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Miking Piano

One solution for grand piano miking is Earthworks’ PianoMic system, which has a removable mounting bar that incorporates two wide-range condenser capsules on goosenecks for versatile placement. It can be used with the lid open or closed.

Miking Piano

My first experience miking a piano was about two decades ago. The Sunday school teacher at my church decided she wanted her first and second graders to perform in the “big church.” So, five volunteers carried a vintage Kimball upright piano into the main sanctuary and placed it in front of the platform. I had one rehearsal with the teacher and her children’s choir. During that rehearsal, I simply opened the top of the Kimball and positioned a Shure SM57 microphone (on a mic stand) slightly inside the piano at the middle of the harp. To my surprise and joy, it sounded pretty authentic.

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Illustration by Andy Au

And Why, Exactly, is That My Problem?

Every time I answer the phone for an audio call, it’s another adventure in problem solving and — for the most part — I do enjoy the challenge of solving the logistical difficulties of any given event. The concert events in real theatres or sheds usually entail the standard fare of negotiating load in/load out times, labor calls, required gear, bus/truck parking and feeder and snake runs.

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Boiling Springs with Bose RoomMartch

South Carolina Church Upgrades with Bose RoomMatch Gear

BOILING SPRINGS, SC – The First Baptist Church here recently upgrade its 1,100-seat sanctuary’s sound system with Bose RoomMatch gear.  Systems designer Jim Deal, who utilized Bose Modeler Sound System Software, specified Bose RoomMatch RM5505, RM5510, RM7010, RM9010, RM12040 and RM12060 speakers along with RMS215 subwoofers and six PowerMatch PM8500N amplifiers to power the system. MusiCraft Sound & Video helped with the installation.

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P!NK Takes Off With Sennheiser

Pink Tours with Aerial Feats, Sennheiser Solution

MELBOURNE, Australia – P!NK’s 140-date The Truth About Love arena tour is impressing audiences around the world with the artist’s aerial acrobatics along with her voice. The stunts posed a challenge to monitor engineer, Horst Hartmann, who worked with Sennheiser on a solution that includes a SKM 2000 mic with a MD 9235 head along with a custom-made in-ear with an integrated microphone.

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MAPMPRExpansion

Middle Atlantic Products Expands MPR Series

Middle Atlantic Products added three new options to its MPR Series Modular Power Raceway Systems: a 30 Amp controlled raceway module and two options for Neutrik powerCON connectors. The new additions promise to meet changing power distribution requirements for AV systems.

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Monster Jam 2013 Path of Destruction Tour logo

MetLife Stadium Crew Uses Shure Axient to Crush RF Challenges for Monster Truck Event

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — As important as it was to provide flawless audio support for a recent televised Monster Jam truck event held at MetLife Stadium here recently, stadium A1 Michael Ward also used the event as the first big test for a Shure Axient wireless system, which is being considered for use when the stadium hosts Super Bowl XLVIII in Feb. 2014. “The wireless performance was flawless,” Ward confirmed.

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Audiotechnik al-8 Compact Line Array System

VUE Audiotechnik al-8 Compact Line Array System

VUE Audiotechnik’s new al-8 Compact Line Array System makes use of two 8-inch woofers flanking four 4-inch Neodymium mid drivers and a central pair of 1-inch exit, neodymium compression drivers with beryllium diaphragms.  The al-8 follows Vue’s al-4 subcompact line array system. It has been in beta test, was previewed at InfoComm 2013, and is expected to be available this fall.

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Clear-Com ICON Solutions

Clear-Com ICON Connectivity Solutions

Clear-Com’s new ICON Connectivity Solutions, a collection of communications products that link local or geographically distributed intercom systems over Ethernet/IP networks and/or optical fiber, promises to serve as a reliable, high performance, scalable and cost-effective communications solution on common infrastructures. “ICON” stands for “Intercom CONnectivity Solutions.”

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Mauricio Ramirez

“USITT Presents” Seminar Set for Meyer Sound HQ on Aug. 16

BERKELEY, CA – “USITT Presents,” a series of one-day seminars that began with a Meyer Sound-sponsored event in Nashville, TN in February, followed by events sponsored by Studio Gear (Milwaukee, in March) and Chauvet (Miami, in June), will be hosted by Meyer Sound again at company headquarters here on Friday, Aug. 16. Instructor Mauricio Ramirez will lead the daylong session covering system design principles. The event will include hands-on use of Meyer Sound’s MAPP Online, SIM 3 audio analyzer and other tools.

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