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Setting Up A Personal Studio: Advice From The Pros
In the January, 2012 issue of Pro Sound News, four noted engineers share news about the latest audio tools they’ve acquired for their personal...
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Symetrix Offers Technical Support and Training in Spanish
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 2012: Symetrix announces that it is now offering technical support and training services in Spanish. This new addition to the...
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Two Danley Jericho Horns Cover 30,000 at Florida Atlantic University’s New Football Stadium
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA – JANUARY 2012: On the heels of Florida Atlantic University’s elevation to Division I-A football and its record-setting win at the...
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Taking in the TEC Awards
It’s time for the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA next week, and that means it’s also time for the 27th Annual TEC Awards....
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Metric Halo Relocates to Sun-Drenched Florida
SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA: Without snow shovels and down jackets, Metric Halo is in the process of moving to the Tampa Bay area during the...
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Wireless First/Clair Global Provide Live abd Broadcast Audio for CMT Artists Show of the Year
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE: The Country Music Television (CMT) Artists of the Year celebration honors five country music artists who stand at the top of the...
Mastering Matters
Philosophy, The War & The Love (2012 to 2112)
First, allow my informal interruption to give you a big thanks for your comments and reading the blog. My apologies for being away...
Studio Sense
2012 Sounds Good To Me!
The good news is that the economy is likely going to be slightly better off in 2012. Barring some unlikely lack of cooperation by...
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The Next Big Format: Chocolate?
Music and candy have always gone together, whether you're talking band names like Chocolate Watchband; genres such as Bubblegum; or, of course, songs themselves—say,...
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Branson dB Blues
Backers of the Branson Sports Entertainment Complex, a proposed 65,000-seat racing complex outside Branson, MO, recently appealed a condition placed upon them that would...
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Symetrix Room Combine 788 Delivers Flexibility and Fidelity at the Lakeland Center
LAKELAND, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 2011: Known as one of Central Florida’s most venerable entertainment complexes, The Lakeland Center challenges the notion that a facility...
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Still in a New York State of Mind
The 131st AES Convention last month in NYC was a celebration of, and immersion in, all things audio.
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Metric Halo ULN-2 Survives Haitian Fire
CARREFOUR, HAITI – DECEMBER 2011: Bad things sometimes happen to good people. While he was working for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as...
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Ashly KLR-5000 Amps Power LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – DECEMBER 2011: Although the Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC) in Baton Rouge served as the United State’s largest ever triage...
Mr. Bonzai's Music Smarts
|| The Heart of the Matter ||
A few choice words from MUSIC SMARTS -- The Inside Truth and Road-Tested Wisdom from the Brightest Minds in the Music Business, a...
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API 1608 Installed at Canyon Hut Recording Studio
LAUREL CANYON, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 2011: Constructed in rocker Alice Cooper’s former house in 2008, Canyon Hut Recording Studio has recently acquired and installed...
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Metric Halo Supports Live Organ Recording at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church During AES Tech Tour
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 2011: It was a unique confluence of events in late October that led to a mind-expanding technical tour...
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Breaking The Law with Meyer
Judas Priest—the metal act behind “Living After Midnight” and “Breaking The Law” (not to mention stars of the classic underground film, Heavy Metal...
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The Ghosts of Live Sound Gift Guides Past
You may have seen our annual gift guide for live sound pros (AKA ‘What To Get a Live Sound Roadie for the Holidays’) that...
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Interview: Scott Garrigus, author of SONAR X1 Power!
Cakewalk's SONAR X1, a digital audio workstation with music creation tools, is a comprehensive piece of software—just ask Scott Garrigus. Since 2000, he’s written...
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Symetrix Announces 2011 International Distributor and Rep Award Winners
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 2011: Symetrix announced its international distributor and sales representative award winners for fiscal year 2011. UK-based World Marketing Associates earned...
Studio Sense
The AKG C214: It’s Not Simply 200 Less (Rather It’s Something Entirely Different)
I know what you're thinking (a la Nigel Tufnel): “Well, it's 200 less, isn't it?” Sure, the C214 offers fewer features than its esteemed older...
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...
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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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...
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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...
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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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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,...