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Using Microphones in the Studio
These pages are devoted to understanding microphones, covering their types, techniques and characteristics. We have tried to present the basic guidelines in a simpler, practical…
Home Studio: A Basic Guide for Beginners and the "Stuck"
An excellent, highly trained professional musician came by one of the ISP labs to record a few tracks and ask for advice on some software to install. When he saw the studio and…
Using Equalizers in Live Sound
When we talk about live sound, it is very common to talk about equalization: EQing an artist at soundcheck, EQing the sound system… However, it is very important to use equalizers…
The Story of a Home Studio
Twenty years ago, musicians recorded themselves at home or in their rehearsal space with small analog multitrack systems. People worked miracles with 4 tracks to sketch out ideas…
Turn Your Computer into a Recording System: From Scratch, for Beginners
Practically every musician, regardless of the instrument they play, feels the urge at some point to record their ideas. Tools for “portable” recording have been around for ages…
Everything About the Line Array
Today, with few exceptions, there is hardly a manufacturer, domestic or foreign, that doesn't have a line array among its products. Soon we won't see a concert that doesn't use…
Musicians in Times of Pandemic: Diversify
The scourge of COVID-19 has been devastating for the vast majority of businesses and self-employed workers around the world. Once again, the cultural sector, and music in…
Choosing Studio Monitors: Which to Buy and Why
Given the high demand for information on educational and practical topics we are receiving these days, we have updated this chapter for those of you who are most confused about…
Becoming a Live Sound Engineer
When someone decides to become a doctor, they know exactly what to study and even what path they’ll follow before becoming the surgeon they aspire to be. But what happens when…
Getting the Most from Dynamics Processors
This time we will cover dynamics processors (compressors, limiters, expanders and noise gates), explaining their basic principles and many of the techniques commonly used with…
Double Subwoofer Ring: Circular Array Configuration, Chapter II
General goal of the project. The main goal is to make available and introduce to experts and others interested in the industry an innovative way of tackling a show on a circular…
Double Subwoofer Ring: Circular Array Configurations, Part I
Since the early days of live sound, thousands of shows have been staged, large and small, and what they all have in common is that they rely on sound systems capable of amplifying…
Acoustic Prediction Software
These programs let you view, and in some cases hear, acoustic simulations of a given sound system in any venue. Today there are numerous computer programs capable of predicting…
Measurement Software and Sound System Tuning
Today, no mid-size or large event goes ahead without acoustic measurement software to tune the P.A. system correctly. We say software because, apart from the dedicated SIM3…
The Concept of Acoustic Phase in Live Sound
Most of the acoustic phenomena we observe as audience members or suffer as engineers are related to acoustic phase. Remember that in previous articles we saw that the operating…
Using Filters: Butterworth, Linkwitz-Riley and Bessel
When we talk about filters in audio, they are more important than they might seem at first; there are even sound engineers who don't use them in 90% of cases, but it is necessary…
Microphones In Depth
Continuing our task of expanding on each of the elements we'll be surrounding ourselves with in our home studio, today, as we announced in the previous chapter, we focus on the…