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Friday, May 03, 2013Church Sound: Top Eight Common Acoustic Guitar Mixing Mistakes
Chris Huff 05/03/13 02:17 PM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. The most common mixing mistakes for church band instruments occur with the acoustic guitar. It’s a staple instrument of praise bands, and for this reason, it’s an instrument that needs to be correctly mixed. Let’s look at the eight most common mixing mistakes with the guitar as well as how to avoid them. 1. No EQ. I’m not one to say which is worse of these but in my book, this… View this post
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Thursday, May 02, 2013Church Sound: Take Your Ministry Seriously—Know Thy Stuff!
Curt Taipale 05/02/13 10:42 AM,Through my trips with a traveling music ministry, I’ve worked in many different churches across the country. That has given me the opportunity to work closely with many music pastors, church sound staff members and volunteers, and I have one pet peeve about those individuals—they are often exceedingly ignorant of the equipment they work with every week. Hello!!! My questions about simple things like “what console do you have, how many mic stands do you have” or “which amplifier drives… View this post
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Monday, April 29, 2013Happy Time In Monitorland? Getting Your Stage Together
Teri Hogan 04/29/13 03:51 PM,A concert sound system is, in reality, two completely separate sound systems, joined at the hip by a split snake. Each system requires a skilled engineer, but the skill-sets between the two differ vastly. The thing that baffles me is how ill regarded the position of monitor engineer is among my brethren. It can be easily argued and defended that the monitor engineer works twice as hard as everyone else on the crew, unless he/she is lucky enough to have… View this post
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Friday, April 26, 2013Soundcraft’s Mixing With Professionals Series Coming To Dallas On May 15
PSW Staff 04/26/13 07:54 AM,Soundcraft continues its Mixing with Professionals (MwP) educational series with a stop in Dallas this coming May 15. MwP offers tips and tricks about using Soundcraft Vi Series consoles from some of live sound’s most accomplished engineers. Ken Newman, front of house engineer for Barry Manilow and owner of Newman Audio will conduct the Dallas sessions. Currently on tour with Manilow, Newman has done live sound for Chris Isaak, Anita Baker, Stevie Nicks, Liza Minnelli, Paul Anka and other top… View this post
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Friday, April 19, 2013Sound Check? What Sound Check?! Working Folk Festival Sound
Tom Padwa 04/19/13 12:46 PM,I’m a long-time retired broadcast engineer, and since about 2006, I’ve been a sound engineer at the New England Folk Festival in Mansfield, MA. Working sound at a folk festival has unique challenges, e.g., unfamiliar equipment, fast-paced setup changes and no time for sound checks, and I thought it would be useful to provide an overview. We are all volunteers, including the musicians, other performers and crew. It isn’t money that’s keeping us there. It’s love of the music, and… View this post
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Chandler Limited Co-Sponsoring Studio Prodigy | Master Class Series
PSW Staff 04/19/13 11:28 AM,Chandler Limited is co-sponsoring the Studio Prodigy | Master Class Series, a new audio engineering program founded by engineer/producer Ryan Hewitt and studio designer Hanson Hsu that is geared toward anyone wanting to hone their mixing skills by learning from the industry’s top professionals. The Studio Prodigy | Master Class Series is an ongoing series of training sessions, with the second session, titled “Whatever Works,” to feature producer/mixer/engineer Ross Hogarth. The class is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2013, from… View this post
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013Church Sound: Eliminating Distractions That Negatively Impact Sound Reinforcement
Chuck Wilson 04/16/13 03:01 PM,When working with sound at church, we all know just how many things can go wrong. The kicker is usually when they go wrong, which invariably seems to be at the worst possible moment. The church I belong to, like most, doesn’t have a great sound system. We sure would like to have one, but like many, we’ve chosen to make do over the years. One day, I asked the senior pastor what his primary goal would be if we… View this post
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Friday, April 12, 2013Most Importantly, Qualified: A Conversion From Punk To Useful Human Being
Sully 04/12/13 11:41 AM,Back when I knew everything, I dragged an obscenely heavy rig up an intolerably tall mountain in a woefully underpowered truck to an impossibly small theater in the backwoods of northern Pennsylvania. Since this was when I knew everything, I had the somewhat surly local crew stack my compact TMS 3s two wide, four high, with the 15s coupled for maximum bass energy. Because stacking that box four high without a fork was sort of like pushing a dump truck… View this post
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Thursday, April 11, 2013Fall To Grace: Digital Paths For Paloma Faith On Tour
Paul Watson 04/11/13 04:25 PM,Much talked-about UK actress-turned-songwriter Paloma Faith recently brought her distinct musical style and sizeable, glitzy set to London’s Hammersmith Apollo for a slick headline show that punctuated a successful concert tour. Faith first started making waves in the UK music scene in 2009, with her first three singles all making the top 20. She’s been nominated for three BRIT Awards, and her second album, Fall to Grace, went platinum, peaking at number two on the UK album chart in the… View this post
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013L-Acoustics Announces KSE Accreditation Program
PSW Staff 04/10/13 02:53 PM,Since the introduction of the K Systems Standard in 2008, L-Acoustics has trained more than 2,200 technicians in over 270 training sessions worldwide. The manufacturer would like to recognize this accumulated field experience in the trade by providing additional accreditation to highly experienced System Technicians (ST) through the L-Acoustics K Systems Engineer (KSE) Accreditation Program. The KSE status represents recognition by the industry and peers that the individual has achieved an advanced level of understanding in implementing L-Acoustics systems. L-Acoustics… View this post
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