How to Get Audio from an iPad

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iPads are turning up in the audio booth as a new sound source.  Much like my article on using different types of smart-phones as audio sources, iPads are something you need to consider.  Let's look a how to get the audio out. The iPad uses a common 3.5mm stereo headphone plug . It also can use the 30-pin connector but let's hold off on that for now, especially in light of the new Lightning connector which has its own issues.  Connecting via the 3.5mm plug is the easiest route to go. The [keep reading]

The High-Pass Filter: A Sound Board’s Most Underused Button

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One button that still looks pristine.  No fingerprints.  No worn finish.  It doesn't even have a name. Working in audio, it's easy finding my way into a foreign sound booth.  It could be it's my station for an event or it might be that I've been invited in by the sound tech on duty.  Over the years, I've noticed one button that's often not used.  It's the fixed-point high-pass filter button on each channel. This single high-pass filter is often labeled as "/80" or "/100."  Honestly, [keep reading]

Gear Review: Rode PinMic and HS1 Headset

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[Guest Post: James Knight] Many of the budding engineers here will have heard of RØDE - they’re an Australian company who started out back in 1967 manufacturing studio-grade microphones from Chinese capsules and purpose-built Australian electronics. Ever since ’94, they’ve been exporting to the States and now manufacture their own capsules, back plates, electronics and absolutely everything else needed at their base in New South Wales, Oz. They pioneered models in almost every major [keep reading]

StageMix 2.0 iPad App Available July 31st

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Yamaha Audio is releasing, via free download, StageMix 2.0.  StageMix will work for the M7CL and LS9 digital mixing consoles. StageMix 2.0 has upgrades including; Control of Head Amp gain for each Input Channel Scene Memory Management (Store, Recall, Scene Titles, and Comments) Version 2.0 is for use with M7CL firmware v3.5 or higher and LS9 with Version 1.18 firmware or higher. “Yamaha StageMix is a success story and has continually proven itself by being downloaded more than [keep reading]

Five Reasons You Need a Sound Meter

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Have you ever not had something, then had it and wished you would have had it all along?  That's my experience with a sound meter.  Given that I'll be giving away a sound meter tomorrow, you should know what you're missing if you have never had one. A sound meter measures the decibels in an environment.  That's the short definition.  The longer definition goes something like this...sorry no song and dance number to accompany this....a sound meter takes measurements of the sound in the [keep reading]