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Monday, June 03, 2013Church Sound: Maximize Your Mix With A Step-By-Step Guide Through A Console
Gary Zandstra 06/03/13 06:50 PM,Good church sound often crescendos or crashes at the mixing board. A new whiz-bang mixing console will not improve the quality of sound one bit if your sound system is flawed in design, doesn’t have enough amplification, delivers uneven coverage, or has poor system processing. But even if all of that is in sync, the board can still fail to orchestrate good sound if a sound engineer isn’t operating it properly. A Complex Board I’ve trained sound technicians in church… View this post
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Friday, May 31, 2013Skylark Sound Studios in Burbank Opens New Studio With Argosy 90 Series Workstation
PSW Staff 05/31/13 06:01 PM,Skylark Sound Studios, a digital audio facility located in the Burbank Media District which specializes in voice recording, recently completed construction of a second control room, Studio B, which is outfitted with custom Argosy Console 90 Series studio furniture. Skylark Sound’s Studio A already features a custom Argosy 90 Series console housing the control room’s production equipment and also includes a Mirage 240 Series desk for clients. Skylark, at its present location on Hollywood Way in Burbank for the past… View this post
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To Infinity & Beyond: The Intersection Of Modern Production Technology
Ken DeLoria 05/31/13 12:14 PM,As the world continually progresses, new technologies and methodologies inevitably present themselves. Most developmental efforts are intended to aid technology users improve their work output in respect to quality and efficiency, while also aiming to make a profit. This cycle occurs in every industry from heavy construction to microscopic surgery. We, as the providers and operators of entertainment and communication equipment, are constantly in the midst of it all. And we must adapt to these changes if we wish to… View this post
Filed in: Production • Feature • Opinion • Training • Production • Audio • Lighting • Production Software • Recording • Video • Business • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Digital Audio Workstations • Interconnect • Networking • Software • Sound Reinforcement -
Thursday, May 30, 2013Church Sound: Defining Auxes, Groups, VCAs & Matrixes
Mike Sessler 05/30/13 04:22 PM,This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. For the novice sound engineer, it can be pretty intimidating to walk up to a large analog or digital console and try to figure out the routing of audio signals. It wouldn’t be so bad if the only place the sound had to go was to the main loudspeakers in the room. Occasionally that’s the case, but most of the time, we’re also sending different mixes to monitors for musicians; to lobby and… View this post
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BSAmedia Chooses Soundcraft Vi1 Console As The Hub Of New Modular Mobile Setup
PSW Staff 05/30/13 02:33 PM,When Dutch sound engineer Bart Schulz set up his own company, BSAmedia, at the beginning of this year, his main goal was “to deliver a high standard of sound engineering and make high quality gear affordable for everyone.” Having worked as a sound professional for 30 years—including live sound, studio and remote recording, live radio and TV broadcasts—he had recently been training sound engineers while developing broadcast sets and studios in his native Utrecht. Setting stringent standards of equipment specification,… View this post
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Absolute Radio Absolutely Pleased with StudioLive From PreSonus
PSW Staff 05/30/13 12:35 PM,From its roots as Virgin Radio in the mid-1990s to its rebranding in 2008, Absolute Radio has been a beacon of light for lovers of guitar-based rock. One of the UK’s three Independent National Radio stations, Absolute Radio has spawned a network of modern contemporary spinoff stations and has become a mainstay in the UK rock community, sponsoring concerts and events and airing recordings of live shows as part of its regular on-air repertoire. Recently the station added a PreSonus… View this post
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Box Hill Institute Chooses API 1608 Console For Studio R
PSW Staff 05/30/13 09:03 AM,When the Box Hill Institute’s Centre for Creative Industries console needed replacing, they looked no further than the API 1608. The 32-channel console can be found in Studio R of the Institute’s Whitehorse campus in Melbourne, Australia. Here, students use the console to earn degrees in Applied Music, specializing in audio production courses that teach both analog and digital recording techniques. Adam Quaife, former freelance engineer and producer, who is now a lecturer in audio production, heard of API in… View this post
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013New Avid S3L Delivers Features Of Live Systems In Compact, All-New Networked Architecture
PSW Staff 05/29/13 12:54 PM,Avid (NASDAQ: AVID) today introduced the new Avid S3L, which delivers the sound quality, performance, and features of Avid live systems in an all-new modular, networked design. The open and flexible system is comprised of a high-performance HDX-powered mix engine running VENUE software and AAX DSP plug-ins, scalable remote I/O, a compact EUCON-enabled control surface, and Pro Tools software for integrated live sound mixing and recording. For artists and musicians, S3L delivers the audio clarity and familiar studio processing they… View this post
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013Foothills Christian Church Introduces Soundcraft Si Expression To Its Congregation
PSW Staff 05/28/13 01:45 PM,Foothills Christian Church in Boise, Idaho hosts three weekly services with a full worship band for more than 1,500 active members. To reach all of its members, the church creates live streams of its services via its website. Looking to upgrade from its analog console, Foothills Christian Church recently purchased a Harman Soundcraft Si Expression 3 to control its audio system. Sam Boydstun, Foothills Christian Church Technical Director, needed to replace Foothills Christian Church’s outdated console and sought a way… View this post
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Mixer Inside The Mixer: Applications Of Console Matrix Sections
Craig Leerman 05/28/13 11:24 AM,Each of us has our own distinct take on what we look for in a console. To me, the most important thing is reliability, followed by output routing capability. In the high stakes world of corporate gigs, I can’t have any piece of gear let me down, and it’s not uncommon to need more outputs than inputs. It seems everybody and everyplace needs an audio feed. For a significant portion of my signal routing, I use the console’s matrix, which… View this post
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Consoles • Mixer • Processor • Sound Reinforcement
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