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Friday, March 16, 2012LAB Best Threads: Singers Who Want Their Vocals In The Monitors Too Loud
PSW Staff 03/16/12 08:32 AM,Editor’s Note: Here’s a fun and interesting thread from the PSW Live Audio Board (LAB) forums. Enjoy. Posted by Kurt I was wondering how you guys deal with singers that want their monitors so loud that you can’t get any gain out of the microphone. Reply by Mike Just wanted to add a few LESSER items that affect the singer’s perceived volume, since everyone else discussed the primary ones. Monitor competition by: —Placement of guitar amps. Are they still on… View this post
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012Making Sound Decisions: Paying It Forward As We Go
Greg Stone 03/13/12 12:59 PM,Most of us working in live sound have, at one time or another, been asked to provide our services gratis. If you’re reasonably good at your craft, own a stash of gear, and carry a positive attitude, you undoubtedly know what I’m talking about. When I first started out, I was cautioned by several people in the business: “Once everyone finds out you’ll do it for free, you’ll ‘free’ yourself to death.” While kind of drastic, there’s a degree of… View this post
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012Hear The Soundtrack Of A Super-Quake (Includes Audio & Video)
PSW Staff 03/07/12 05:39 PM,An interesting “audio related” item we ran across on YouTube today: “This recording of the 2011 Japanese earthquake was taken near the coastline of Japan between Fukushima Daiichi (the nuclear reactor site) and Tokyo. The initial blast of sound is the 9.0 mainshock. “As the earth’s plates slipped dozens of meters into new positions, aftershocks occurred. They are indicated by “pop” noises immediately following the mainshock sound. These plate adjustments will likely continue for years. “Georgia Tech Associate Professor Zhigang… View this post
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Monday, March 05, 2012The Studio Curmudgeon: Using Multiband EQ To Fix It In The Mix
Daniel Keller 03/05/12 01:43 PM,Before there was digital recording, before spring reverb, even before analog tape, there was EQ. Equalization is one of the oldest tools in the audio engineer’s arsenal, and one of the most useful. Used judiciously, EQ can do wonders to de-clutter a crowded soundscape. Used with precision, it can remove offending sounds we hadn’t necessarily intended to capture. Used correctly, a bit of EQ can be all that’s needed to make peace between dueling guitars, scoop the mud from the… View this post
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Microfiles: The Lafayette 99-45460, An Omnidirectional Child Of The 70s
Craig Leerman 03/05/12 12:38 PM,I started collecting microphones long ago, when at a large flea market, I spotted an Electro-Voice 664. The chrome was pitted, the windscreen was dented, and the guy selling it didn’t know if it even worked. But it was only a few dollars and it reminded me of my years working tech theater in high school, so I bought it. From then on, I looked for old mics everywhere, and pretty soon had built a sizable collection. They’re really interesting,… View this post
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Thursday, March 01, 2012Purple Sounds Best: A Matter Of Mass Psychology
Karl Winkler 03/01/12 11:59 AM,Purple loudspeakers sound better than black ones. At least that’s what I hear when I see them. And plaid loudspeakers sound, well, more complex, with additional harmonics. Think I’m crazy? Actually, this is a real effect. Well, not purple versus black versus plaid loudspeakers, exactly. But a carefully controlled test might prove something along these lines, as evidenced by recent scientific reports about how the brain fills in some of the gaps, or even obscures certain things, due to input… View this post
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The Untold Story Behind The Recording Of “Hey Jude” (Includes Video)
Bobby Owsinski 03/01/12 09:00 AM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Below is an interesting video of The Beatles recording one of their biggest and most iconic songs, “Hey Jude.” The video was shot for a BBC television show called most appropriately Music. Take note about 2:22 where you’ll see engineer Ken Scott (in the fashionable pink shirt), George Harrison and producer George Martin together in Abbey Road (actually it was still called EMI Studios at the time) Studio 2. The real story… View this post
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Thursday, February 23, 2012Mixing Two Worship Services At Different Sound Pressure Levels
Jeremy Carter 02/23/12 03:14 PM,This article is provided by Jeremy Carter. At one of the churches I’m currently working with, the situation is all too common. It’s a large multigenerational congregation with a lot of history. As such, the attendance trend is for an older crowd to populate the early service, with the later service being dominated by younger families. This is not surprisingm as the same thing is happening all across the country, evidenced by numerous posts by technical directors on their… View this post
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Monday, February 13, 20122012 Grammy Awards - Winners List
PSW Staff 02/13/12 10:28 AM,Winners in selected major categories at Sunday’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards: Album of the Year: “21,” Adele Record of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Song of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth New Artist: Bon Iver Pop Vocal Album: “21,” Adele Pop Solo Performance: “Someone Like You,” Adele Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: “Body and Soul,” Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse Alternative Album: “Bon Iver,” Bon Iver Rock Song: “Walk,” Foo… View this post
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012Indiana Officials Issue Safety Violations For State Fair Stage Collapse
PSW Staff 02/08/12 01:11 PM,The Indiana Department of Labor today cited concert and event production company Mid-America Sound Corp. of Greenfield, IN with three safety violations in the collapse of an outdoor stage at the Indiana State Fair last August just prior to a show by the country band Sugarland. Seven people died and 58 were injured after the stage collapsed when a gust of wind toppled equipment that hung over the stage. CBS News also reports that Mid-America Sound Corp. has been issued… View this post
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