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David Moncrieffe II

The De-Specialization of Audio East

In the mid-1990s, Daniel Bouchard was balancing a handful of plates on sticks, doing all he could to keep each in the air. There was a day gig at a music store, a handful of dates with his band and then there was that PA sitting in the van that needed to be loud. One day he decided to put two of those sticks down to get the PA stick swinging.

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All the World’s a Stage

—But Moving It is Getting More Complex

Fuel prices are down and everything’s looking rosy for getting gear on the road for the upcoming concert-touring season, right? Well, maybe not. Some of the handful of freight forwarding companies that specialize in packing, shipping and handling musical instruments and pro audio gear are reporting that a combination of more burdensome Federal regulations and a general malaise at still-floundering airlines that have cut routes, changed aircraft and in some cases transferred that chimp from the luggage ads to cargo handling is creating new headaches for getting tours where they need to go. 

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Making a Solid Connection

Every once in a while, we need to tell the experienced sound guys to take a break and re-introduce a basic topic that does not get discussed much. Power distribution (distro) connectors are such a topic. It’s as good a time as any to now go over the common types and discuss their usage.   

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Who Can You Trust?

It seems as though the world is collapsing around us as people are losing faith in a system that has let them down. Powerful people who are supposed to be leaders and role models have betrayed our trust, and even the elected officials that ran on a platform of hope and change are viewed with a wary eye.

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AKG LC Condenser Microphone

Designed for a wide range of applications ranging from vocals and live sound to recording and studio use,  AKG LC features an XLR connector module with 24-carat gold plated pins for optimized connectivity, as well as resistance to corrosion and humidity. Additionally, the LC features a spring steel wire-mesh grill for extreme ruggedness offering reliable control of pops and wind noise while an artist is on stage.

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BSS Break-Out Box

BSS Audio’s newest break-out box, the BLU-BOB, has eight analog audio outputs on standard terminal block connectors and a 256-channel digital audio bus. DIP switches on the rear of the BLU-BOB device give users a way to select consecutive channels, in groups of eight, from the digital audio bus. Multiple BLU-BOB devices can be configured to receive the same or different eight channel ranges. The BLU-BOB devices are powered by an external 24VDC power supply. Two versions are available— the BLU-BOB1, a half rack width, desk- or wall-mounted version, and the BLU-BOB2, a 19” single-rack version with mounting ears for equipment racks.

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JBL PRX512Mi and PRX718S

The PRX512Mi is a 12-inch, 2-way, truly multipurpose, self-powered sound reinforcement system, with a frequency range of 46 Hz to 20 kHz. The PRX512Mi is comprised of a 12-inch Differential Drive woofer, a neodymium compression driver mounted to a 70 x 70-degree horn, all driven by a multichannel Crown International Class-D digital power amplifier. The PRX512Mi features 400-watt low-frequency and 100-watt high-frequency amp channels, while weighing only 18 kilos (40 pounds).

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Mackie HD Series

The HD1521 2-way and HD1531 3-way deliver up to 1800W of peak system power. precision crossovers, transducer time alignment and phase correction circuitry right in the box, in addition to patented acoustic correction processing that the manufacturer says counters the inherent physical attributes that can make typical loudspeakers sound honky or washed out.

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Proel NET Speakers

With four full range models and a stage wedge all available in both active and passive versions with Celestion drivers, the new NET Series, presented in preview at Musikmesse, will be available for purchase in late 2009.  The Celestion loudspeakers are driven by new class H and class D amplifying modules.

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Soundcraft Si2 Digital Console

The Si2 comes in a smaller footprint than its bigger brother, and has 48 mic inputs mapped on 24 faders (the Si3 has 64 inputs), but this is where the differences end. The Si2, like the Si3, has four dedicated Stereo Line channels, four dedicated FX Returns from the four stereo Lexicon FX processors, eight balanced insert sends and eight balanced insert returns. Si2 is complete with 24 Group/Aux busses available at all times, eight matrix busses and a full complement of monitor talkback and main bus outputs.

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