Archive for May, 2009
Music du Jour 2
Posted by Patrick Sasso in Music and Sound, Music Du Jour on May 30, 2009
Music du Jour 1
Posted by Patrick Sasso in Music and Sound, Music Du Jour on May 29, 2009
This is the 1st Music du Jour post so there’s a bit of pressure. I have a few things to choose from: 1) comment on Microsoft’s Bing?… nah. 2) Everyone’s talking about Sotomayor… good possibility 3) What about the Pentagon and Cyber-security?… might get scanned or something 4) Berlusconi’s escapades?… could be, and finally 5) Doing more for less in the hard times. Well, since it’s the weekend and still officially spring let’s not dwell on negatives and let’s go with sex! The Music du Jour is absolute FUNK by on of the funkiest groups ever — the Funkadelics and “Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On“. It asks, “People, whatchya doin’?” They respond, “Standin’ on the verge of gettin’ it on!”.
New Blog Series Announcement
Posted by Patrick Sasso in Music and Sound, Music Du Jour on May 29, 2009
I got to thinking that music is a good way to represent ideas and feelings — <duh> — and since we have so much music that people often ask for recommendations I thought I would pick one song daily and share it with the world.
But what criteria should I use? Should I go with the first thing that pops up in the morning? Maybe, but what if there were a more significant thought process? What if it represented something that happened during the day, or the week? I quickly decided on the day’s news. So, as an experiment, I’ll try and choose a song every day that exemplifies one news story of the day and try and explain the choice.
I’ll keep it simple and call it “Music du Jour”. Enjoy.
Twitterfeed
Posted by Patrick Sasso in Tech, Web on May 28, 2009
We just linked up our blog with Twitter! This is our maiden voyage. Go to www.twitterfeed.com to give it a whirl.
The “Church” Effect: Reverb Can Also Be A Problem
Posted by Loop Seven in Music and Sound on May 19, 2009
Listening to echoes puts people to sleep. When you decide to put on an event in a rectangular, high-ceiling hall please think carefully about the sound. There are a few things you can do to reduce this effect and sonic fatigue. I’ll try and give you a quick overview here on some of the tools you can explore with your sound crew.
1) EQ! Lots of the resonance comes from low, booming sounds that can be reduced with a bit of low frequency reduction. In general, you can roll off most frequencies below 117 Hz. Also, you can reduce mid frequencies (400-600 Hz). I could go a lot further but I’ll leave it open for discussion.
2) More speakers at shorter distances. Very rudimentary but it really depends on the room. You should probably think about having smaller speakers every 30Ft or so. Remember that a speaker is not stereo so no need to use stereo placement.
3) Compression: speakers generally have fluctuating dynamics during their talks. Why not experiment with some soft compression? Even out the “ups-and-downs”. Since this isn’t a critical recording situation, the main goal of the speaker is to be heard and understood; compression can help this.
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