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Thursday, January 31, 2013In Profile: Tony Award-Winning Theatrical Sound Designer Christopher Shutt
Kevin Young 01/31/13 06:41 PM,The stage adaptation of War Horse has transfixed audiences around the world and garnered multiple Tony Awards, including Best Sound Design of a Play in 2011 for sound designer Christopher Shutt. While the recognition is satisfying, Shutt says, he tends to measure the success of his work by the average audience member’s impression of a show. “That they enjoy what we do, that’s the greatest pleasure; that and when the people I work with say, ‘You did a good job.’”… View this post
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In The Studio: How To Produce Magical Performances
Matthew Weiss 01/31/13 04:05 PM,This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files. The original idea for this article was to write something on getting great vocal production. But as I started formulating the ideas, I realize they kind of apply to music globally. I feel that the basis of great music is fairly simple. Recorded music is a transcription of feelings. Much like how a microphone converts sound waves into electricity, and speakers convert electricity into sound — emotion is converted into… View this post
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Analyze This: The Evolution Of The Audio Analyzer
Ken DeLoria 01/31/13 01:30 PM,This is the first installment in a series that will explain how various types of audio analyzers function, how they differ in capability and usage, and the way that the test and measurement industry has evolved over the past five decades. Way, way back in time, graphical acoustic measurements were acquired by means of chart recorders. A chart recorder looks a lot like the lie detector seen in old-time movies and is analogous to a mechanical version of a CRT… View this post
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013Energy & Exposure: Presenting the Audience With The Optimum Balance
Dave Rat 01/30/13 06:14 PM,I enjoy seeking parallels and connections between various aspects of the world that surrounds us in search of clarifying analogies. One of those connections occurred to me not long ago while doing one of my sound seminars. I was looking for a way to clearly explain the theories I implement when equalizing live sound systems. Though mixing a live event can be a complex process with many factors that need to be simultaneously juggled, it’s possible to look at mixing… View this post
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Church Sound: Understanding Tech System Total Cost Of Ownership (TCO)
Mike Sessler 01/30/13 05:37 PM,This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) sounds like a highly abstract concept. But it’s really not. It’s also something that churches—sadly—tend to miss out on. TCO is simply a calculation of what a particular product or service is going to cost you during it’s life. It has become popular in automotive circles, with some manufacturers boasting about the fact that while their car might cost a little more to buy, it will cost less… View this post
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In The Studio: A Recording Session Checklist
Bobby Owsinski 01/30/13 04:08 PM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Here’s a recording checklist derived from both The Recording Engineer’s Handbook and Audio Recording Basic Training that, if followed, will pretty much keep any engineer, or musician trying to record himself or his band, out of trouble. 1. Does the instrument sound great acoustically? Make sure that you start with a great acoustic sound with the instrument well-tuned and minimum of sympathetic vibrations and extraneous noises. 2. Are the mics acoustically in… View this post
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Friday, January 25, 2013The “Power Alley” - Discussion & Solutions To The Troubling Interaction Of Subwoofers
Joe Brusi 01/25/13 09:22 AM,Subwoofer cancellation is not an unusual occurence, particularly for open-air applications. Performance is not good in some audience areas. Sometimes a specific model of sub gets the blame. The underlining problem is that of the interaction between subwoofer stacks located on each side of the stage. So let’s shed some light on this problem and remove part of that “veil of mystery” that surrounds it, due mostly to the lack of published material. What’s Going On? Whenever we have loudspeakers… View this post
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Church Sound: Are You A Fader Rider Or A Fader Raider?
Gary Zandstra 01/25/13 09:01 AM,A colleague of mine recently shared a term that took me by surprise. The term was “fader rider,” which my colleague had given to one of his sound operators. He went on to describe a particular operator that would show up and run the sound board only using faders. It didn’t matter what the board was set up for, this person would just use what was there and if something was not patched or the monitors were not right, too… View this post
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Thursday, January 24, 2013In-Ear Monitoring And What You Need To Know
Mark Frink 01/24/13 10:16 AM,Like wedge-based monitoring, each in-ear mix is very personal, but unlike with wedges, the only way to hear something is if it’s sent to that mix. Stereo generally works better than mono. By leaving the listener’s inputs centered and panning other vocals or instruments, it’s easier to hear all the elements of the mix at a lower volume and this is crucial to hearing conservation over time. This is easily demonstrated by listening to a track in mono and then… View this post
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In The Studio: The Timbral Effects Of Compression
Jason Corey 01/24/13 09:39 AM,From Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training by Jason Corey, published by Focal Press. In addition to being a utilitarian device for managing the dynamic range of recording media, dynamics processing has become a tool for altering the color and timbre of recorded sound. When applied to a full mix, compression and limiting can help the elements of a mix coalesce. The compressed musical parts will have what is known in auditory perception as common fate because their… View this post
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