Dolly Parton Rolls With Thunder Audio; Tunes For Tuning Steely Dan's PA

Today's Top Story - 02.07.14 Dolly Parton Rolls With Thunder Audio » Livonia, MI (February 7, 2014)—Accompanied by the sound company Thunder Audio, Dolly Parton recently embarked on her current tour, the 'Blue Smoke world tour,' which will take her through the U.S., New Zealand, Australia and Europe between now and July. Read More » Today's News Lawo Appoints Dosch » Magee Joins Todd-Soundelux » One Systems Releases 108CIM » d&b Releases D80 Amp » Today's Featured Blog Tunes For Tuning Steely Dan's PA by Clive Young We've written a lot of posts on the PSN Blog, but the most popular one ever, hands down, was from 2011: "The 'Freebird' of Pro Audio" looked at how every FOH engineer on the planet seems to use either Steely Dan or its singer Donald Fagan's solo track, "I.G.Y." to tune a PA. Heck, it was so popular that it was even quoted in the Wikipedia entry for the album "I.G.Y." is from, The Nightfly. After the post, in the comments section, reader Sam Bryant joked, "What does the FOH guy for Steely Dan listen to when they are tweaking their system?" As it turns out, we found out the answer. Read More » Quote of the Week "Most recording guitarists that I know don't care what they play through, as long as it sounds good and fits the track. That's why it's not a matter of either/or guitar amps or plug-ins; it's both. You've got to learn to embrace the strengths of each and utilize them to your advantage. I can't get the sound of my old BR6 from a plug-in, but that BR6 won't sound like a cranked-up ENGL E765 plug-in. They both rock in their own way." —Rich Tozzoli. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!

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