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June 17, 2009

2009 Direct Box Survey Results

The results are in for the 2009 Direct Box Review!  Some of the findings only reflect what many know to be true.  Some of the findings were a surprise.  The bottom line is this; not all direct boxes are the same. Survey Background The goal of the survey was to determine if cost and brand name ... Read More

August 4, 2011

Gear Review: Rode PinMic and HS1 Headset

[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 ... Read More

November 9, 2015

New Radial Bluetooth DI and 4-Channel Audio Snake (via Cat-5)

Radial introduces Catapult 4 Channel Audio Snake and BT-Pro Bluetooth Direct Box Radial is like Taco Bell. The restaurant franchise cranks out new variations of meat, beans, rice, and vegetables in surprising ways and Radial is no different. How many ways can you transform audio signals? Two ... Read More

October 25, 2016

Three New Audio Mixers: Workflow Differences and iPad Reliance

I feel bad for audio techs new to digital mixing.  With analog consoles, every console has the same workflow - start at the top of the channel strip and work your way down. With digital, anything is possible. The early rounds of affordable digital consoles like the PreSonus StudioLive and the ... Read More

The New Sennheiser XSW2-865

March 29, 2017

Sennheiser Makes Inroads into the Church Market

Back in late 2016, Sennheiser reached out to me and around fifteen other techs working in the house of worship and theater/concert markets to join a focus group.  They wanted to find out about our production needs and demands, with a good part of the focus on microphones.  They'd fly us to Los ... Read More

assisted listening devices

April 10, 2017

Can You Hear Me Now? An Assisted Listening Systems Overview

Time for a five-second test.  How many people in your church are hard-of-hearing?  Time’s up.  You probably don’t know and that’s okay.  There’s a notable percentage of the congregation, especially among those over fifty, who have some level of difficulty hearing.  Whether it’s not being able to ... Read More

October 9, 2017

Arria.Live System Review: A New Type of Mixing System

I first set my eyes on the Arria.Live system, from Arria Live Media, at our church’s bi-annual national conference in Columbus, Ohio earlier this year. Dave Andersen, Arria’s Vice-President of Business Development, was invited to introduce the Arria.Live system to me and to get feedback on the ... Read More

January 7, 2018

SUM Tools: The Radial MIX 2:1 Two Channel Audio Combiner & Mixer

This is worth adding to your toolbox. Over the years, I've had occasion to need to sum two channels into one. Sometimes it was because I needed to sum stereo signals from a playback device. A rare time or two, I needed a cheater way to get an extra input into a full channel strip - 17 inputs when I ... Read More

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