Last month, we began discussing ideas on how to get a great electric bass sound onstage. If you missed it, you can check it out here: fohonline.me/1laHdMc. We examined how the sound of an electric bass can be seriously influenced by the phase relationship between the DI and the bass amp, and we looked at possible solutions.
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A few years ago, I installed a really nice sound system in a church located in the South Bay area of Southern California. The church had been damaged by a fire 12 months earlier and they were having Wednesday and Sunday services in a large tent that had been set up in the church parking lot. A local audio company supplied the sound and lighting for the services. You may be wondering where I am going with this story, but read on. Anyway, the audio company was charging the church $2,000 a week to rent and operate the sound and lighting system.
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It’s been a long winter, but spring is just about here and hopefully it signifies an end to the bad weather and the beginning of a beautiful summer touring season. All the road dogs who recently submitted resumes to me looking for off-season work are now mostly unavailable when I call. The bus has left the dock, and audio is on the move! Once again, the musical caravan is carving a path through the clubs, sheds, theaters and summer festivals on this continent and across the globe. Regional audio companies will be getting calls to fill venues with sound for concerts and corporate events, and local television stations will require assistance with band appearances as they promote the show du jour when the tour comes to town. For a month or so, high schools and colleges will be having their graduation ceremonies and — in association with their formals and proms — there should be a good amount of work for local audio companies and audio technicians.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — If there’s any slowdown in the industry, it wasn’t evident at the recent 2014 Prolight+Sound expo, which drew 897 exhibitors from 42 countries. This year’s PL+S featured plenty of new sound reinforcement consoles; live speaker systems and subwoofers were also big news at the show, along with an assortment of production essentials for live sound applications. We’ll provide full details in the April issue of FRONT of HOUSE, but until then, here are our picks for the top hits of the show.
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ATK Audiotek supported the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 26. The show, hosted by L.L. Cool J, was broadcast on CBS. The 56th event included performances by 56 different artists and acts.
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On Feb. 6, Shure counsel Bingham McCutchen led a group of microphone manufacturers, top frequency coordinators and broadcast network representatives to Washington, DC to meet with some FCC Commissioners and the Incentive Auction Task Force — essentially those working on FCC guidelines regarding the proposed sale of the 600 MHz band, currently slated for mid-2015.
Read More »The Winter Olympics just finished up and — other than getting hooked on endlessly watching all the competitions, one theme that struck me was the concept of a “shrinking” world. Between the Internet, Skype, emails, FedEx deliveries and web forums, the entire globe is a much closer knit community that ever.
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Sound Co
Digital Console Rental/Satin Sound Systems
Venue
Stambaugh Auditorium,
Youngstown, OH
Sound Co
Premier Production & Sound Services
Venue
Baton Rouge River Center,
Baton Rouge LA
