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Monday, October 15, 2012Church Sound: You Stream, I Stream, We All Stream… But Why?
Mike Sessler 10/15/12 11:03 AM,This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. Every time I attend a technology conference, I hear a lot of talk about streaming. In fact, I was just asked to speak at a day-long workshop devoted to streaming (and after this post, I may not be invited back…). Wherever you go, you hear streaming. I talk with techs all over the country who want to start streaming their services live. Or their pastor just found out you can do it, and… View this post
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Friday, September 28, 2012Value Added: No Longer A Buzzword In The Commercial Systems Industry
Daniel L. Newman 09/28/12 12:26 PM,This article is provided by Commercial Integrator It seems as if every couple of years the brethren of Harvard Business come up with a buzzword to preoccupy industry. Almost in “Wag The Dog” fashion, the words take hold and prevent us from thinking clearly about what it is we really do that would make a customer want to work with us. Instead, sentences littered with buzzwords plaster themselves across our company mission statements, websites, and marketing collateral as we… View this post
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Thursday, September 27, 2012Hunting Gremlins: A Veteran Sound Pro Provides The View From The Stage Side
PSW Staff 09/27/12 10:20 AM,Much pro audio industry humor revolves around techs versus musicians. By their very nature, techs are knowledgeable problem solvers. The flip side of this nature are musicians who “don’t let knowledge get in the way” of their artistic pursuit. Hence the endless putdowns: “Can you read music? Not enough to hurt my playing.” “What do you throw a drowning guitarist? His amp.” “Why did the drummer leave his sticks on the dashboard? So he can park in the handicap zone.”… View this post
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Friday, September 21, 2012The Old Soundman: Dealing With Getting Walked On
Old Soundman 09/21/12 05:14 AM,“Getting ahead without being a jerk” is actually what our young friend said he wanted to discuss. I will use the pseudonym “Oz Man” for him due to the volatile nature of his dilemma! Notice that he is so distraught that he offers no salutation! At the age of 17, I entered my journey of wanting to be a sound professional. At age 27… … that makes it a decade later, right? … I have gone to “rock and roll… View this post
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Thursday, September 06, 2012Frame Of Reference: Choosing The Right Material For Critical Listening
Karl Winkler 09/06/12 06:11 PM,When I was a budding sound engineer with the U.S. Air Force Band during the 1990s, one of my mentors was a consultant in the Washington, D.C. area named George Weber. George was a somewhat eccentric guy and definitely a dyed-in-the-wool audiophile. He had done some modifications to the band’s K&H studio loudspeakers, and those things did sound amazingly good. George once invited me to his home and played some record albums on his super-high-end stereo system. The turntable alone… View this post
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Opinion • Study Hall • Education • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Audio -
Wednesday, August 08, 2012Laying The Foundation: Making The Live Mix Work No Matter What
Dave Rat 08/08/12 04:34 PM,Face it, stuff happens. Sooner or later something stops working during a show. Front of house engineers must know the absolute essential components of the sound mix that are most vital – in other words, the channels that the band must absolutely have to continue playing. Generally, for a four-piece rock band in a large venue, these channels are kick, bass, guitar, and lead vocal. Just four inputs, everything else is pretty much fluff and spares. A bit extreme? Perhaps,… View this post
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Opinion • Poll • Concert • Consoles • Engineer • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • System -
Monday, August 06, 2012Hands-On Versus By The Book: The Path To Learning How To Mix
Karl Winkler 08/06/12 04:52 PM,How do we teach aspiring audio professionals to mix? How important is teaching? Can some people even be taught? I’ve seen debates in the ProSoundWeb LAB forums as to whether mixing sound can/can’t be taught. There are a couple of interesting books I’ve read that relate to this idea. The first one is “This Is Your Brain On Music” by Daniel Levitin. Levitin addresses the age-old question of talent versus work effort, and essentially concludes that the real deciding factor… View this post
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Friday, July 20, 2012What, Me Worry? Ruminations On Potentially Troubling Developments
Karl Winkler 07/20/12 10:21 AM,A fair portion of the grumbling among the “more seasoned” generations of sound professionals can simply be chalked up to our inner curmudgeon. Every generation thinks the next wave of “kids” is largely comprised of know-nothing, spoiled brats who “have no idea how tough this job used to be, and by the way, their music is a bunch of noisy dreck.” That said, there are some emerging issues that really do keep me up at night worrying about the future.… View this post
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Opinion • Poll • Business • Concert • Digital • Education • Engineer • Microphone • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Wireless • Audio -
Monday, July 09, 2012Mastering Engineer Bob Ludwig On Mastered For iTunes, Room Acoustics
Robert Archer 07/09/12 09:56 AM,People who work behind the scenes in the music business rarely receive public adulation. But Bob Ludwig, owner of Gateway Mastering & DVD in Portland, Maine, is a legitimate star in the world of music production, considered by many to be the best mastering engineer in the world. Ludwig’s career spans more than 40 years and some of the all-time biggest records, including AC/DC’s “Back in Black,” Rush’s “Moving Pictures,” and Journey’s “Escape.” Ludwig has also worked with Led Zeppelin,… View this post
Filed in: Recording • Feature • Blog • Opinion • Business • Digital Audio Workstations • Studio • Audio -
Friday, June 22, 2012Old Soundman: Do Not Carry A Gorilla On A Skateboard
PSW Staff 06/22/12 05:52 PM,I don’t think this note is from the original LL Cool J. This other LL we have here needs to learn that you can’t put 100 prisoners in a correctional system bus made for 40. Watch as I reason gently with him … Dear Old Soundman— Welcome, LL! Please help. I currently run sound for an eight-piece group that includes a three-piece horn section. My problem is not getting a good clear sound; either I get the rhythm section to… View this post
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Blog • Opinion • Business • Engineer • Sound Reinforcement • Technician • Audio
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