Live Gear
YOUR Tech RIDER Part 1
How often does out-of-date stage documentation cause last-minute panic, doubled efforts and wasted time? Enough that when working for a sound vendor at
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CARVER ZEROPOINT 3-D SESSION
Having tried expensive boutique cables before, I approached Carver Professional's ZEROpoint high-definition cables with suspicion. On the other hand,
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NSCA Expo 2001
Appropriately located between the Travel & Leather and the Electronic House trade shows in the cavernous Orlando Convention Center, the 21st Annual National
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Sabine Graphi-Q
MULTIFUNCTION PROCESSOR Sabine's Graphi-Q is a true multifunction digital processor, offering front panel controls for 31 bands of graphic equalization,
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Developments in Computer Control: EASE OF USE IS KEY
Measurement and analysis are essential in the design and assembly of large-scale sound systems, and most touring sound pros have developed techniques
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Shure E5: PERSONAL MONITOR EARPHONE
As the first two-way, universal-fit earphone for in-ear monitoring applications, Shure's second-generation E5 earphone-priced at an affordable $590-may
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Earthworks SR71: CARDIOID CONDENSER MIC
Just when you thought you could close the lid on the mic case, satisfied that your inventory is complete, something new comes along to...
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IN-EAR MONITORS
In-Ear Monitors (IEMs) offer significant benefits for the performing musician, but they also place higher requirements on users, operators and their equipment.
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Why Louder Sounds Better
All too often we hear complaints that the sound is too loud at concerts. Further, widespread enactment of sound control regulations often requires concert
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Year-End Tax Tips
A few lucky road dogs are going to get a little something extra in a few months. Their money back. From the Government.If you've...
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Pendulum Audio OCL-2: OPTICAL COMPRESSOR
Why the world needs another optical compressor remained a mystery until I tried Pendulum Audio's OCL-2. I used the 2-channel OCL-2 as a vocal...
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Sound for Fosse and Annie Get Your Gun
Because so many in our little industry gather in the Big Apple for the October AES convention, I decided it would be appropriate to...
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AudioControl Industrial MP-200: MEASUREMENT PREAMPLIFIER
Thanks to the portability and power of laptop computers, many live sound engineers are now able to carry their own acoustical analysis tools wherever
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Remote Engineering: VIEWS FROM THE TOP
The 1999 slate of nominees for a TEC Award in the category of Remote/Broadcast Recording Engineer includes some familiar names: Guy Charbonneau, Ed Greene,
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Hard Knock Life: Jay-Z and DMX Energize the Stage
Riding high on Jay-Z's Grammy, and back-to-back Number One albums from DMX, the 1999 Hard Knock Life tour is bringing rock 'n' roll production...
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Tennessee Top 20: A SCORE OF PRODUCT HITS AT NSCA
This year's NSCA show (www.nsca.org) took place at Nashville's Opryland Hotel, an antediluvian biosphere where attendees could lose themselves for hours
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Aphex 1788 Remote Preamp
The Aphex 1788 is a full-featured, 8-channel, remotely-controllable microphone preamplifier offering excellent sound quality plus two inventions: continuously
Live Sound
Loudspeaker Trends: THE STATE OF THE ART OF SYSTEM DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
Once upon a time, when there were only a handful of large-scale loudspeaker system manufacturers, enterprising sound companies typically built their own
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Ashly Protea: 24-BIT DIGITAL EQ
The Ashly Protea 4.24G is a rackmount digital equalizer featuring four independent channels of 11/43-octave graphic equalization, plus high and lowpass
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DTV and Your Wireless Microphone
There has been much talk about the sky falling down on wireless microphones. So far the RF environment, like the air quality in major...
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THE BOSTON POPS LIVE ON TOUR
For their 1998 Christmas tour, the Pops carried their own production for the first time in the group's touring history, squeezing sound and lights...
Live Sound
Sound Reinforcement For the Boston Pops: MIKING THE ORCHESTRA
As American as motherhood, apple pie and the Office of the Independent Counsel, the Boston Pops made its first appearance in July 1885, when...
Live Sound
Tour Profile: Crooning With Chris Isaak
Capping a whirlwind tour of North America in support of his sixth album, Speak of the Devil, Chris Isaak recently sold out two nights...
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AKG WMS 60: WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM
Mating great microphones with robust diversity transmission is the formula for wireless success. The first product in a new series of wireless systems
Live Sound
In-Ear Monitors for Everyone: HOW TO GET UP AND RUNNING ONSTAGE
In-ear monitors are not just for rock stars and Platinum cowboys anymore. The miniature speakers that fit in musicians' ears are gaining popularity, and
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QSC Audio PLX Series: POWER AMPLIFIERS
QSC Audio's second generation of lightweight amplifiers, the PLX Series, was introduced at the 1998 NSCA show in Las Vegas. With a two-rackspace form
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Symetrix 562E: WINDOWING EXPANDER/GATE
Released at the last Winter NAMM show, the Symetrix 562E Windowing Expander/ Gate is a full-featured 2-channel gate or downward expander. In addition
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ADVICE FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS
All of our interviewees value the experienced staff and freelancers they employ, and offered the following tips to young would-be sound engineers.Ken
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State of the Sound Reinforcement Industry
This will be a year to remember. Heading into the Y2K election year, there will be a lot of special events, and everyone who's...
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