AUDIO

Apr 03, 2013 / 11:00 AM / By Mary C. Gruszka
The Importance of Speech Intelligibility
Speech intelligibility isn’t just a concern for sound reinforcement or emergency evacuation systems.

Feb 28, 2013 / 10:00AM / By Mary Gruszka
Connector Contacts: Gold, Silver and Tin
It’s not until there’s a problem that connector contacts might be considered as a source of an intermittent, noisy or lost signal.

Dec 18, 2012 / 12:00PM / By Mary Gruszka
Shotgun Microphones— In Theory and in Practice
Highly directional microphones, those with a very narrow pickup pattern, are essential when trying to capture distant sound or pick out particular sources in a noisy environment.

Audio Tips

Jan 03, 2012 / 12:00AM
Some Cabling Solutions to Reduce Power Line Noise in Audio
Often we need to work with what we have and an external solution is called for.

About Being a Good Recording Engineer, Thanks to Malcolm Cecil

An engineer must be transparent. Hold your tongue, and think about what you are going to say before you say it.

Test the Test Equipment

As with any job, preparation and planning pay off.

Inside Audio

Apr 24, 2013 / 05:00 PM / By Jay Yeary
Automatically CALM
Like many of you, one of the issues I’ve had to deal with recently was how to comply with the CALM Act.

Feb 21, 2013 / 02:00PM / By Dave Moulton
Has It Really Been 15 Years?
We also seem to have fractured our physical audio delivery systems into four distinctly different genres, all served by the same HD digital audio feed embedded in our productions.

Dec 04, 2012 / 06:00PM / By Dave Moulton
It’s Time to CALMly Take Stock
Alert readers may recall that for the past year I’ve been devoting most of this column to the CALM Act and the related issue of audio levels and loudness in broadcast television audio.