Buyer’s Guides

Digitally Steerable Arrays ("DSA") are a relatively new type of loudspeaker system that are not only self-powered, but also employ individual processing for each transducer to control the coverage of the entire array. Using advanced, but well-known techniques of gain-, delay- and frequency-shading, the polar response of an array of transducers can be steered differently than it would behave passively. Steve "Woody" LaCerra discussed DSAs at length in last month's issue.

To download a PDF of the FOH May 2011 Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE.

Doing it "your way" is almost always an admirable trait, and it's one that enables a lot of people in the pro audio industry to get a foothold in the business and to get ahead. But there are other times when a compelling case for the division of labor makes sense – such as portable power distribution.

Have you ever promised to take on a task that you thought would be easy and simple only to find – after the promise has… Read More »Recording the Gig

To download the Nov. 2010 Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE .

How quickly things change. What once looked like a very defined market segment has kind of shattered. The best way to describe things now is more like "digital signal transfer."  

To download a PDF of the the August 2010 FOH Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE .

Okay, this is called opening a can o' squiggly worms. The Buyers' Guide is on "volunteer friendly" (as in House of Worship volunteers) consoles. As a designation like that is highly subjective, we asked console makers to give us specs on consoles they think fit the bill and then to make the case for volunteer friendliness.  

To download a PDF of the June 2010 FOH Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE .

At the risk of sounding like the old guy scolding the kids with the whole "When I was your age, we had to walk five miles to school. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways."

To download a PDF of the May 2010 FOH Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE .

 
When the show must go on, the power must first be applied. To apply it correctly it must be applied safely, and that's where all those codes and regulations come in.

To download a PDF of the April 2010 FOH Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE .

Call it an evolution of the whole "speaker on a stick" thing. Line arrays have always been groundstackable, but much of the perceived advantage disappears when they are not flown.

To download a PDF of the March 2010 FOH Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE. I happen to be a fan of the powered speaker concept, but… Read More »Powered Subwoofers