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NAMMies 2024

NAMM-Tastic Im only writing this so I can list the Nammies a fake word play on Grammies and NAMM for all five readers. I think this is the third or fourth fake awards list, I’ll get to that in a bit. But, first congrats to Spider Ranch productions the loudest …

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Matching Sources

Matching sources with the Fulcrum Acoustics products is not difficult if you only use the factory presets since they match pretty well. However us being tech guy means we’ll mess things up every now and then. I received a bunch of questions on working with All-pass filters and some other …

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A way of working with Smaart V8 FIR Designer M and the Lake interface/Lab Gruppen hardware

Here is a way of working with the FIR DESIGNER M DTP (direct to processor) function. I’m still learning how to work with the various software packages in the screen captures so if i’m wrong about something: sorry Also the speaker used will be tuned using 1 mic position which …

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Comments on Dr. Floyd Toole’s “The Measurement and Calibration of Sound Reproducing Systems”

Dr. Floyd Toole’s Article: The Measurement and Calibration of Sound Reproducing Systems The author raises a wide range of problems in the field of loudspeaker usage, but is quite skimpy in proposing any real solutions. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]He points to a [I]”widely accepted”[/I] steady-state amplitude response measurement that is being used just …

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Condenser Microphones For Live Sound

Last month my interview with Philip Graham revealed some of my misconceptions about condenser microphones being a bad choice for live sound. Most sound engineers and musicians are so used to close miking with dynamic mics like SM57s that they don’t really know how to use condenser mics for live performances. …

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“The bigger the ego, the bigger the console…

… or I’m a better tool user than you. A resurrected thread over at PSW’s Live Audio Board Classic Forum® More on rider madness: How many people would ask for refunds if…. brings up the “current reality” of an earlier discussion about how much our coveted “Big Iron Analog” and “Upper …

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“The bigger the set, the smaller the talent.” – Anonymous road carpenter

I’m a sound guy. I got into this business over 30 years ago because I had some technical chops that lined up very nicely with the experience, training and education I received in music over the first 21 years of my life. A well written song, the artistry of the …

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“Denial, it’s not just a river running thru FOH…

… Or, Everybody Complains About the Weather, but Nobody Does Anything About It.” Another fun weekend outdoors. We were sub-contracted by another firm to cover a double-booking. I tend to grit my teeth on shows like these because no matter what our paperwork says, invariably the band TM or FOH …

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The Next Level… the Unicorn of the production business.

This was originally posted at PSW in September, 2012. I love the phrase “… to the next level.” I did some back-of-envelope figuring about 25 years ago when faced with a similar desire for my small PA company to see what it would cost. What came of that was a …

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Quality, price, service – pick any 2…. musings from the “days gone by” department

Anecdote time (I quiet down after nurse brings my meds, really….). A decade or so back I was BE for a regional country act, we carried rented PA to supplement the band’s stage/monitor package. We pulled up to Bob’s Western Wasteland (not even up to Country Bunker standards), a 1000 …

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Ramblings Archives - Sound Forums

NAMMies 2024

Matching Sources

A way of working with Smaart V8 FIR Designer M and the Lake interface/Lab Gruppen hardware

Comments on Dr. Floyd Toole’s “The Measurement and Calibration of Sound Reproducing Systems”

Condenser Microphones For Live Sound

“The bigger the ego, the bigger the console…

“The bigger the set, the smaller the talent.” – Anonymous road carpenter

“Denial, it’s not just a river running thru FOH…

The Next Level… the Unicorn of the production business.

Quality, price, service – pick any 2…. musings from the “days gone by” department

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