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Friday, April 26, 2013In The Studio: The Nine Factors In Guitar Pickup Sound
Bobby Owsinski 04/26/13 08:13 AM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. As any electric string instrument player knows, there are a number of different types of pickups, and within each category there’s a tremendous variation in possible tone. This excerpt from The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook explains the nine factors that affect how a pickup sounds. The next time you’re in the market for one, keep these in mind so you can better tailor the pickup to your needs. Just like most things… View this post
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Church Sound: Audio Gain Structure For Wireless Microphones
Kent Margraves 04/26/13 08:10 AM,This article is provided by Sennheiser. I mix several worship services, but recently had a chance to enjoy a couple of productions from the audience’s perspective (a rare experience!). As an audience member, I was soon reminded of the fact that audio techs sometimes forget (or just don’t know) about audio gain staging for wireless microphones. The clipped (overloaded, distorted) sound on the wireless head-worn microphones during loud vocal passages was certainly distracting—no one wants to hear that! Audio… View this post
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Microphone • Signal • Stage • Wireless -
Wednesday, April 24, 2013In The Studio: How To Make 808s Hit Hard
Matthew Weiss 04/24/13 03:01 PM,This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files. This article has pretty much been due for a while. Making 808s really hit hard is a little tricky. But I’m going to break it down along with some audio examples (and some 808s you can happily nab for your own use). So here we go: how to make 808 kicks hit really hard. Sine Waves First, an 808 kick is a catch-all for sine-wave-based kicks. Many “808s” are not… View this post
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013Understanding Crossovers, As Well As The Differences Of Passive & Active Designs
John Lenard Burnett 04/23/13 05:33 PM,This article is provided by Lenard Audio. Three octaves or 3.2 octaves (1 decade) is the optimum bandwidth for a loudspeaker (a topic which we’ll touch on later). The crossovers function is to decrease power at a given rate from either or both sides of a given bandwidth. The slopes rotate phase in opposite directions. In some passive crossovers this is adjusted for by reversing the polarity of adjacent loudspeakers. Electronic active crossovers can have extra compensating circuitry. Crossover… View this post
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Friday, April 19, 2013The Old Soundman: Dealing With Indoor & Outdoor Venue Issues
Old Soundman 04/19/13 12:20 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 • Concert • Line Array • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System -
Thursday, April 18, 2013Making It Match: An Introduction To Transformers In Audio Devices
Ken DeLoria 04/18/13 06:01 PM,In the dawning days of audio, transformers played a vital role in the functionality of first-generation all-tube based electronic circuitry. It was circa 1920 and radio broadcasts for the general populace had just begun, generating a rapid rise in the demand for broadcast audio systems, all of which needed transformers to function. Later, as equipment for live sound reinforcement began to emerge, transformers again proved indispensible as the only means of matching microphone impedances to vacuum tube preamplifiers. Transformers were… View this post
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Church Sound: Working With Limited EQ
Mike Sessler 04/18/13 04:58 PM,This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. I’ll admit it. I’m spoiled. For the last several years, I’ve had the opportunity to mix on digital consoles. One of the benefits of most digital consoles is the EQ section; typically a full 4-band parametric plus a variable high-pass filter. Frankly, I’ve gotten so used to it that it’s tends to be a bit of a shock when I work on an analog desk that’s not so equipped. It occurred to me… View this post
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Consoles • Digital • Processor • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System -
Tuesday, April 16, 2013Eliminating Potential Trouble & Getting The Noise Out Of A System
Bill Whitlock 04/16/13 06:01 PM,“A cable is a source of potential trouble connecting two other sources of potential trouble.” The humor in this statement may be lost on those who regularly assemble sound systems. But a reality of sound systems is that a signal accumulates noise as it flows through equipment and cables. And once noise contaminates a signal, it’s essentially impossible to remove it without altering or degrading the original signal. For this reason, no system can be quieter than its noisiest link.… View this post
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Monday, April 15, 2013Yamaha Debuts POCKETRAK PR7 Compact Linear Recorder
PSW Staff 04/15/13 05:57 PM,The new Yamaha POCKETRAK PR7 is an easy-to-use portable linear recorder that is equipped with newly developed XY stereo microphones to capture high-resolution stereo recordings. The PR7 also offers essential practice functions such as an onboard tuner and metronome. It comes with 2GB of internal memory (with the ability to expand the capacity with micro SD/SDHC memory cards) and features long battery life, mic line inputs for microphones or instruments, 24bit/96kHz recording and a built-in speaker. “For a pocket-sized device,… View this post
Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Church Sound • News • Product • Digital Audio Workstations • Microphone • Signal • Studio -
Riedel MediorWorks 1.14 Software Unifies MediorNet & RockNet Network Control, Configuration
PSW Staff 04/15/13 05:23 PM,Riedel Communications has announced version 1.14 of its MediorWorks configuration, control, and monitoring software, which has been refined to enable even tighter integration between the company’s real-time MediorNet and RockNet networks. This latest MediorWorks release will give users convenient access to all software configuration and control tools for both systems within a single application and window. “For users of both our MediorNet video, audio, data, and communications network and our RockNet digital audio network, the new MediorWorks 1.14 release increases… View this post
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