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Audio By Design: Mary C. Gruszka
Mary C. Gruszka is a systems design engineer, project manager,
consultant and writer based in the New York metro area. She can
be reached via TV Technology.
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| (08.23.06) |
Listening With Nature's Gear to Fix Audio
As much as I like test and measurement equipment, sometimes the best troubleshooting tools for a job are two good ears and the gray matter between them.
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| (06.28.06) |
What to Do About Microphone Pet Peeves
An Audio By Design reader named "Bro Duke," writes in about his microphone pet peeve, "their lack of internal filters.
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| (04.03.06) |
Understanding Microphone Specifications
While microphones may not have the same glitz factor as some of the new digital audio recording devices to be unveiled at NAB2006, they are first in line in capturing a quality acoustic audio signal, with appropriate frequency response, polar pattern, level, dynamic range, and low noise.
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The Importance of Spec Design, Part 2
Last time we started to take a critical look at audio specifications by using as an example, a particular audio mixer with both digital and analog inputs and outputs. Most of the inputs and outputs on this console are analog, while only a few are digital, namely program outputs, aux sends and returns, and two-track inputs. |
| (10.19.05) |
The Importance of Specifications in Design
As audio systems designers, we rely on manufacturers' specifications not only for a list of features, but for how a piece of equipment can be integrated into a system.
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| (08.17.05) |
Back
to Basics: Balanced And Unbalanced Audio
A chief engineer at a post house in New York recently shared this
observation with me. The computer generation, he said, tended not
to know about audio connections or connections in general, and was
often mystified on how to deal with different audio connectors as
well as balanced and unbalanced I/Os (inputs and outputs).
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| (06.22.05) |
Audio Interconnections Make a Difference
Keeping an audio system (or any electronic system) free of noise and hum requires at least these three important and interrelated factors: a good grounding system, well-designed equipment, and proper interconnections.
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| (04.18.05) |
Resolving
Pin-1 Problems
What do you do when you find a pin-1 problem?
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| (03.28.05) |
How to Test for the Pin-1 Problem
How can you find out if your audio equipment has the dreaded pin 1-problem?
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| (02.16.05) |
The
Pin-1 Problem
While I've seen coverage of this topic in the commercial sound realm,
I don't think it's gotten as much attention in the broadcast world.
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