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Compressors, Part 1

Compressors, Part 1

How many times have you been sitting behind the front of house console and had someone ask you, "Do you know what all of those knobs do?" If the answer is "No" when you are talking about compressors, then you can get yourself into trouble.

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With a Rolling Truck Stones Thing Just Outside

Digital mixing console? Check. Digital plug-in processing? Check. Digital audio network to stage and monitors? Check. Digital multitrack hard disk recording system? Increasingly, check – and that's a potential checkmate for what was once a thriving sector of the live music business.

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How Loud Is Too Loud?

Today we will be discussing the subject of house of sound pressure levels (volume). The size and shape of a worship space can affect the overall sound level, but of course the desires of the congregation (and leadership) will determine how much volume will be allowed in a particular worship house.

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“Excuse Me, Do You Speak Audio?”

E-mail is a great work tool, and at this point in time, I cannot even imagine doing business in a world without the service. After all, what would one do without the solicitations to enlarge their manhood or to please every woman by lasting longer in bed? Fortunately, just like every other guy who gets these wonderful offers, I am not in need of what these artful entrepreneurs are selling. Therefore, these e-mails get deleted and sent to my computer's hard drive trash bin, along with every additional piece of digital junk that filters through my spam protector.

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Allen & Heath Launches First iPhone App

Allen & Heath's iLive Tweak, its first iPhone app, provides real-time mobile control of the iLive digital mixing range. The release adds another option to iLive's array of remote control possibilities, which includes laptops and touch tablets running iLive Editor control software, and the PL Series of controllers.

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Blue Microphones en-CORE 300

The en•CORE 300 is built upon Blue's custom-tuned condenser capsule technology used in the company's extensive studio line. In the en•CORE 300, this studio-grade condenser capsule is mounted on a rubber suspension system and coupled with a phantom powered circuit tuned to match the capsule for vocal clarity with consistent tone and low noise, regardless of the cable length on stage.

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Sennheiser SKM 5200-II

The SKM 5200-II is Sennheiser's latest addition to their wideband wireless systems. It joins the SK 5212-II bodypack transmitter and the EM 3732-II receiver family launched earlier this year.

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