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Earthworks PM40 PianoMic System

Earthworks PM40 PianoMic System

Accurately miking an acoustic piano and doing it consistently is one of the eternal challenges of live audio (and recording for what that’s worth). Over the past year plus, FOH has covered at least a handful of approaches at prices ranging from downright cheap (the Helpenstill pickup system) to compromise (standard miking coupled with control of a MIDI piano module for John Legend) to proprietary and expensive (Tom Young’s Scheops array that he carries with him for every Tony Bennett gig).

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“Raindrops Keep Falling On My Gear…”

This time every year, the summer outdoor gig season becomes upon us, and our attention is distracted by the “extra” things we have to drag along to do outdoor gigs. For the new local sound companies who have been used to club and hotel indoor gigs, all it takes is one or two nightmare outdoor gigs before lessons are learned.

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Backup Non-Singers

There is a National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, held each year, and my company got the contract for the “Blues/Rock” venue for a few years. This was quite a challenging venue, takes about a 1000 PAX with a squeeze, and with the best of South African bands showing their stuff over a 10-day period. A band, whose name I won’t mention, requested a DAT recorder/player on their rider. DAT at the time were just starting to make inroads.

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Going Pro

If you are a regular reader of this column you know that I pretty much direct its contents to those of you who volunteer as sound technicians. However, I don’t volunteer my sound services very often.  It’s not that I am a hypocrite, it’s just that installing and mixing sound is what I do for a living. That brings me to this month’s installment of Sound Sanctuary. I want to talk to those of you who operate in the live worship sound industry for financial gain, or would like to, full or part time.

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Get on the Bus

What you are about to read may contain content that is distasteful to some people therefore, if you are one of those people, please cover your eyes when you get to the offensive parts.

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Adamson’s Point Series

Adamson’s Point Series includes five new models complete with EASE Data; the Point 8, Point 12 and Point 15 two-way enclosures, with companion single and double 15” subwoofers; the Point115 Sub and Point 215 Sub.

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D.A.S. Aero 12A Compact Line Array

The Aero 12A incorporates a new D.A.S. 12LN4C, 12” low frequency transducer with a 3” voice coil and neodymium magnet motor assembly. Highs are handled by the new M-75N neodymium compression driver featuring a pure titanium diaphragm and a 75 mm copper-clad, aluminum flat-wire voice coil.

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KS Audio CPA 12

A 120° nearfield dispersion and a 60° farfield dispersion at the same time from the same horn? That is what KS Audio is claiming to have achieved with the new CPA 12, a self-powered two-way for use on small to medium sized gigs and installs.

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