Furman continues to be a leader in power conditioning units, due its features and ruggedness. Hardly an outboard rack can be seen without an ubiquitous Furman PL-Plus Power Conditioner or two providing both the power distribution and rack-face illumination from its light tubes.
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The Electro-Voice Tour X series of loudspeakers sits in that middle ground of live sound reinforcement speaker—higher-end than most MI boxes, but not something you are going to find on tour riders either. In other words, great for clubs and bands in a van as well as local soundcos.
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In the early days of audio, the “power matching” technique of creating 600-ohm source impedances to drive 600-ohm load impedances was a standard design practice. The topic of impedance matching used to be a prime teaching topic in decades past. The reason for learning impedance matching was that many sound sources, signal processors, consoles, and amplifiers were borrowed from fields other than sound reinforcement, and the necessity of knowing the input and output impedances was critical to get the system to play nicely together.
Read More »Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am a microphone freak, so any activity involving microphones is at the top of the gear lust chart for me. There are three thing you cannot have enough of: money, microphones and well, you can guess what else.
Read More »It’s a cold, hard winter for the meetings and events business. Things are just plain rough out there. According to a survey by the industry trade group Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and American Express that was released last month, seven percent of business meetings already scheduled for 2009 have been canceled, and that number may be an underestimate. We are hearing from our clients and vendors that cancellations often outnumber actual shows, and the recent economic indicators show no sign of relief.
Read More »In this month’s “The Biz” column, FOH reader and guest contributor Floyd Dilman pens a piece titled “Who Will Speak For the Live Event Industry?” It’s a good question and one that becomes more crucial to find an answer to by the day.
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Asked to sum up the role of FOH mixer at the Grammy Awards, Mike Abbott, the long-time audio coordinator for the show, characteristically first quantifies it, then wraps it in a neat aphorism. “Twenty-four bands, 24 guest mixers, 24 managers, 24 agents — you have to be the Henry Kissinger of pro audio,” he says.
Read More »WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW announced that Rational Acoustics has been given worldwide distribution of SMAART sound system measurement, optimization and control software, and will soon own SMAART outright.
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GIBRALTAR — The Rock of Gibraltar stands as a symbol of solidity and permanence, but it is actually hollowed out by more than 150 caves. The conditions inside the rock’s St. Michael’s Cave, recently outfitted with Community WET and R-Series loudspeakers, can also easily challenge the longevity of gear not up to the task.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Ira Malek, monitor engineer for the Steve Miller Band, has been using a Yamaha PM5D on the 2008 tour, and will be doing so again when the band hits the road this May.
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To quote Gordon Gekko from the 1987 Oliver Stone movie, Wall Street: “The richest one percent of this country owns half our country’s wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It’s bullshit. You got 90 percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it. Now you’re not naive enough to think we’re living in a democracy, are you buddy? It’s the free market. And you’re a part of it. You’ve got that killer instinct. Stick around, pal, I’ve still got a lot to teach you.”
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ELKHART, IN — In an example of co-engineering between Crown and JBL with expected benefits for all VerTec system owners, JBL Professional’s V4 DSP presets are now available for Crown’s I-Tech HD series amplifiers.
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