Off The Beaten Path: With Mic Approaches, It’s Not Unusual – Until It Is… By Mike Sokol • February 12, 2019 Some may consider me a microphone snob – I’ve been collecting and using mics for five decades and counting. While all sorts of other gear… Read More
Careful With That Ax, Eugene: An Approach To Optimizing Guitars In The Mix By Chris Mitchell • February 8, 2019 The guitar players in Umphrey’s McGee (the band that I work with) are masters of their craft. Not only are they great players, they can… Read More
Sound Bytes: Didn’t Want A Press Feed, So… By PSW Staff • February 7, 2019 Interesting, useful and humorous notes from the world of audio… LATEST POST: Said he didn’t want a press feed, then did this for an… Read More
More Winning Together: “The Things I Wish Musicians Would Do Differently Are…” By Karl Winkler • February 6, 2019 My previous column (here) brought together responses I’d received from a wide variety of musicians, several of whom also work in audio,… Read More
Ask Jonah: Words To Live By When Approaching That First Show By Jonah Altrove • February 5, 2019 Hey Jonah: I’ve been helping out with shows at my college, but soon I’m going to be running sound on my own for a friend’s… Read More
Evaluating A System Budget For House Of Worship Clients By Curt Taipale • February 5, 2019 Editor’s note: We went all the way back to 2011 for this article. The information and techniques are still quite relevant, even if those cassette… Read More
In The Studio: Mic With Your Ears, Not Your Eyes By Bruce A. Miller • February 4, 2019 Often, a young engineer will start to position microphones based on what they see done by others or read in a magazine. Sometimes they experiment… Read More
The Sound Of Sound: Analyzing Acoustic Versus Amplification By Karl Winkler • January 31, 2019 What makes acoustic sound sound acoustic? I got to thinking about this once when I attended a performance of Wozzek by Alban Berg at the… Read More
Audio Benchmarks: Crafting Our Ears By Nicholas Springer • January 29, 2019 Recently I’ve been quite obsessed with an old PBS show called The New Yankee Workshop… Maybe you’ve seen it, the show where master carpenter… Read More
That Modern Church Sound By Samantha Potter • January 21, 2019 I’ve been to my fair share of church services, and more than my fair share of contemporary/modern church services. Some of the mixes I hear… Read More
Church Sound: Crafting The Mix By Andrew Stone • January 17, 2019 Getting to the point where I’m truly happy with an audio mix can be quite a process. Over the years a strategy of sorts has… Read More
Church Sound Files: Back To The Basics By Gary Zandstra • January 15, 2019 I was at an event recently where the mix was, shall we say, less than spectacular. But it also wasn’t horrible. Let’s just say it… Read More
Getting Down To Business: Insights On Success In The Corporate Event Market By Ales Stefancic • January 9, 2019 Recently I was working a large corporate event. I was only there as the monitor engineer for one of the bands that was part of… Read More
12-Step Program: Key Questions In Critiquing Your Live Mix By Chris Huff • January 9, 2019 It’s OK to steal. Wait – allow me to rephrase that. It’s OK to steal from studio engineers. Live audio is a different beast compared… Read More
The 12 Commandments: Key Practices & Habits For Long-Term Success By Andy Coules • January 7, 2019 Over the years that I’ve been teaching live sound, I’ve developed a list of commandments (or points to live by) to pass on to my… Read More
