this “old-fashioned” technique is making a comeback. Many bluegrass and folk bands use the one-mic method with surprisingly good results, typically using a large… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Microphone • Mixer • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Monday, May 13, 2013
Karl Winkler 05/13/13 04:41 PM,Most of us feel that we know good sound when we hear it. We also have tools to help us analyze the properties of sound, and we’ve learned to interpret those measurements and equate them with good and bad. But I find it fascinating that sometimes even when things measure “poorly,” we say that it sounds good anyway. Or, conversely, sometimes the measurements look spectacular but “there’s just something wrong.” The challenge is defining what actually constitutes “good” sound, and… View this story
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Gary Zandstra 05/13/13 03:07 PM,Having the luxury of visiting and mixing in many different church sound booths I’ve seen almost everything, from an 8-channel powered mixer sitting (precariously, I might add) on a chair to a fully loaded DiGiCo mixing board/workstation in a 20- by 40-foot decked-out production booth However, the most indelible impression that sticks with me about each and every booth that I have been in is the organization—or the lack thereof. Mama always said. “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.’ I don’t… View this story
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Matthew Weiss 05/13/13 02:51 PM,This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files. This article is about some pretty crazy techniques that can really take your sound up a notch or totally screw up your mix! These aren’t techniques I use all the time, but enough to warrant a mention. If you’ve got some experience under your belt, here are a few things you can do when the situation warrants it. 1. Multiple Outputs Tor Group Sends This is useful if you know… View this story
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Michael Hill 05/09/13 03:19 PM,Provided by Sennheiser. Ever have problems with stage volume that’s just too loud? Combating sound issues from performers who can’t hear themselves play - much less think - can be tough. How many times have you pulled down the master faders to (-) infinity at front of house, and the sound coming off the stage was still so loud you knew you were going to get a visit from the head deacon or usher before the first chorus? Or how… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Consoles • Engineer • Mixer • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Technician -
Joe Gilder 05/09/13 02:33 PM,These videos are provided by Home Studio Corner. Some guitarists understand the ways that delay can be used to change and enhance the sound of a passage/part. In this video, Joe reveals the technique and the reasons why it works, and then shows how to apply it via several passages of a track he’s working on for his upcoming album. It’s quite interesting to listen to the differences it can make, and at times it effectively transforms a mundane… View this story
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Monday, May 06, 2013
Matthew Weiss 05/06/13 02:48 PM,This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files. I’d argue that the most important stage a mix is the first hour. Not only is it when your ears are freshest, but it’s also when you get your first impression of a song. You’re making initial decisions that influence how the rest of the mix will go. Once you set down a path, you’re committing yourself to a certain direction. Here’s how I go about my first hour to… View this story
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Gary Parks 05/03/13 05:31 PM,The crowd waits impatiently for the lights to come up, to hear a single voice rise in song, riding above the instruments. The vocal microphone in the singer’s hand, reinforced by the rest of the signal chain, carries a voice to thousands of eager listeners that would scarcely reach the first rows unaided. Of course, mics have reinforced vocals for many decades, and by allowing singers to be heard, they’ve played an integral role in the rise of the popular… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Engineer • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Wireless
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