I don’t know what it is with me and my knack for finding the coolest and most obscure devices that actually work. Yes, I am flattering myself a little too much, seeing that this device has been around since the 1970s. The old timers (I’m not saying this as a jab but out of sincere respect for the wealth of knowledge that can only come with being old) are probably saying, “Silly youngster, I’ve been using one of those for years.”
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In previous issues of FOH, we’ve looked at compressors. Now it’s time to at some of the other outboard gear you have, or should be using, in your house of worship. In this month’s column, let’s take a look at “noise gates.”
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Read More »We at Front Of House Magazine have not harped about the usage of Sound Pressure Level (SPL) meters for a while. But that doesn’t mean the SPL police have stopped lurking around at your gigs. All they may do is give you a polite reminder to turn it down. But in a worst-case scenario you could be facing litigation and fines by violating the rules against excessive noise.
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A major tour is like a living organism. And like any organism, it will occasionally have accidents. So what happens when the tour stubs its toe, or worse, breaks an arm, just before showtime?
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There will come a day when business students will learn about 20th century entrepreneurs and the odds are high that every case study they read will start with the phrase, “It all started in a garage.”
The story of Proshow Systems begins 20 years ago in Memphis, Tenn. — in a garage, of course.
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I was traveling home from Europe after six months on a cruise ship, just getting settled on my third flight of the day in Chicago bound for Toronto. There was a line-up to takeoff so we had been sitting on the tarmac for about 20 minutes when I started to fall asleep.
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Now that my son is a high school varsity wrestler I have the great opportunity to spend most of my weekends inside various gymnasiums and it was on one of these wrestling outings that I found myself in Hamburg Pennsylvania screaming and yelling just like one of the wrestling dads I vowed to never become.
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As I was preparing for this interview, I had an interesting talk with someone in the biz who shall remain unnamed. The gist was this: Is being a great mixer a prerequisite to having a client list consisting of acts known for sounding great live? Or does having such a client list give one an automatic aura of “Well, he must be a great mixer?”
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Performance Audio’s Craig Hylton admits with a laugh that he has spent more time watching the Utah Jazz in person this season than he has in recent memory. It helps that Hylton is both a basketball fan and that he can call his appearances at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City a work gig. “The team had a rough start,” he says, “but it’s fun to go to the games. I’m still learning what their needs are and how to tune the system.”
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Updated system puts sound on par with lights at Stone Mountain.
While theme parks and historic sites are both known for attracting tourists and locals alike, it isn’t often that you find them coexisting in one location. But with miniature golf, paddleboats, a skyride and other attractions centered on the world’s largest piece of exposed granite, Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park is equal parts kitschy fun and ode to Southern history.
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