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Category Archives: Pro Sound
Internet Marriage To Intercom-Thousands of Offspring
My email in box stays stuffed with promotional material related to concert and special event production-mostly hardware. I’m lucky if I have a chance to look at one in ten messages. I’m really glad I clicked on the one from … Continue reading
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New White Space Worries For Wireless Mics
Just when we thought the discussion regarding reallocation of wireless mic frequencies (known as the “white space debate”) was beginning to die down, a new problem is looming on the horizon. Users of high end (UHF) wireless mics are now … Continue reading
How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Join the Stagehands Union
I spent a number of years working as a union stagehand, rising to the position of vice-president of my local and enjoying a steady income while seeing lots of great shows. I gave this sort of work up several years … Continue reading
What Big Companies Tell Us About Small Ones
Public companies, whether they like it or not, are required by law to reveal a lot more about their finances and operations than they probably want to. They are owned by their stockholders and regulated by the Securities and … Continue reading
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Why This News Stuck In My Mind
I normally don’t pay any attention to television in the morning, even though it is usually on in the house when I get up. It’s just background noise. For some reason, however, a Today Show video clip from the Video … Continue reading
Wirelessmic.net
We’ve found over the years building “information only” web sites has been an effective way to drive traffic to our e-commerce sites. The ability to provide information and host a forum for the exchange of ideas is a great way … Continue reading
The 20 Amp Extension Cord Mystery
We have a great line of extension cords intended for heavy duty use. They use 12 gauge cable which gives them a 20 amp capacity, but we can’t really call them 20 amp cables because of the connectors that we … Continue reading
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So Much For That “Warm” Analog Sound
USB microphones have begun to make inroads in semi-pro audio, primarily among podcasters, since it allows you to record directly to your computer without a mixer or preamp. Sound quality is much better than the mic built into most computers. … Continue reading
Take The Big Mick Challenge
Big Mick Hughes is one of the best known live sound engineers in the concert industry. He is the long time front-of-house mixer for Metallica, a larger than life personality, and until now, someone whose reputation as a legend was … Continue reading
Looks Like Google “knol” Is Going “Knolwhere”
I said I’d get back to you with a report regarding Google “knol”, their new project to build a knowledge base. I posted two knol articles back at the end of April to see if Google was ready to take … Continue reading