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  • Tuesday, February 07, 2012
    Fishman Unveils Triple Play Wireless Guitar Controller
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    PSW Staff 02/07/12 01:55 PM,
    The new Fishman Triple Play Wireless Guitar Controller combines guitar with any virtual instrument or hardware synthesizer to access a wide range of instruments, samples and sounds on stage to expand the depth and impact of live performances. Triple Play comes with a wireless controller, hexaphonic pickup, and wireless USB receiver. The controller and included software works with industry standard DAWs and vitual instruments and installs quickly on any electric guitar. The system can be easily removed from the guitar… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • News • Poll • Product • Interconnect • Processor • Signal • Stage

  • Monday, February 06, 2012
    RE/P Files: A Quadraphonic Microphone Development
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    Chris Huston 02/06/12 07:56 AM,
    As a complete oversimplification, a microphone is an instrument which measures differences in air pressure. It is not surprising that somebody would, in light of the interest in Quadraphonic sound, experiment and perfect an instrument which would measure and transduce the differences in air pressure around a full 360 degrees - to effectively create a quadraphonic microphone. Figure 1 (click to enlarge) Such a truly Quadraphonic device, developed by engineer Carl Countryman and producer Brad Miller, is in external appearance… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Slideshow • Audio • Microphone • Signal • Studio

  • Thursday, February 02, 2012
    Stagetec NEXUS Supporting Jimmy Fallon Show Remote Production In Indianapolis
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    PSW Staff 02/02/12 04:12 PM,
    Tied into the upcoming Super Bowl game in Indianapolis, late night television host Jimmy Fallon is broadcasting four shows from the Hilbert Circle Theatre in downtown Indianapolis. It presents a challenge in recreating the studio setup of the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Show,” which is normally broadcast from NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center.  Nathaniel Hare, front of house mixer for the show, was tapped as the sound designer for the four dates (three live-to-disc and then a live… View this post
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  • In The Studio: The Attack Of The Lopsided Stereo Monster
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    Joe Gilder 02/02/12 03:10 PM,
    This article is provided by Home Studio Corner.   A reader is puzzled by stereo (2-mic) acoustic guitar recording: I recently got into mixing acoustic guitar with 2 mics. The problem is that I do not know how to create as much ‘space’ as some tracks I know of. I’ve tried XY, ORTF, and spaced pair. XY and ORTF are too narrow. Spaced pair seems reasonable (following the 3:1 Rule), but the mic pointed closest to the body becomes overly… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Microphone • Signal • Studio

  • Tuesday, January 31, 2012
    Extron Introduces New Eight-Port Fiber Optic Audio Extractor
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    PSW Staff 01/31/12 01:17 PM,
    Extron Electronics has introduced the FOX AEX 108, an eight-port fiber optic audio extractor for independent processing and routing of audio signals in a fiber optic AV distribution system. Each port accepts signals from a FOX Series transmitter to extract a two-channel analog audio signal for processing, and then re-transmits the original signal to a FOX Series receiver. To simplify integration with mixers, DSP devices, and audio amplifiers, the FOX AEX 108 provides both balanced and unbalanced stereo. Buffered loop-throughs… View this post
    Filed in: AV • Live Sound • News • Poll • Product • Ethernet • Installation • Interconnect • Monitoring • Signal

  • The Differences Between Vintage And Current Instruments
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    Bobby Owsinski 01/31/12 11:44 AM,
    This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski.   During a long discussion about vintage instruments in the studio this week, it prompted me to think about this excerpt from The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook (written with writer, composer and good buddy Rich Tozzoli) that describes some of the intangible factors that went into manufacturing Gibson humbucking pickups in the 50’s and 60’s. As you’ll see, there are a lot of external factors that went into making a pickup back then,… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Product • Signal • Studio

  • Friday, January 27, 2012
    Everything You Wanted To Know About Sound Level Meters (SLMs)
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    Tom Young 01/27/12 03:56 PM,
    A sound level meter (SLM) is a device used to make frequency-weighted sound pressure level measurements displayed in dB-SPL. 0.0 dB-SPL is the threshold of hearing, and is equal to 20uPa (microPascals). This correlates to what one would aurally perceive when in a deep cave or in a large anechoic chamber. Packaged as a single-function handheld test device, SLMs are intended to be held at arm’s length during measurements (to reduce the effects of the body on the measurements) or… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Study Hall • Training • AV • Audio • Education • Installation • Measurement • Processor • Signal • Software • Sound Reinforcement • System

  • Wednesday, January 25, 2012
    The Old Soundman: Dealing With Indoor & Outdoor Venue Issues
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    Old Soundman 01/25/12 04:20 PM,
    Old Soundman, Yes, Stip! I occasionally run sound for a band that tends to play local hole-in-the-wall venues. Okay, we feel sorry for you, now move on! The “stage” for the band is always in one of 2 places: in a nice boomy corner, or, better yet, right in front of that brick or paneled wall. These are the times that try men’s souls! I guess you might be a female, so no offense intended. I don’t know what “Stip”… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Audio • Concert • Line Array • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Radial Engineering Announces The New Firefly Tube Direct Box
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    PSW Staff 01/24/12 05:20 PM,
    Radial Engineering has introduced the Firefly tube direct box, a fully discrete class-A unity gain amplifier designed for both studio and live performance. Radial company president Peter Janis explains: “We have always wanted to launch a tube DI to round out our product range. But over the past two years, we have been sidetracked as we developed the Workhorse and our many 500 series modules. We finally got back on this project and are pleased to bring the Firefly DI… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Church Sound • News • Poll • Product • Interconnect • Processor • Signal • Stage

  • Switchcraft Announces New AudioStix Line Of Adapters
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    PSW Staff 01/24/12 12:23 PM,
    Switchcraft has introduced the new AudioStix line of adapters, the newest additions to the company’s expanding line of premium pro audio products. AudioStix can be used as stand-alone adapters, rear mounted into modular Switchcraft QGPK Series rack panels, or permanently installed into any number of custom racks and wall plates. Four versions are available now: —#318 Mini AudioStix is an 1/8-inch mini to XLR adapter with volume control and ground lift—#319 is an 1/8-inch mini to terminal block adapter with… View this post
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