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Thursday, May 03, 2012
Bruce Bartlett 05/03/12 10:55 AM,This article is provided by Bartlett Microphones. Perhaps the most challenging sound-reinforcement job—in terms of feedback—is amplifying children. It’s often hard to hear children in dramatic or musical productions. That’s because most children don’t project. Since they produce a low volume on stage, you must turn up their mics a lot to hear them—resulting in feedback. Here I’ll offer some creative solutions to help those young voices be heard. I won’t cover wireless mics—even though they work well—because they… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Concert • Microphone • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Pat Brown 05/02/12 07:02 AM,In my previous article (here), I addressed some of the caveats of measuring sound fields in enclosed spaces. The conclusion was that the eyes and ears do not always agree when it comes to sound quality. If making acoustic measurements is so difficult, why bother? Why not tune the system based solely on listening? Because there are several very good reasons for including our eyes in the system tuning process! We humans base our concept of reality upon the evidence… View this story
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Volker Schmitt & Joe Ciaudelli 05/01/12 04:26 PM,Using radio frequency (RF) wireless microphone transmitters with the right amount of RF output power is important to ensure total system reliability. There is a common misconception that higher power is better. However, in many applications high power can aggravate intermodulation (IM) distortion, resulting in audible noises. First, the applied RF output power must fall within the limit allowed by each country’s legislation. In the U.S., the maximum RF output power for wireless microphones is limited to 250 mW. In… View this story
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Jackson B. Jackson 04/30/12 04:03 PM,OK, you all know the drill. It’s time to lay down the drum track for your future Grammy Award-winning song, but there’s just one tiny little problem; no live drummer within a 50-mile radius of your studio. Or how about this one? You’ve managed to post bail (again) for your drummer, only to find out that he had to sell his acoustic kit to pay this month’s rent. No problem, you think to yourself, I’ll just plug in my Drum-O-Matic… View this story
Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Digital Audio Workstations • Digital • Processor • Studio -
Tim Weaver 04/30/12 11:38 AM,McGonigels Mucky Duck is one of those venues that bands, engineers and fans love. An Irish-style pub in downtown Houston, it’s stage is noted in the folk, jazz, Americana and World Music spheres and has played host to the likes of Joe Ely, Shake Russell, Radney Foster, Kinky Friedman, James McMurtry, Druha Trava, Sarah Jarosz, The Magpies, Iris Dement, Michelle Shocked, Leon Redbone, and hundreds of others. The official capacity is 140, which in my opinion, would be very packed… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Concert • Engineer • Interconnect • Sound Reinforcement • System • Technician -
David McLain 04/30/12 11:20 AM,It’s always been amusing to watch the band set up. The guitarist brings his amp, a few pedals, and maybe a couple of guitars. The bass player brings his instrument, and often his own amp. The drummer uses the church’s drum kit, but he brings his own sticks and takes the time to tune and position the drums to his liking. But the vocalist just uses whatever mic is handed to them. My experience has been that the choice of… View this story
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Bobby Owsinski 04/27/12 12:04 PM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Having trouble figuring how to use your effects during mixing? Here are a set of rules that can help you choose the best effects for each track more efficiently, courtesy of The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook. Rule 1 - As A General Rule Of Thumb, Try To Picture The Performer In An Acoustic Space And Then Realistically Recreate That Space Around Them. This method usually saves some time over simply experimenting with different… View this story
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Chris Huff 04/27/12 11:13 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Evaluating your monitor settings is a crucial step during the sound check and during the church service. Consider these three signs your monitor mix is bad or had gone bad. 1. A musician isn’t playing in time or looks lost. This will happen if you didn’t get the right monitor mix during the sound check. It can also happen if they can’t hear the monitor due to the addition of the… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Loudspeaker • Mixer • Monitoring • Stage -
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Joe Gilder 04/26/12 12:01 PM,This article is provided by Home Studio Corner. Do you know the reason we rave over those “vintage” recordings? Imperfection. Forty years ago, they didn’t use tubes, transformers, and tape by choice. Nope, it was all that was available to them at the time. The “sound” of so many of our favorite recordings from that era came from running the audio through gear that couldn’t faithfully and accurately reproduce the signal. Each piece of gear added something to the… View this story
Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Study Hall • Digital Audio Workstations • Processor • Studio -
Gary Zandstra 04/26/12 07:25 AM,Several years ago, I was invited to be a presenter at an audio industry trade show, and while there, I greatly enjoyed meeting some fellow presenters. In fact, after the convention center hall closed, eight of us audio “geeks” went to enjoy dinner together, and it turned out to be a fun—and instructive—evening on many levels. At one point, as we were seated around the table, someone in the group posed this hypothetical question: “If you got a call to… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Poll • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Stage
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