Dynamic changes are equally important to the live performance of a musical piece as the notes, rhythm and instrumental choices. Allow me to preface this expression of opinion by enumerating particular personality traits that have influenced me in making some decisions affecting the direction of my career as an audio engineer.
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In consolidating industries, a natural response is scaling up in order to bring more services and capabilities to the table. That’s certainly what we’re seeing with a recent raft of merger and acquisition activity, with Comcast’s purchase of Time-Warner Cable and AT&T’s move on DirecTV — just the biggest of what’s shaping up to be the busiest deal-making season since 2008, with a reported $2.2 trillion in deals done so far this year globally, a 67-percent increase from the same period last year.
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So you’re loading into a small theater for a gig and a remote truck pulls into the loading area. You’re thinking, “Oh wow, So and So must be recording their show here tomorrow.” You start speaking with the guys from the remote recording company and find out they are there to record tonight’s show to multitrack. But management forgot to send you the memo. After you’re done swearing at the intern who didn’t pull you into the email trail, your blood pressure drops below 200 and you figure it’s time to get to work. So exactly what do you need to do?
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As a worship sound pro, the top three questions asked of me are, first, How can I make my system sound better? Second, How can I make my worship band sound better? And third, How can I make my choir sound better? This month, my friends, we will investigate some suggestions on question three.
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Reading the daily paper is not only dispiriting, but also seems to be an exercise in futility. Watching the news on television is arrantly dismal, and made worse due to the overwhelmingly insipid magazine-style reporting and filler commentary by a surfeit of the so-called experts. The news is depressing enough without a slew of vapid analysts trying to make sense of the rampant senselessness and lunacy of man’s inhumanity to man as well as logically trying to explain the inexplicable enigmas that plague us on a daily basis. The mysteries I refer to are oddities such as the story of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, the economy and, of course, our foreign policy, to name a few.
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LONDON – The latest incarnation of the London FolkFest, which was created in 2011 to generate inspiration through music, was presented on three stages at The Bedford in London. Director of music Tony Moore once again relied upon Harman’s Soundcraft consoles for the musical mix.
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MIAMI – For the multi-purpose gymnasium at Our Lady Of Lourdes Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school here, Revelation Sound took part in an AV upgrade that included the facility’s audio, video and intercom systems. The project included the deployment of Ashly Audio KLR-series amplifiers and an 8 x 8 Ashly ne8800 networked audio processor.
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DAEJEON, South Korea — An estimated 800,000 gathered here to attend the Mass by Pope Francis during his visit in August. Inter-M provided the PA system for the Daejeon event, using 20 of Inter-M’s new DAC-288 transmitter/receivers. The DAC-288 incorporates Audinate’s Dante digital audio over IP networking solution.
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COSTA MESA, CA — Following the company’s recent restructuring into global, channel-specific business units, QSC Audio Products LLC is announcing a realignment of its distribution in the UK and Germany, effective November 1, 2014. The company’s systems business unit, serving the integrated systems channel, will continue to be represented by Shure Distribution, the QSC distributor for all the company’s Pro and Systems products in the UK and Germany since 1992 and 2007 respectively.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Forty-eight channels of Millennia HV-3R preamps were used to capture the main stage performances at the recent Hardly Strictly Bluegrass event in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, October 3 through 5, 2014. Diablo Digital provided the live recording systems for the event. The company selected Millennia Media’s HV-3R preamps as the front-end.
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EDISON, NJ — Tarik Solangi has been named Manager, Live Sound and Product Tech Support for RCF USA, based here. Solangi has been providing RCF USA live sound technical support on a contract service basis, and now joins the RCF USA staff full time.
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