Beware of Substandard Connectors

If you are a Sound Engineer especially those who are working in the field of live sound reinforcement, it is a fact the connectors are an inevitable part of the show. Today, in this blog post i am sharing my bitter experience while using some sub-standard connectors and hope this will be useful for people working in the field.

A Guide on Drum Individual Miking Techniques

Today we are discussing about how to record a scream / very loud sound in a acoustically treated studio with double microphone? It is very difficult to record a scream sound using a single cardioid microphone. This sound will be distorted because of over load. For getting a good dynamic range use two microphones having same parameters.

6 tips to clean a Mixing Console

The internal circuits, especially the moving components rely on good electrical contact for its efficient working. The dirt can have adverse effect in getting good output from a mixer. As a Sound Engineer, it is important to keep the mixer free from dust to get the best output.

How Balanced Wiring rejects Noise?

Signal Connections on an analog audio system may be either balanced or unbalanced. Normally unbalanced wiring is not recommended in audio wiring. Professional equipment solves this problem for getting increased immunity to electromagnetic induction.

Mixing tips every audio engineer should know

Audio mixing is an important process in the post-production stage. At this point, you will take the individual elements and try to treat them one-by-one until each element sounds exactly how you want it to be.

Do i need a preamp for my mic?

Pre-amp is a equipment used in the recording industry. Today article is about preamp, describing it in simple terms what is a preamp and what does it do.

How to Improve Your Stereo Image? A simple trick

Monitoring in mono takes those interactions, summed in stereo, and exposes them in the worst-case scenario. If it the stereo gain structure sounds good in mono, it will probably sound even better in stereo.

Is the firmware of your audio equipment up-to-date?

The one and only solution is to maintain the equipment properly and keep its firmware up to date, there by professionaly manage the show and more over it will help to add the latest effects to your existing digital audio equipments.

Data Compression: Comparison of audio codecs

By data compression and data reduction a file could be evaporated to about 15 percent of its original size. When it came to the digitization of their own music collection, or to carry with them several CDs on a mobile player, this was the only way.