Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. Are you ready for over an hour of on-the-job training on sound system design for small venues with one of the most experienced sound system technicians in the world? Yeah you are! In this episode we cover: How to measure sound systems in heavy wind. Dealing with highly reverberant spaces. The precedence effect. When to subdivide your system. The advantages and disadvantages to coupling your … [Read more...]
Frequency Coordination and Antenna Placement for a Rock-Solid Wireless Microphone System
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I interview Karl Winkler from Lectrosonics. We discuss the basics of frequency coordination, wireless microphone myths, and how the Super Bowl manages 1,000 channels of wireless devices. Karl also explains what a backup frequency is, whether bluetooth devices, microwaves and cell phones will cause interference, and how to prepare for rogue wireless … [Read more...]
The Five Most Popular Posts of 2013
2013 was a big year around these parts. Besides publishing the Sound Design Live eBook, I created a Google+ page, a YouTube channel, and even made the podcast available as a BitTorrent! I also expanded the site to include reviews of pro audio books and hardware, as well as sound engineering tutorials and articles. Wonder what topics people were most interested in this year? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Sound Design Live's most popular podcast interviews and pro audio tutorials and articles … [Read more...]
How To Find Speaker Coverage In One Step
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BOOK REVIEW: Sound Systems: Design And Optimization by Bob McCarthy
I freely admit that I love this book. I've read Sound Systems: Design & Optimization cover to cover and use it as a reference on an ongoing basis. The first time I read the book, I was excited to learn that there are areas of audio that can be predicted and measured. It felt like all of a sudden invisible audio could be visualized and altered. Since then, I've felt a strong affinity for system tuning and have tried to bring it into my work whenever possible. The upside of reading this … [Read more...]