Bill Evans has told me that I can Blog for FOH Online. I’ve never Blogged before (is that a word), but Bill tells me I can write about anything related to our business. How’s about getting to the gig? If anyone ever tells you that you’re lucky because you travel to so many exciting places, hit them over the head with an Atlas mic stand and let them read this. The gig is often easy. It’s the commute that kills us.
Read More »Hi, this Mark Amundson, FOHmag technical editor and sometime wizard of knobs. Please feel free to continue this running dialog on my Theory and Practice topics, biz topics, or anything related to the live sound production profession. To kick things off, I am looking for your thoughts on the state of power distro gear used in our profession.
Read More »It would be easy to write NSCA off as a place for straight install guys to get the latest scoop on security systems and outdoor speakers built to look like rocks. Easy, but a mistake. While the show floor itself could have been more active (at times it seemed like green “Exhibitor” badges outnumbered all others combined by a ratio of about three-toone), the educational and training sessions were, by all reports, full, and the demo rooms were humming pretty much continuously. Let’s take a look at what was new starting — in a novel switch from how we usually do things — in the middle of the signal chain.
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Crown Audio Xti4000
By Mark Amundson
Put yourself into Crown Audio's product managers' shoes: You have the renowned touring audio power amplifier line called the I-Tech, and you have the task to create a smaller mass music market version that sells for a competitive price but still has the features and power ratings this market wants. In this pursuit, I believe Crown has succeeded very well with the XTi line of amplifiers.
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