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Monitor engineering using digital consoles and in ear monitor systems

By: Malle Kaas

Tuesday the 6th of May

I was sitting in the airport of Copenhagen, Denmark waiting for my flight to London, where I was going to attend a one-day course at Britannia Row Productions training.

This is something I had been looking very much forward to for two reasons:  First of all Britannia Row has always been “one of the heavy guys” in live sound reinforcement that you would look up to when they were passing your local venue. The foundation of the rental gear was back in the old days owned by Pink Floyd, who during the 70’s was touring with a huge amount of over sized, amplification system that they wanted to be working in between their own touring – And so this was the foundation of one of the world’s largest sound reinforcement companies. (more…)

Analog versus Digital

 

Stupid Digital

Oh, digital console, how do I dislike you? Let me count the ways.
I’m an old-school analog girl, always have been. I prefer real books to a kindle, an old-fashioned land line to my cell, Vinyl to MP3s, and a good old half-ton analog sound console over a carry under my arm digital board any day. Oh, and I still use my ears to tune the PA rather than a computer. (more…)

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