How many times have we found ourselves looking at a new phone, TV, laptop, or any other manner of device and wondering how they packed so much into a package so small? As I stare down the Turbosound Flex Array, I found myself with this very problem once again.
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Though his last name is also part of his company's name, Carlson Audio Systems co-owner Mark Carlson is always quick to point out that his Seattle-based concern has always represented a collaboration with his partner Jonathan Myers – and also currently thrives with the invaluable help of a dozen other full-time employees and four times that many independent contractors who have helped turn Carlson Audio into the biggest sound company in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Gig: A famous DJ hosts a family-type party at one of Orlando's big theme parks every year. The party always has one big name artist who we will just refer to here as "LL."
Read More »This month we'll continue with the second part of the compressor article (FOH, Theory and Practice, Sept. 2010, page 38). The first part was geared mainly toward what traditional compressors are used for, and the fundamentals behind the different basic functions.
Read More »While many of us were distracted by the glittering technoproducts at the CEDIA Show in September, the FCC was voting to finalize rules for use of the White Spaces spectrum, those controversial spectra in between the recently established digital television transmission channels.
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Everyone likes fat bottom – at least in their mix, anyway (get your mind out of the gutter). There's no debate that augmenting a system with subwoofers increases the power handling, maximizes SPL and improves clarity in the upper frequency range by reducing intermodulation distortion.
Read More »Every month, I attempt to write about issues, items and situations that directly involve or affect the worship sound world. However, there are a few different dividing lines with regards to those of you who work in this corner of live sound.
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The Broadway singers were singing, the costumed dancers were dancing, I was mixing, and the whole shtick was extremely campy and very much like the big musical numbers with Carmen Miranda from a 1940s Busby Berkeley cinema extravaganza.
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