Several times over the past few months we've briefly mentioned the idea of modulation as an effect parameter. Now it's time to take a closer look. Modulation is often applied to delay for creating a wide variety of time-based effects, such as flange and chorus. The word "modulate" means to change, and in this case, we are referring to a change in delay time.
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One nice aspect of getting older is that one gains perspective through a personal history. The downside to this new outlook is that it is as humbling as it is enlightening, especially when it comes to technology. I remember a moment in time when we started to replace our black and white televisions with color. Having grown up with a black and white TV set, I took television itself for granted, but as archaic as it sounds now, color TV was a new and transformational technology that changed the average viewer's life.
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MOSCOW and KIEV – Harman Professional opened an office in Moscow and completed seminars in Moscow and Kiev that drew some 400 participants from Russia, Ukraine and surrounding areas. The October events were the first in a series of targeted, regional, international roadshows organized by Harman's recently-appointed director of knowledge resources, David Scheirman.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Mighty Rock Performance Technology, a rental operation set up to focus purely on Midas digital consoles and associated accessories, has made its debut in Melbourne. The company, an affiliate of Production Works (Hobart, Tasmania), has Australia's first Midas XL8 in its rental inventory.
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WALNUT GROVE, NC – Moxley Production Services provided One Systems 212IM direct weather loudspeakers for Stokes High School's athletic field, which can handle a crowd of up to 2,000 people.
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ARNEDO, Spain – For the upcoming tour of Spain-based metal band Los Marea, Fluge is providing an E15 system from Adamson Systems Engineering. Fluge also worked with Adamson distributor Seesound to provide an E15 system at the Low Cost Festival in Benidorm, Spain earlier this year, which served as the European debut for Adamson's "Project Energia" beta launch.
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PAG ISLAND, Croatia – Promologistika provided a total of 48 units of RCF TTL55-A to support a concert by British DJ Fatboy Slim staged on Zrće, a pebble beach on this island along Croatia's Adriatic seacoast. The system included 16 units per side (LR) plus a delay of two stacks with six units each, plus 16 units of RCF TTS56-A (subwoofers).
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HK Audio's SoundCaddy One system provides a line array/woofer combo in a compact and portable format. Inside the SoundCaddy One are three six-inch bass speakers, six three-and-a-half-inch mid/high drivers, a 600-Watt class D amplifier and a complete four-channel mixer. The PA system is completely self-contained, and can be used for both speech and music.
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FARIBAULT, MN – Fette Productions, which specializes in sound reinforcement for orchestras, concerts and live shows, has been using its Astatic 1700VP remote control variable pattern mics to address the challenges posed by concerts that combine a band and choir. Owner Roger Fette cited the ability to get a more desirable sound from fewer mics with the Astatic gear.
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DULUTH, MN – TSI Technology Solutions LLC, working with consultant Gary White of WHJW, designed and installed the audio system for the new AMSOIL arena. The venue is part of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center and home to University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) Bulldogs men's and women's hockey teams. They managed to provide coverage for the 6,600-to-8,500-capacity venue with only 12 line arrays, each composed of either four or six Electro-Voice EVA-2082S line array modules – with 64 used in all. The system also includes eight EVH-1152S loudspeakers used as downfills and a pair of FRi-2082 loudspeakers for fill under a couple of small overhangs.
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INDIANAPOLIS – For Eastern Star Church's new 3,000-capacity Northwest location, CSD, Inc. provided a NEXO GEO S12 line array system that includes 14 GEO S1210s and 27 GEO S1230s along with a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital audio console at front of house and an M7CL-48 for monitors.
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