The Tesseract
Attitude!
The word has positive and negative interpretations. But what I want to discuss is the negative one. Let’s cut to the chase. The fact...
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The Voice Coil
Product Review: Zildjian Gen16 480ae
Many live sound engineers will not understand this problem, with the exception of those working in small clubs or in churches where the...
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TechTalk: What’s In Your Ears?
In my October column (“The Score: Consumers 10, Pros 0”), I talked about how manufacturers like Apple were reaching for the golden “consumer” ring...
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Remastering Live Grateful Dead
While The Grateful Dead recorded plenty of albums, the group will always be best remembered for its live performances. Bringing both words together, the...
Studio Sense
Top Ten Things I Gave Thanks For This Thanksgiving
In no particular order … Pitch correction: Whether AutoTune or the powerful pitch corrector in my preferred Digital Performer DAW, I’d rather highlight and...
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Metric Halo’s ULN-8 Performs Double Duty for Fumuj
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 2011: Fumuj is not an ordinary band. Formed in 2003 by drummer Romain Pasquier and bassist Fred Guillon...
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Wright Consulting Associates Inc. Creates Design Solutions Using Danley Mini Subs and Genesis Horns
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – NOVEMBER 2011: Since its formation in 1985 on the burgeoning north side of Indianapolis, Indiana, College Park Church has grown consistently...
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Symetrix Jupiter Processing Technology Benefits Rodgers Organs
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 2011: For over half a century, Rodgers Instrument Corporation has been designing and manufacturing church, concert, and home organs...
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Ashly Amplilfiers Power State-of-the-Art National Flight Academy Immersive Learning Center
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 2011: It’s a fact that high school students in the United States are, on average, falling behind their international peers...
SPARS PatchBay
A Quick Conversation with Joe Tarsia
This year marks a very special moment in the 32-year history of SPARS. The SPARS Board of Directors has selected recording legend Joe Tarsia as...
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Today Goes One Louder
It’s a date that comes up once in a lifetime—11/11/11. While that makes filling out the date easier for the terminally lazy—eight slashes...
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METAlliance Molds Musical Minds
NEW YORK, NY—President’s Day Weekend is usually a time to kick back and relax, but for attendees of this year’s METAlliance “In Session with...
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Tighter, Efficient, Musical, Transparent. Danley Boxes Deliver for Canada’s Grant Memorial Baptist Church
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA – NOVEMBER 2011: Grant Memorial Baptist Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba was founded by Scandinavian immigrants in 1894. In the hundred-plus years...
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Siri, Can You Hear Me?
With the arrival of Apple’s iPhone 4S—the last one created under Steve Jobs’ auspices—comes the introduction of Siri, a personal assistant application...
SPARS PatchBay
SPARS completes successful, one-of-a-kind Speed Counseling Session at AES in NY
SPARS recently initiated a new series of SPARS Sessions at the 131st AES convention in NY. One of those sessions was Speed Counseling with...
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TechTalk: WYSI (Not Always) WYG
One of my rules when writing a product review is to never ask the price until the end. I’ll do everything I can to...
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SPARS SoundBite | Mentorship
I was lucky enough to have not one but two mentors. These incredible women taught me not only the logistics of my job and...
The Voice Coil
Go-To Guitar Mics: It’s Not What You Think!
It has been fairly industry standard to put an SM57 in front of a guitar cabinet for decades now. In the recording studio...
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Book Review: Rockin’ Your Stage Sound
Rockin’ Your Stage Sound: A Musician’s Guide to Professional Live Audio covers a lot of ground, serving up advice for beginners and near-experts alike...
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Book Review: Le Freak—An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
There’s no doubting Nile Rodgers’ impressive place in modern pop history, but his new autobiography, Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco,...
Mastering Matters
Mano A Mono & Do No Harm! Prep it baby!
Another warm welcome to you all for joining me in this Mastering Matters blog-journey. Last time, we jumped into a simple math equation:...
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Preaching Miking To The Choir
House of Worship audio is always a tricky beast, because even if a facility has the best gear money can buy, it can still...
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Spotlight on the Board of Governors
Greetings! This time next week, we will be in the midst of the exciting 131st International Convention in New York. For many of us,...
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PA Tuning Tunes with Brian Joseph
All live engineers have favorite songs that they use to tune the PA, whether it’s the ubiquitous Donald Fagan track, “I.G.Y.”, or for a...
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Spotlight on Publications
Greetings!In this hectic time just before the most public event of the AES, our 131st International Convention in New York, I take a moment...
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TechTalk: The Score: Consumers 10, Pros 0
Of all the great gear we use to record and play back sound, the only non-audio product in the signal chain is the personal...
The Voice Coil
The Long Tail
There are different ways to create space in a mix. You can do it by panning sources from the center to one side...
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‘Fix’ Fixated on Infamous Ministry Tour
Billed as a backstage pass to the scariest band ever, Fix – the Ministry Movie, from director Doug Freel and Gigantic Pictures, documents the...
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Spotlight on Regions and Sections
Greetings! There are now just three weeks until the 131stAudio Engineering Society Convention in New York, and we are preparing for another successful event. In addition...
Mr. Bonzai's Music Smarts
Music Makes The World Go ‘Round
A few choice words from Mr. Bonzai's MUSIC SMARTS -- The Inside Truth and Road-Tested Wisdom from the Brightest Minds in the Music Business,...
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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
A few weeks ago, the news came from Apple which most of us knew we’d hear sooner rather than later: Steve Jobs resigned...
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Spotlight on the AES Historical Committee
Greetings! Every AES Convention allows the opportunity to take a close look at the present state of our industry, as well as a...
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New York Maker Faire Audio Oddities: MIDI-Controlled Drum Robots
The annual New York Maker Faire returned to the New York Hall of Science in September, bringing with it all sorts of DIY audio...
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New York Maker Faire Audio Oddities: Guitar2-D2
The annual New York Maker Faire returned to the New York Hall of Science in September, bringing with it all sorts of DIY audio...
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New York Maker Faire Audio Oddities: Bottle Cap Contact Mics
The annual New York Maker Faire returned to the New York Hall of Science in September, bringing with it all sorts of DIY audio...
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Spotlight on the AES Technical Council
Greetings & Welcome to AES Viewpoints! We are now only five weeks away from the start of the 131st AES International Convention at the...
Mastering Matters
D=D Digital IS Delicate !
Greetings, my name is Paul Grundman and I am an engineer and support technician at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, CA. In this ...
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AES Tech Tour Video Previews
The AES Convention always offers an amazing line-up of Technical Tours. Visiting famous studios, landmark venues, cutting-edge production houses and more, they are never...
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Spotlight on Education at the 131st AES Convention
Greetings & Welcome to AES Viewpoints! My name is Jim Kaiser, and I am current President of the Audio Engineering Society....
SPARS PatchBay
The NEW Market—Are You Up to the Challenge?
Our industry has changed. The old rules do not work. Everything is upside down. The industry has decentralized, but what has been happening in...