Six Common Cable Problems and Solutions

February 21, 2012 Mixed by Chris
Cables: common problems and solutions

Water was streaming out the end of our driveway.  The main water pipe going to the house had sprung a leak.  There were only two ways of fixing the problem; digging up the driveway for finding and repairing the leak or running a new line without disturbing the driveway at all.  A problem with an audio cable isn't always solved by running a new cable.  Sometimes you've got to look under the driveway. There are six common cable problems you'll find when working with audio.  All but two of [keep reading]

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Using Ribbon Microphones for Live Audio

February 16, 2012 Mixed by Chris
Ribbon Microphones for the Live Environment

You may now use a ribbon microphone on the stage.  Condensers and dynamics…you’re still going to need those but the ribbon microphone is now an option. Ribbon microphones are the most sensitive of the three types of microphones; condenser, dynamic, and ribbon.  This means they will pick up more nuances in the sounds. How Ribbons Mic's Work Ribbon microphones work by; Using a thin corrugated strip of metal suspended between two poles of a strong magnet, thus serving as the [keep reading]

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Top Three Common DI Box Problems and Solutions

January 17, 2012 Mixed by Chris
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How many times has a line check problem been the results of a DI box issue?  DI boxes, while simple in functionality, do present the opportunity to cause problems.  Here are the three common line-check-related issues where the DI box is to blame; No sound coming through the channel. A DI box won't pass sound through when the input cable is incorrectly plugged into an output jack.  An active DI box won't pass sound through if there is no power.  Make sure that either the phantom power is [keep reading]

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How to Transition from Analog to Digital Mixing

December 20, 2011 Mixed by Chris
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[Guest Post: Brian Gowing] Learn what you should expect when you make the jump from analog to digital mixing.  Brian takes you through his experience with bringing digital to a church and how he helped them make a gradual switch. I’m in the process of helping one of my churches transition from an analog mixer to a digital mixer. They were in need of more channels than their A&H 16-channel MixWiz with some outboard gear (FOH EQ, couple of compressors, FX unit) could provide. Based on [keep reading]

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Knowing How Equipment Fails

October 18, 2011 Mixed by Chris
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Your worship leader has been knocked to the floor as his floor wedge suddenly explodes with a huge volume increase.  The church service ends and you've got thirty minutes until the next service to find the problem and fix it.  Where do you start? A very similar scenario happened to a friend of mine working in the pro audio field.  Only it happened for four nights in a row until the problem was solved.  And the primary reason it took so long to fix was that someone above him didn't [keep reading]

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