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Click Here For The Digital Edition | | Today's Review | Blue Microphones en·CORE 200 Handheld Dynamic Microphone
By Rob Tavaglione
I hit the local Guitar Center in an emergency and picked six promising—and supposedly higher-fidelity—handhelds for a quick “one-two test” in the PA room. The immediate standout was this cute little bronze number from Blue Microphones—the en·CORE 200—featuring a proprietary Active Dynamic Circuit requiring 48V phantom; the circuit drives the mic output, assuring signal consistency no matter the cable length, according to Blue.
The en·CORE 200’s top end offers a pleasant smoothness and greater articulation, providing more clarity without harshness than the other five I auditioned. At least on vocals, the en·CORE 200’s mids had a desirable, rich forwardness that was still closer to flat than colorful. The bottom end was clean, bordering on thin, but rolled-off in such a way that, when the mic is “eaten,” the resulting EQ balance seemed right on point; it’s pre-EQ’ed, if you will. More » |
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| | Today's Blog | Bridging Creativity And Control
By Strother Bullins
In 2009, audio engineer and educator Owen Curtin gathered a team of former students and colleagues to relaunch Cambridge MA's Fort Apache South—a classic recording facility in the greater Boston area—as the Bridge Sound & Stage. However, this was no mere renaming and reopening. They turned the main control room on its ear, placing an 88-key hammer-action keyboard where its analog console used to be.
“When you sit at mix position, it’s at two ultra-wide, 28-inch displays, just slightly wider than the keyboard,” begins Curtin. “When people come into the studio, they don’t find an engineer sitting in front of a mixer; they find a player sitting in front of a piano. All outboard gear, patching options and so on, are at waist level. What the client really sees is a musician at the helm. And it’s gorgeous.” More »
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| | Today's Video | The Ramones' Smartphones-At-Shows Solution
By Clive Young
Back in the early days of punk rock, FOH engineers had to make sure the console didn't get hit by The Three Bs: Beers, Bodies and Blood. Today, that doesn't happen as much—is it because punk audiences are better behaved now? Heck no! It's 'cause the crowd is too busy holding iPhones in the air, blocking everyone's view—including the FOH engineer's. If you can't see the stage from the mix position thanks to the forest of outstretched arms, here's one of the original punkers—Marky Ramone himself—with a very DIY solution. More » |
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