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NOLA French Quarter Music Festival

NOLA French Quarter Music Festival

Audio "Team of Rivals" Join Staging Company in Supporting Four-Day Festival

When you think of New Orleans music festival, you think of the Jazz & Heritage. But for locals, there's one that's as dear to their hearts as Du Monde coffee and beignets: The French Quarter Music Festival. This year was the 28th, and over four days in April, 260 local bands performed on 20 stages spread throughout the French Quarter for 533,000 music fans. From brass bands to Zydeco, classical to classic jazz, country to rock, it is a potpourri assault on the senses – the good kind. 

 

 

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Yamaha StageMix iPad App for LS9 Digital Consoles

Yamaha introduced their popular StageMix iPad application for their M7CL at PLASA last fall, and there's been strong interest in an LS9 version since. Released at Frankfurt's Prolight + Sound in April, it's a free download on Apple's iTunes store. I got the call from IATSE steward Susan Phillips to work at Florida State College's Wilson Center with the school's nationally recognized jazz band. Because they have an LS9-32 in a typical performing arts center control booth, I knew this was a great test for the LS9 app.

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Digitally Steerable Arrays

Digitally Steerable Arrays ("DSA") are a relatively new type of loudspeaker system that are not only self-powered, but also employ individual processing for each transducer to control the coverage of the entire array. Using advanced, but well-known techniques of gain-, delay- and frequency-shading, the polar response of an array of transducers can be steered differently than it would behave passively. Steve "Woody" LaCerra discussed DSAs at length in last month's issue.

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Yamaha DSR Powered Speakers

As I sit here contemplating this review, it occurred to me that I have been writing about Yamaha gear for over 15 years now. Not that this really matters for my DSR review, but, just as a reference point, I have seen a lot of innovation come out of Yamaha over the last decade and a half.

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Brantley Sound Soldiers On with New Digs, Gigs

Bobby Brantley, standing, with, from left, Keith Beck, Colleen Cussick and Dario Ceragioli

The Nashville Soundco Invests in Gear, Staff

Colleen Cussick stood on the crest of the May 2010 floodwaters that decimated downtown Nashville and took pictures of a waterlogged building and building lot on her cell phone. But it wasn't just any building. Until very recently, it was home to where she worked – Brantley Sound Associates (BSA).

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Catching a Cab to the Future

The ability to integrate software-based audio recording systems into FOH racks has put pressure on the conventional remote recording sector. As discussed here previously, the golden era of live recordings has passed, an era capped perhaps by the best-selling live album of all time, Garth Brooks' 21 million-plus Double Live LP in 1998.

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Serial vs. Parallel Processing

One of the less-clear concepts in audio is that of serial versus parallel processing. As is the case with series and parallel electrical circuits, serial processing provides a single path for an audio signal on its way to the mix bus, while parallel processing allows multiple paths through which an audio signal may reach the mix bus. Each approach has its strengths and weaknesses, and knowing when to apply either of the two (or in some cases, both) facilitates better control over your mix.

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God is Everywhere

This month's Sound Sanctuary is not really about the omnipotent nature of God. We all know that God is everywhere (no matter what God you believe in). This month, I would like to talk about expanding your worship house sound system to other parts of your house and into other buildings that may exist on your church's grounds.

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Patience vs. Ego

Patience is a virtue, as well as a virtual necessity when dealing with most clients in need of audio equipment. It would be nice – in a perfect world – if everyone who called for audio gear knew exactly what they were doing and what they were requesting, but alas, it is not the case.

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Guard Dog Cable/Hose Protectors Updated with New Features

Checkers Industrial Safety Products has updated its Guard Dog five-channel cable/hose protectors with four through-holes (with an inside diameter of .21") that can be used for temporary mounting with either nails or screws. The cable/hose protectors have also been updated with pry slots under each through-hole to simplify removal when the cable protector is fastened down. If the user's application simply requires increased traction on smooth surfaces, an optional rubber pad kit is also available.

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Yamaha/NEXO Audioversity Set for Aug. 24-25 in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Citing the strong turnout to its Audioversity Expo event in Nashville last August, which drew more than 475 audio professionals, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. has announced its second event to take place at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, August 24-25. The event will once again focus on providing audio professionals with in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience of all Yamaha Commercial Audio and NEXO products.

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