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Monday, June 11, 2012Ultrasonic Hearing? Paying Less Attention To The Extremes
Karl Winkler 06/11/12 09:06 PM,It’s one of those debates that seems to go on forever, and has been discussed heavily in professional audio and hi-fi circles during the “digital era” that began in the early 1980s with the advent of the compact disc: Can people hear anything above 20 kHz? And if so, does it matter? As it turns out, this has been an important subject in scientific and medical circles. In a 2003 article by Martin L. Lenhardt, Au.D., Ph.D., entitled Ultrasonic Hearing… View this post
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Thursday, May 31, 2012Church Sound: Challenging Digital Myths
Mike Sessler 05/31/12 10:59 AM,This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. How many times have you heard this phrase: “If we had a digital sound board, we could save so much time on sound checks and it would sound the same every week.” Or this one: “We have a digital board, so why does my monitor mix change every week?” Or my personal favorite: “Are the sound guys not saving the settings each week, because it’s so different every weekend…” These questions and comments… View this post
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012Aggregator Of Influences: 8.5 Questions With System Designer Craig Janssen
Keith Clark 05/30/12 03:50 PM,Craig Janssen began his career in audio-video by mixing for jazz and rock festivals in South Africa before transitioning to engineering audio systems into difficult acoustic spaces. Now, he plies his talents as director of Acoustic Dimensions – an acoustics and performance technology consulting firm that has provided design for a diverse client list, including the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Lincoln Financial Field, the U.S. Census Bureau, New World Symphony and Saddleback Church. From his work and research in beam theory,… View this post
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Thursday, May 24, 2012Top Concerns Faced By Churches When Purchasing New Sound Systems & Equipment
PSW Staff 05/24/12 04:11 PM,The Church Sound Forum here on ProSoundWeb is a free, on-line resource of information and dialog for individuals working with sound at their church that is moderated by Tom Young, a highly respected A/V consultant with decades of experience. To participate, go here. Here, we offer an interesting discussion thread from the forum packed with useful advise from the community. Question Posted By Kevin What would you say is the number one concern that a church may go through when… View this post
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012Church Sound: The Sound Operator’s True Purpose And Role In Worship
Rob Stam 04/24/12 04:12 PM,What am I trying to accomplish? It’s a question we should probably be asking ourselves, as church sound operators, on a daily basis. In today’s rapid-paced society, where exciting new changes are mixed with fear and turmoil, the result can be a feeling of spinning in circles with no direction or purpose. This is quite visible at many churches. It’s almost become a marketing battle as to who can do the most to keep people coming in the doors. As… View this post
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012The Old Soundman: Nicknames And Advice For An Emancipated Minor
Old Soundman 04/10/12 10:31 AM,Dear Old Soundman: “I don’t have a nickname. How do I get one? Do I need one?” Sincerely, Scohen Dude! You absolutely need one! Everybody needs one! How about if I call you “Sco”? That is what aspiring young “yo-cat” fusion musicians at the Berklee School of Music in the 80s called guitarist John Scofield. These are the same obsessive characters who smugly referred to Charlie Parker as “Bird” and John Coltrane as “Trane,” and sat around discussing “Chick” and… View this post
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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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Monday, March 12, 2012Remembering Snooks, A Giant Of New Orleans Guitar Blues
Mark Shemet 03/12/12 01:47 PM,I first saw Snooks play live in the late 1980’s at the Rock ’n’ Bowl, New Orleans. It was a Monday after the New Orleans Jazz Festival, a double bill with Johnny Adams (the “Tan Canary”). The cover charge was $7. Snooks was set up as a trio, and both bands were separated by the center bar, taking alternating sets without a break, playing on the floor with no risers while people bowled. Snooks played every request and threw in… View this post
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Friday, February 24, 2012Dave Rat Transmission: Dynamic Versus Compressed
Dave Rat 02/24/12 02:26 PM,A while back I was pondering mixing live shows, as I strangely so often find myself doing, and I began to analyze the varying aspects of dynamics in live reverberant fields. Is there something more legitimate than personal preference that would add credibility to using compression? The studio humans and mastering labs use a ton of it, but comparatively, we live engineers use fairly little. I know it works well to control the variations in a band’s playing, and also… View this post
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012Defining Costs Of A New Church System With Logic & Simple Math
Tom Walter 02/22/12 01:31 PM,An Apple iPod is priced at less than $100 for a basic model. The “name brand table radio” that some are convinced provides provides concert hall sound quality is priced at $350 and up. A simple portable CD player with headphones is priced at $20 and up. What do all of these have in common besides being mass-produced consumer audio devices. By and large, each is only used by one listener at a time. Now, what if I quoted a… View this post
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Opinion • Poll • Study Hall • Business • Installation • System
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