 | | August 5, 2014 | | New Products | | | Today's Video | Interview with Chuck Surack of Sweetwater by PAR Editorial Staff Today we share a video from Sweetwater Sound, the successful pro audio gear retailer, featuring an interview with founder Chuck Surack. "In this special edition of The Sweetwater Minute, Mitch Gallagher sits down with the Founder, CEO, and President of Sweetwater Sound, Chuck Surack. Chuck shares how he got started playing music, talks about his recording rig in his Volkswagen bus, and explains the philosophies that form the foundation of Sweetwater's business." More » | | | Today's Review | The Future of Touch Screen Technology in Audio Production By Lynn Fuston, PAR Technical Editor Sure there are naysayers, those who say a TSP will never replace mixers, faders, knobs and music keyboards and they may be right. They suggest that touch is fine for a phone but not in the studio. I wonder if they said the same thing twenty years ago when it was suggested we might be making records on computers instead of consoles and tape. That seemed like heresy then too. Change happens. More » | | | | | No subscription to Pro Audio Review? Get on the inside track with the best peer-to-peer pro reviews in the audio production biz: visit http://www.mypsnmag.com now! | | | Today's Blog | Digital Give and Take By Frank Wells, PAR Editorial Director Lynn Fuston's feature article on audio control applications for touch screen technology, coupled with a recent online discussion on digital console operating paradigms, led me to ponder again the concept of signal flow and non-linear control topologies. With analog consoles, the signal flow somewhat followed the control layout of a console, though with dual in-line faders, output matrix switching above input controls and so on, that only went so far. Still, once signal flow had been mastered on a given analog console, the concepts were fairly transferable to other desks within the general class. More »
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