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  • Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Virtual Sound Checks Without A High-End Digital Console
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    Mike Sessler 02/08/12 11:00 AM,
    This article is provided by ChurchTechArts.   Here are some thoughts on doing virtual sound check if you don’t have a DiGiCo or Avid digital console at your disposal. Disclaimer: This is not going to be exhaustive. There are hundreds of hardware/software combinations that will get you the same result. These are some ideas only. Also, it should be noted that “cheap” is a relative term. All of these solutions are going to cost money, real money. However, if you… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Consoles • Digital Audio Workstations • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement

  • Tuesday, February 07, 2012
    In The Studio: Three Mid-Side Processing Tricks (Includes Audio Samples)
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    Jon Tidey 02/07/12 02:04 PM,
    This article is provided by Audio Geek Zine.   In this article I’ll explain how I use mid-side (MS) processing on stereo sources for practical or creative effects. Mid-Side? Two channels of audio can be combined in a way that gives us control over what is the same in each signal, the middle, and what is different, the sides. The middle is where the kick drum, snare, bass, vocals and a lot of other instruments are, the sides have any… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Processor • Studio

  • Church Sound: How To Transition From Analog To Digital Mixing
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    Brian Gowing 02/07/12 12:53 PM,
    This article is provided by Gowing Associates.   I’m in the process of helping one of my churches transition from an analog mixer to a digital mixer. They were in need of more channels than their Allen & Heath 16-channel MixWiz with some outboard gear (front of house EQ, couple of compressors, effects unit) could provide. Based on the maximum number of channels that they anticipated needing over the next five years, I recommended the PreSonus StudioLive 24.4, one of… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Analog • Consoles • Digital • Engineer • Sound Reinforcement • Technician

  • Monday, February 06, 2012
    Church Sound: How To EQ Speech For Maximum Intelligibility
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    Chris Huff 02/06/12 11:36 AM,
    This article is provided by Behind The Mixer.   Haven’t we all had stories of misheard words? It could have been a song lyric or you misheard your spouse?  Maybe they mumbled a word or it just wasn’t clear what was said. This has been the cause for a few hilarious moments at our dinner table.  The problem is unclear words are a distraction from the message.  In the church environment, the pastor’s words must be clear. We can ensure… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • System

  • Thursday, February 02, 2012
    In The Studio: The Attack Of The Lopsided Stereo Monster
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    Joe Gilder 02/02/12 03:10 PM,
    This article is provided by Home Studio Corner.   A reader is puzzled by stereo (2-mic) acoustic guitar recording: I recently got into mixing acoustic guitar with 2 mics. The problem is that I do not know how to create as much ‘space’ as some tracks I know of. I’ve tried XY, ORTF, and spaced pair. XY and ORTF are too narrow. Spaced pair seems reasonable (following the 3:1 Rule), but the mic pointed closest to the body becomes overly… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Microphone • Signal • Studio

  • Church Sound: #InstallationFail
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    Mike Sessler 02/02/12 10:12 AM,
    This article is provided by ChurchTechArts.   This article, #InstallationFail, has been inspired by the many, many instances of bad installation practices I’ve seen throughout the years. I’ve been taking pictures and cataloging these for quite some time, and I figured it’s time to share them with the world. Now, I should point out I’m not publishing these to make anyone feel bad. Though some of you should feel bad for some of these installations. But that’s not the point.… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Engineer • Installation • Interconnect • Technician

  • Tuesday, January 31, 2012
    Church Sound: Art, Science And Anticipation
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    Gary Zandstra 01/31/12 05:07 PM,
    One of my favorite sayings: “Audio is an art that everyone thinks is a science,  and audio is a science that everyone thinks is an art.” There’s no doubt that delivering an accurate (not to mention good-sounding) mix without missed cues is the right blend of both art and science. Knowing the science helps in setting up the mix and making sure that everything is routed properly and the right things plugged in to the right parts of the system.… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Audio • Engineer • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement

  • The Differences Between Vintage And Current Instruments
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    Bobby Owsinski 01/31/12 11:44 AM,
    This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski.   During a long discussion about vintage instruments in the studio this week, it prompted me to think about this excerpt from The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook (written with writer, composer and good buddy Rich Tozzoli) that describes some of the intangible factors that went into manufacturing Gibson humbucking pickups in the 50’s and 60’s. As you’ll see, there are a lot of external factors that went into making a pickup back then,… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Product • Signal • Studio

  • Thursday, January 26, 2012
    Electronic Versus Physical: An Analysis Of Shaping Array Directivity
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    Joe Brusi 01/26/12 07:40 AM,
    Modifying the directivity characteristics of loudspeaker arrays through electronic delay has become increasingly popular. Whereas 20 years ago the only option was expensive dedicated digital delay units, and a few years later the original BSS Omnidrive was a luxury, the advent of inexpensive digital processing has changed the game. The design of complex arrays using a relatively high number of processing channels, as required to electronically modify the directionality of an array, is now affordable and widely implemented. However, virtual… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Audio • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer • System

  • Wednesday, January 25, 2012
    Church Sound: Building A Simple Box To Add Two Mixing Boards Together
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    Mike Sokol 01/25/12 03:25 PM,
    This article is provided by How-To ASSIST Technical Training.   We’ve all been in a fix from time to time when we needed to sum two audio signals into one. Much of the time, we need to convert a stereo signal into mono. The other situation is typically when you need to add the outputs of two mixing boards together, summing the left, right, effects and monitor outputs into common lines so that two boards act as one large mixer.… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Consoles • Interconnect • Mixer