A couple years ago, this category didn’t exist at all. However, the notion of a rack-mount unit that’s remotely controlled via Wi-Fi (iOS and/or Android)… Read More »Tablet-Controlled Rack-Mount Digital Mixers
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I’ve long been a fan of DPA Microphones, and I recently had a chance to check out the company’s newest offering, the VO4099-DKIT2 collection of seven models for drum miking applications.
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Ultimate Ears has long been a major player in the in-ear market, having produced more than 100,000 high-end earpieces in the past 22 years. The company was founded by Jerry Harvey in 1995. Harvey left to go off on his own in 2007, and a year later, Ultimate Ears was acquired by Logitech, where UE remains an independent subsidiary to this day, creating handcrafted earpieces in its USA facilities.
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As part of its expansion into the live sound market, Waves has released a variety of plug-ins catering to the professional sound reinforcement user. One recent entry in this category is X-FDBK, a feedback detection and elimination tool used to assist the process of ringing out house P.A. or monitors.
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All FOH mixers have their own preferences for the location and layout of the mix position. In the years since I moved onto digital mixing platforms, my layout preferences have become decidedly minimalist. I am down to a total of five cases for my setup. The DiGiCo SD5 console sits on a two-by-10-space rack that houses the system control hardware. To my right is an empty case that becomes a table for the two tablet computers running the Lake software. To my left is a second 12-space rack containing a 64-input Pro Tools HD recording system.
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Chances are, the 90-day travel ban so suddenly imposed by the Trump administration in late January on travelers that strictly limited arrivals from Iran and six Arab countries in the Middle East and Africa won’t affect the music touring business. At least not right away, especially with last month’s decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which rejected the administration’s bid to reinstate the travel ban. In either case, expect an on-again/off-again legal melee on the subject in the months to come and the uncertainty will continue. However, it’s always the unintended consequences that get you.
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There are literally thousands of available audio plug-ins, ranging from the simplest filters to complex multi-channel surround reverbs. This month, let’s look at some commonly used plug-ins that can help you make better mixes. Best of all, you may already have some of them.
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As we enter the Lenten season, a common dilemma for the church technical director is deciding whether to buy or rent equipment for special services. When you’re in need of additional equipment for a special set of services, should you rent the equipment you need, should you buy it outright, or should you do a bit of each? My first inclination has always been to “buy, buy, buy,” but when you take a step back, buying is not always the best option in the long term. Carrying an inventory of expensive technical equipment costs money in maintenance and limits your long-term flexibility.
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Rules and regulations are stultifying and, though we are all aware that certain guidelines are required to maintain a safe and healthy work environment, nobody appreciates being bound by directives that add to our cost of doing business. Considering that we are professionals with many years of experience, it is almost insulting to be told by outside sources how to do our jobs. In many instances, we ignore various rules altogether, as they just don’t seem to apply to what it is we do.
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