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Monday, December 12, 2011
Tim Vear 12/12/11 02:30 PM,An important consideration in microphone use is acoustic interference, which can occur whenever delayed versions of the same sound are mixed together, acoustically or electrically. With mics, this may happen in several ways: mics of reverse polarity picking up the same sound, multiple mics picking up the same sound from different distances, a single mic picking up multiple reflections of the same sound, or any combination of these. The results are similar in each case, and include audible peaks and… View this story
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Dave Dermont 07/26/10 05:34 PM, 2 CommentsThere are advantages to getting older. Years of learning something new at every gig add up to that thing we call experience. You remember how well the first Soundcraft console you ever used responded to your touch. You recall, despite its simple interface and lack of things to tweak, how great the reverb of a Lexicon PCM-60 sounded. Another advantage to getting older is that the gear you lusted after as a youngster becomes affordable. The downside of this can… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Poll • Product • Microphone • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Audio -
Friday, February 26, 2010
Mark Frink 02/26/10 02:12 PM, 0 CommentsAs with all sizes of modular line array enclosures there are several designs in the “mini” genre, which we define as those with 7-inch “woofers”. The simplest two-way systems have a single cone driver and a high-frequency driver, side by each. Some employ dual woofers, and those with a center high-frequency section that provides horizontal symmetry. Quasi-three-way solutions use dual woofers, but cross one over earlier, so the other is the single source of mid-range, eliminating cancellations. True three-way designs… View this story
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
PSW Staff 10/07/09 08:04 AM, 0 CommentsThe new AKG Perception Live Series microphones - for live applications as the name states - includes various vocal and instrument microphones and will be on display the upcoming AES Convention in New York City. The P3 and P5 vocal microphones offer cardioid and super-cardiod characteristics, respectively, while the P4 is an instrument mic designed for optimal use with drums, amps, and wind instruments. The P2 rounds out the series, offering an integrated hum bucking coil for an effective elimination… View this story
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Friday, September 11, 2009
PSW Staff 09/11/09 07:05 AM, 0 CommentsTC-Helicon has announced that the new VoiceTone Synth is now shipping. VoiceTone Synth is a vocal effects pedal that specializes in recreating the kinds of effects heard on a lot of modern tracks, and it’s the first time that such a collection of vocal effects has been made available in a pedal. The collection includes extreme, exotic and contemporary sounds like jagged HardTune effects, classic vocoder effects, a voice-controlled synthesizer and vocal distortion and megaphone effects, all dialed in at… View this story
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wayne Wadhams 08/27/09 03:35 PM, 1 CommentThere is no way to say for sure what specific elements, sounds or aspects of a record make it a HIT. Yet every hit has a few key things that grab our attention and make it memorable. Reviewing a long list of hits, we find that many of the same or analogous elements work over and over, in their separate contexts, to create their charisma. Some of these have to do with the song itself, others with the way it… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/27/09 10:16 AM, 0 CommentsWill Allen Airshows present a series of breath-taking loops, hammerheads, spins, stalls, and other aerial maneuvers - all while Allen, known as the “Flying Tenor”, sings the national anthem of the United States and, occasionally, the anthem of Canadian live from the cockpit of his Decathlon (a two-seat fixed conventional gear light airplane). The aerobatic routine has been choreographed to harmonize with the cadence and crescendos of the anthems as Allen performs solo, with keyboard accompaniment emanating from terra firma.… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Digital • Engineer • Microphone • Remote • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio -
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
PSW Staff 08/25/09 07:16 AM, 0 CommentsThe Southern Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, BC (Canada), recently hosted a live performance by legendary comic Bill Cosby on a Friday night and a high-energy rock concert called “Hot Summer Nights” the following Saturday, with both performances handled by the same sound reinforcement system headed by Martin Audio line arrays, loudspeakers, monitors, amplifiers and processors. Local audio provider Northwest Global Entertainment of Kelowna, BC, was confident in the capabilities of the system to provide premium audio quality for the… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Amplifier • Consoles • Digital • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Subwoofer -
Monday, August 17, 2009
PSW Staff 08/17/09 10:28 AM,Mackie describes the HD1531 as a “15” High-Definition Powered Loudspeaker System”. Yep, it’s got a 15” woofer, and it’s a three-way system, and it’s powered. Now what’s all this about being “High Definition”? I suppose I could try to explain it, but it might be easier if you just go here (pdf) and get the Mackie explanation. The ordinary every-day non-HD attributes of this powered loudspeaker include 900 watts of power with an 1800 watt peak. Power is divided 700/100/100… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • Blog • Road Test • Product • Concert • Digital • Installation • Loudspeaker • Power • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
PSW Staff 08/12/09 06:29 AM, 0 CommentsFront of House Engineer Kyle Chirnside is utilizing a Midas PRO6 digital console on the current world tour by Fall Out Boy. “I’ve always been a Midas guy,” states Chirnside. “Whenever I had a choice, I would have my XL4. But then I had the chance to test drive the XL8.” That opportunity came with an invitation visit Metallica FOH Engineer Big Mick Hughes during preparations for Fall Out Boy’s autumn 2008 tour of the UK and Europe. “We were… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Ethernet • Networking • Sound Reinforcement
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