With the fast-approaching festival season, Steve La Cerra suggests creating some “festival-friendly” console files that will make surviving those inevitable “no sound check and five-minute set changes” more manageable.
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Keeping stage volume under control is a constant challenge at many performances, and Steve La Cerra looks into some effective percussion solutions that might just help on your next gig.
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Capturing a drum kit can be tricky, but it ain’t rocket science. Steve La Cerra offers some common pitfalls to avoid at your next gig.
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Audio pros have expensive toys, and a sad fact of life is that there are unsavory characters who covet those toys. Sometimes shady people steal… Read More »Protecting Your Investment
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Steve La Cerra offers some techniques and looks at some affordable accessories that can take the audio of your streaming gig to the next level.
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Feature sets on modern digital boards can be amazing, but Steve La Cerra takes a hard-line, realistic look at what automation can or can’t do for you. A must-read.
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Steve La Cerra looks into this proposed solution for the current RF channel crunch and why this may be the future of wireless audio systems.
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When things get crazy on the road, you sometimes have to come up with some equally “crazy” solutions, as Steve La Cerra found out during a recent tour.
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There are many ways to send signals to subwoofers using auxes, buses or simply in-line. Steve La Cerra looks at the pros and cons of using each technique and what works best for your system.
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Steve La Cerra ponders this question that has been perplexing live sound engineers for centuries, if not longer. So which technique is best? Check it out!
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One major advantage of digital consoles is being able to manage a lot of channels using small worksurfaces. Steve La Cerra shares a few secrets for making it happen.
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Many manufacturers offer free offline editors for their consoles, so you can prep a show even when you don’t have access to the console. Steve La Cerra looks at how to get the most of this powerful feature.
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