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Friday, April 19, 2013Chandler Limited Co-Sponsoring Studio Prodigy | Master Class Series
PSW Staff 04/19/13 11:28 AM,Chandler Limited is co-sponsoring the Studio Prodigy | Master Class Series, a new audio engineering program founded by engineer/producer Ryan Hewitt and studio designer Hanson Hsu that is geared toward anyone wanting to hone their mixing skills by learning from the industry’s top professionals. The Studio Prodigy | Master Class Series is an ongoing series of training sessions, with the second session, titled “Whatever Works,” to feature producer/mixer/engineer Ross Hogarth. The class is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2013, from… View this post
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013In The Studio: Audio Editing—Why We Do It And When It Works
Joe Gilder 04/17/13 04:40 PM,This article is provided by Home Studio Corner. Once everything has been recorded, and before you start mixing, do you edit the audio? Do you fix things? Do you think it’s cheating? Here’s my take. What is editing? An audio editor is much like a book editor. He takes the original audio file and adds or removes bits and pieces to make it better. An audio editor at a radio station will take a spoken-word commercial that’s 34 seconds… View this post
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013Australian Psychedelic Trio Tame Impala Grooves With DiGiCo
PSW Staff 04/16/13 04:39 PM,Australian psychedelic hypno-groove melodic 5-piece - Tame Impala will traverse the U.S. through June in support of last year’s Lonerism release. Wanting to carry his own desk for the tour, the band’s new FOH engineer Parker had the challenge of sourcing a compact console that would fit within their adjunct trailer, alongside the group’s gear. After surveying the options, he chose a road-ready SD11 in a flight case plus a DiGiCo D rack (32 x 16) with a 75M CAT5e… View this post
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Church Sound: Eliminating Distractions That Negatively Impact Sound Reinforcement
Chuck Wilson 04/16/13 03:01 PM,When working with sound at church, we all know just how many things can go wrong. The kicker is usually when they go wrong, which invariably seems to be at the worst possible moment. The church I belong to, like most, doesn’t have a great sound system. We sure would like to have one, but like many, we’ve chosen to make do over the years. One day, I asked the senior pastor what his primary goal would be if we… View this post
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Friday, April 12, 2013In The Studio: Recreate The Setups Of Classic Guitar Gods
Jon Chappell 04/12/13 03:01 PM,Guitarists are constantly seeking their own sound or unique voice. However, producers often resort to giving instructions like, “Give me a raunchy blues sound à la Stevie Ray Vaughan,” rather than “Give me something wholly original that I’ve never imagined before.” It’s not that producers are unimaginative or that they deliberately want to mimic another guitarist’s sound; it’s just that categorizing sounds saves a lot of time and gives you a point of departure. Often you’ll hear producers requesting that… View this post
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Most Importantly, Qualified: A Conversion From Punk To Useful Human Being
Sully 04/12/13 11:41 AM,Back when I knew everything, I dragged an obscenely heavy rig up an intolerably tall mountain in a woefully underpowered truck to an impossibly small theater in the backwoods of northern Pennsylvania. Since this was when I knew everything, I had the somewhat surly local crew stack my compact TMS 3s two wide, four high, with the 15s coupled for maximum bass energy. Because stacking that box four high without a fork was sort of like pushing a dump truck… View this post
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Thursday, April 11, 2013Fall To Grace: Digital Paths For Paloma Faith On Tour
Paul Watson 04/11/13 04:25 PM,Much talked-about UK actress-turned-songwriter Paloma Faith recently brought her distinct musical style and sizeable, glitzy set to London’s Hammersmith Apollo for a slick headline show that punctuated a successful concert tour. Faith first started making waves in the UK music scene in 2009, with her first three singles all making the top 20. She’s been nominated for three BRIT Awards, and her second album, Fall to Grace, went platinum, peaking at number two on the UK album chart in the… View this post
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013L-Acoustics Announces KSE Accreditation Program
PSW Staff 04/10/13 02:53 PM,Since the introduction of the K Systems Standard in 2008, L-Acoustics has trained more than 2,200 technicians in over 270 training sessions worldwide. The manufacturer would like to recognize this accumulated field experience in the trade by providing additional accreditation to highly experienced System Technicians (ST) through the L-Acoustics K Systems Engineer (KSE) Accreditation Program. The KSE status represents recognition by the industry and peers that the individual has achieved an advanced level of understanding in implementing L-Acoustics systems. L-Acoustics… View this post
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In The Studio: In Appreciation Of Andy Johns
Bobby Owsinski 04/10/13 01:02 PM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. If you’ve not heard the news, famed engineer/producer Andy Johns passed away over the weekend. Andy was instrumental in so many hits by rock icons from The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Van Halen to newer artists like Cinderella, Joe Satriani and Chicken Foot. He was a guy that definitely liked to have fun, but he was dead serious when it came to recording. In honor of his life, here’s an interview… View this post
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Church Sound: Make Up For Lost Instruments By Filling In The Hole
Chris Huff 04/10/13 08:58 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. The drummer called in sick. The bassist’s car broke down. The guitarist had a family emergency. Whatever the reason, you are now missing an instrument in the band. It’s time to adjust your mix to fill in the hole. There are two ways of treating missing instruments: 1) Make it obvious in the mix. For example, if the only electric sound in the band was the electric guitar then mix it… View this post
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