The article "Delivering a President's Message to the World," about the 2009 inaugural sound system, brought back memories of a system I designed for the same purpose, but 40 years earlier, in 1969 for Richard Nixon's first inauguration. We estimated the crowd at about 50,000 people.
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It's been a while since I've heard someone go on a rant about "how much better analog sounds than digital." But recently at a gig, this great pastime was re-visited and made me think about writing why, and possibly how, to keep the "sonic" quality up in the digital world.
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Mark Bowman has been kicking around the Phoenix performing arts scene for over 20 years now, beginning when he was working with the City of Phoenix as a recreation leader.
Read More »The whiskey-swilling, pony-tailed image of the rock ‘n' roll road manager was never all that accurate, though it became a widely familiar trope thanks to films like This Is Spinal Tap and Roadie. But try to imagine Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the role instead of Meatloaf. That's one more outcome of the confluence of live music having become the core earnings engine for music and the ever-increasing use of Internet-based services, social and otherwise, to get out and stay out on tour.
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Other than a slight headache, Rick was feeling pretty good, considering he drank 10 beers and two shots before leaving the bar at 3 a.m. He should have realized that the only reason the waitress was flirting with him was to sell him more beer and to generate a larger tip. "You would think I'd know better after 34 years on this planet," he said to himself as he walked into his small bathroom.
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The Radial J+4 is a high performance line driver designed to take -10dB consumer devices and amplify them so that they can easily integrate with professional level +4dB devices. It is fully equipped with 100 percent discreet electronics which deliver greater than +17dB of gain while transformer isolation eliminates buzz and hum caused by ground loops.
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