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Monday, July 25, 2011What To Do If Clients Can’t Or Won’t Pay Their Bills?
PSW Staff 07/25/11 05:54 PM,The following is a very useful “thread” from the Live Audio Board (LAB) forum on ProSoundWeb. Question posted by D.D. Pawley I know most everyone has had to deal with this sort of issue before. Two sides of the same coin. What is the generally used policy on deadbeats? Do you wait for em’ to pay? Take them to court? Arrange a mob hit? Give them bad press? What do you guys do? (I like he mob hit thing, but… View this post
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011A “Walk Down That Lonesome Road” Of DAE Errors
Kyle P. Snyder 07/13/11 08:21 AM,Sometimes, despite the best of intentions, things just go wrong. I know because that’s exactly what happened to me today. I sat down at a workstation that worked perfectly the day before (OK, not perfectly, but you get the point), opened up Pro Tools with my MBox 2 Pro attached, and that’s when the trouble began. To rewind a bit, there’s a light on the front panel of the MB2 Pro. Mine is green because I use the power supply,… View this post10 Comments
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Thursday, July 07, 2011The Old Soundman: Lawyers & Open Mics
PSW Staff 07/07/11 06:36 PM,Dear Old Soundman: I’m a 23-year-old law student at Yale, and I discovered this summer that I really hate the practice of law. I mean I really hate it. Here is what you should do. Tell you parents to send me your tuition money while you go “find yourself.” How’s that sound? So much that the $500/day I’m earning isn’t worth it to me. Or is it? Do you have any idea how few sound mixers make $500 a day?… View this post
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011Loudspeaker Shootouts: How To Survive When The Clock Strikes Noon
Jack Alexander 06/28/11 04:53 PM,Fade from black to long shot of old-school Hollywood Western street. Cut to close-up of saloon door slowly swinging as audio fades in with the crunch of cowboy boots on crusty dirt amid a clang of spurs. Go to ground level boot shot as the bad guy appears in the distance, and then cut to close-up of our steely-eyed hero’s eyes as the faux Morricone music with the 100 millisecond-one repeat delay on the guitar comes up to 0 dB…… View this post
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Industry Insight: Getting To The Essence Of Surviving Tough Times
Michael MacDonald 06/28/11 03:46 PM,It’s not earth-shaking news: we currently live in trying economic times. We have to do more with less, have seen friends leave jobs, and, in some cases, leave the pro audio industry completely. Companies of all types are downsizing. Smaller budgets, dwindling revenue, reduced staff and less time to get the job done make our work tougher. At the same time, the demand for performance is increasing, not decreasing! What gives? Despite the fact that some businesses aren’t doing well;… View this post
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Friday, June 10, 2011Identifying “Go To” Sources For Important & Necessary Microphone Data
Kyle P. Snyder 06/10/11 10:14 AM,It’s no secret an engineer’s knowledge of his tools is a source of great power. Any time I’m preparing for a recording session or live sound gig, the first thing I set upon once I determine the makeup of the ensemble and the equipment at my disposal is to determine how best to utilize the available microphones. One of the best tools any engineer has in this task are manufacturer specifications. However, many microphone manufacturer websites are laden with Flash… View this post5 Comments
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Monday, June 06, 2011Does The Waves Hybrid Line Of Plug-Ins Enhance The Creative Process?
Barry Rudolph 06/06/11 07:46 AM,There is something warm and fuzzy about the Waves Hybrid line of plug-ins. They have the look, feel and sound of outboard gear I grew up with ‘way too back in the day’ but they operate in a modern way with the power and precision that only a plug-in processor can provide. The Waves Hybrid Line is a win-win winner—get all the great sounds of those old processors when they are working correctly on a perfect day without all the… View this post
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Friday, June 03, 2011Subjective Versus Objective: If It Sounds Good, Is It Good?
Karl Winkler 06/03/11 12:42 PM, 0 CommentsAs with the ever-ongoing debates about “tubes versus transistors,” “analog versus digital” and “Mac versus PC,” there’s not likely to be agreement any time soon about “objective versus subjective” when it comes to sound quality. Extremists in the “Objectivist” camp argue that, “if it can’t be measured, it doesn’t exist” while on the other hand, the “Subjectivist” side firmly backs the idea that “human beings can hear things that can’t be measured.” How often has it been suggested, “use your… View this post
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Recording Experiments That Didn’t Quite Go As Planned
j. hall 06/03/11 09:44 AM, 0 CommentsReading stories about all the recording “heroes” of yesterday and today gets old. These guys and gals never seem to do anything wrong. Every single thing they try always works? Yeah, right. Let’s focus instead on something I like to call Failure 101. A studio colleague and I have always agreed that it’s more interesting to look at experiments that totally failed. We’re not recording heroes - just a couple of guys not scared to turn knobs, push buttons, move… View this post
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Thursday, June 02, 2011The Old Soundman: Salary & Benefits
Old Soundman 06/02/11 04:49 PM,What’s wrong with this Steve guy? Here he has a lifestyle that 80 percent of humanity cannot even dream of achieving, and he wants to throw it all away. To be a soundman? He needs immediate assistance, won’t you help? For just $3.95 a month, I will send you color photos of Steve receiving many electroshock treatments, and having unfortunate and very serious side effects from various pharmaceutical medications. Thank you for calling 1-800-osm-4luv. Oh, his letter… Dear Old Soundman… View this post
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