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Tuesday, June 01, 2010Metric Halo ChannelStrip A Favorite Of Sean Gould
PSW Staff 06/01/10 08:10 AM, 0 CommentsEngineer and guitarist Sean Gould works with some of the best up-and-coming and established acts in the music industry, with recent projects have that include Train Save Me, San Francisco, Boys Like Girls Love Drunk, Uncle Kracker Happy Hour, and much more. For his mixes, Gould relies heavily on Metric Halo ChannelStrip, a plug-in that combines equalization, dynamics, and delay, to turn out his known results on short deadlines. Gould, who prefers to mix in the box for portability, values… View this post
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Audio-Technica Selected For WKSU’S Mobile Folk Alley Studio
PSW Staff 06/01/10 07:35 AM, 0 CommentsAudio-Technica was recently selected as the microphone of choice for the new mobile studio of Folk Alley’s live streaming web radio program by Kent, Ohio-based WKSU-FM. The Audio-Technica microphones are used for announcement/voiceover applications, live music broadcast and in-studio guests/performances in the mobile broadcast vehicle, which has been up and running since August 1, 2009. WKSU and Folk Alley Executive Director Al Bartholet stated, “When we first developed our plans for Folk Alley’s mobile recording studio, we put Audio-Technica microphones… View this post
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Friday, May 28, 2010Video: Bob Katz On Loudness Part II
Bob Katz 05/28/10 10:40 AM, 0 CommentsYesterday we presented Part I of Bob Katz speaking at DR Denmarks Radio from 2009, and today we’re proud to present Part II of his presentation. This lecture compliments yesterdays excerpt, What All Engineers Should Know About Meters, from Katz’s book Mastering Audio: The Art and The Science. Enjoy the video, embedded below, and be sure to check out all our videos featuring Bob Katz Video by TC Electronic View this post
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Lectrosonics Chosen For The Dayton Kroc Center
PSW Staff 05/28/10 10:37 AM, 0 CommentsThe newly opened Kroc Center (also known as the Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center) is one of thirty-one planned community centers now built or proposed for construction across the United States. Operated by The Salvation Army and funded by a $1.5 billion donation from the estate of the late Joan Kroc (widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc), the Kroc Center is a community center where children and families are to be exposed to different people, activities, and arts that… View this post
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Hope Channel Production Center Installs Solid State Logic C10 HD
PSW Staff 05/28/10 10:02 AM, 0 CommentsThe Hope Channel Production Center, owned and operated by Seventh Day Adventist Church for the Hope Channel, has recently installed a Solid State Logic 32x8 C10 HD console in its new HD production annex. “We were most impressed with the way the C10 HD gives us a very sophisticated platform to address the audio production operations for our intense programming schedule,” said Joe Sloan, operations and production manager for Hope Channel Production Center. “We looked at all of the other… View this post
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Sennheiser UK Appoints Dave Wooster As Live Sound Specialist
PSW Staff 05/28/10 10:01 AM, 0 CommentsSennheiser UK has appointed veteran Front of House Engineer Dave Wooster to the role of live sound specialist, a newly formed position that will bring up-to-date field experience to the company’s customers. “My aim is to demonstrate Sennheiser UK’s live sound solutions, provide ongoing support and backup and further develop how this range of products’ fit in the current marketplace,” says Wooster, whose live sound engineering credits include Van Morrison, Gary Moore and, most recently, Leona Lewis. “Sennheiser’s own products… View this post
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Thursday, May 27, 2010Video: Bob Katz On Loudness
Bob Katz 05/27/10 03:13 PM, 0 CommentsAs a compliment to todays excerpt, What All Engineers Should Know About Meters, from Bob Katz’s book Mastering Audio: The Art and The Science, here is some video of Bob at DR Denmarks Radio from 2009 where he discussed the loudness war. Enjoy the video, embedded below, and be sure to check back tomorrow for Part two of this lecture. Video by TC Electronic View this post
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Canada’s Yukon Arts Centre Chooses Soundcraft Vi6 Digital Console
PSW Staff 05/27/10 02:26 PM, 1 CommentThe Yukon Arts Centre (YAC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of the arts as an important cultural, social and economic force in the Yukon, and the territory’s premier venue for performing and visual arts, has purchased and installed a Soundcraft Vi6. The Vi6 was chosen after a nearly year-long period of intensive research and systematic comparison by Patrick Matheson, Technical Director of the YAC. Intended to be a model for the development of the arts in Canada’s North… View this post
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DiGiCo SD7 Digital Console Goes On The Road With Peter Gabriel On Tour
PSW Staff 05/27/10 01:49 PM, 0 CommentsWhen Peter Gabriel decided to promote his latest album Scratch My Back via select live shows with a 54-piece orchestra, an immediate concern was how the Front of House mix position would accommodate the exacting audio requirements. The answer was a DiGiCo SD7, with enough inputs to make Gabriel’s New Blood tour both a reality and a success. Gabriel is different things to different people. To some he will always be the ‘proper’ Genesis frontman, to others a leading light… View this post
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Tech Tip Of The Day: Reverb - Is It The Answer?
PSW Staff 05/27/10 10:16 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I recently started working with a band, and we’ve been playing some really bad venues. The other night, I tried adding some reverb to the main mix because everything just sounded too dry, but it made everything worse. I’m just frustrated because I was positive that reverb was the answer. Any thoughts? A: After equalization and compression, one of the most frequent effects live sound engineers just like you rely on is reverb. In order… View this post
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