Walking into an anechoic chamber is one of the most disorienting experiences anyone attuned to sound can have. The lack of reflections confuses the brain, its usual aural cues stifled by the deadened environment. Sometimes you don’t realize just how distorted your perception has become until you exit the chamber, relieved to feel the ambient world around you once again.
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If you are reading FRONT of HOUSE, there’s a pretty good chance that you — like me — take audio production pretty seriously. When no one cares about time alignment, we still delay the balcony fills to the main stacks. When no one cares about polar patterns, we’re moving the snare mic to reject the hi-hat. When people start to accept MP3s as an audio format, we yell and scream that such crappy sound is unacceptable.
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When Jesus went out preaching, I am pretty sure everyone could hear him. Whether he spoke to five people or 5,000, every word went directly into the ears of his followers. I guess we could call that a miracle. Anyway, fast-forward 2,000 years, and we find out that a lot of people just can’t hear what the preacher is preaching.
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Let’s face it. For most of us, the choice of a career in audio production rarely involves a traditional nine-to-five week. Travel, last-minute schedules, late (and/or extended) hours and weekend/holiday gigs are typically part of the audio lifestyle, and trying to juggle one’s personal life and career often becomes a delicate balancing act.
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Shipping this month are new high-output, all-wood designs that expand Mackie’s popular SRM speaker line. The new models include the 12-inch SRM550 (MSRP: $749), the 15-inch SRM650 (MSRP: $879) and the SRM1850 18-inch powered subwoofer (MSRP: $1,149). All feature 1,600W of onboard Class-D amplification, internally-braced, all-wood enclosures, and Mackie High Definition Audio Processing acoustic correction DSP along with optimization tools such as feedback destroyer and application-specific speaker modes.
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Intended for high SPL sub applications, the 18-inch 18TLW3000 is based on Tetracoil technology that uses two inside and two outside coils actually working like four voice-coils. The dual-gap motor structure with four voice-coils increases the power handling and reduces power compression while balancing motor symmetry. Power handling reaches 3,600 watts, while its 29-pound weight is comparable with large coil neodymium woofers. The 18TLW3000 is offered in 8- and 4-ohm versions.
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About half the size of the average double-18 subwoofer, the SSP215 Profundo Subwoofer is a dual-15 loudspeaker powered by a 4,000-watt amplifier with comprehensive onboard 96kHz DSP. The compact size of the unit (17.5 by 48 by 22.5 inches, HxWxD) lets users place the SSP215 under low stages and ceilings and in tight corners where larger boxes wouldn’t fit, and its truck-pack size is well suited for both 90- and 96-inch trucks. Touring options include a four-wheel transport cart with covers for one, two or three cabinets. The install version has 16 3/8-inch threaded fly points, and the included amplification and processing package can be ordered in a 2U chassis.
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Designed to eliminate hum and noise, this passive line-level isolation transformer contains two 600-Ohm 1:1 transformers and four capacitors. Specs include a 20 Hz to 25kHz response. Uses include interfacing between different brands of intercoms, such as Clear-Com, Telex, RTS, HME, etc. It can also be added to the end of a string of beltpacks and plugged into a powered speaker to monitor intercom chat without having to wear a headset, or used the other way to patch a line level audio track into the headset string. Price is $74.95.
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MONTREAL – Montreal’s Osheaga Music and Arts Festival, held here at the city’s Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène Aug. 2-4, received support for the fourth year in a row from Sennheiser and K-array. Sennheiser’s Global Relations Team supported Osheaga’s Green Stage with a pre-configured rack of wireless solutions including IEMs. Sennheiser Canada supplied a selection of instrument and vocal microphones as well as the latest energy-efficient loudspeakers from K-array..
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AMSTERDAM – At IBC 2013 here, JoeCo is previewing a future addition to its BlackBox family of multi-channel recorders and players. Designed with the broadcast and location recording customer in mind, the new BlackBox BBR1MP Recorder is a 24-channel, 1U recorder housing 24 new microphone preamps operating at up to 24bit/96k.
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SRINAGAR, Kashmir, India – On September 7th, maestro Zubin Mehta and the Bavarian State Orchestra hosted a landmark event known as “Ehsaas-e-Kashmir” (Concert for Kashmir) in the foothills of the Himalayas. India’s Sound and Light Professionals debuted its brand new L-Acoustics K1 rig for this historic event. The town of Srinagar had not witnessed any official form of cultural activity since a cricket match in 1983, making this one of the most eagerly anticipated concerts in recent times. Nearly 2,000 guests attended the event hosted by the German Embassy in the Shalimar Gardens in Srinagar.
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WELLINGTON, FL – QSC Audio Products, LLC named Meyer Marketing as their manufacturer’s representative firm in Florida. With more than 28 years’ experience in the region, Meyer Marketing has received 15 awards from manufacturer partners as Rep of the Year. Pictured here are, from left, Larry Meyer, President and Larry Boscarino, Vice President of Meyer Marketing.
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