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New Active 6" Line Array System

tommy@soundoc.net — 2011-09-28T13:13:22-07:00

I recently visited the my distributor of light and sound products and Burt showed me a bunch of great new products. Lights A new robotic light in both spot and wash versions. Now these lights are going to take the market in a whole new direction. They are about the size of a big coffee can with a price point (under $1K retail) that will make it great for Houses of Worship, DJ, Club, and Touring applications (believe me they are bright enough). The great thing about these LED lights is the capability to have 32 fixtures on one 20 amp circuit. I will post picture as soon as they go on sale. ...The Omnisistem B3 R6/R12 Line Array will be available in an active version within the next 2 weeks. Great news for churches with up to 2000 people/seats. they can be configured as follows: these arrays are extremely compact and with the addition of subs on the floor give you a 5 way system. more....

Home Recording Studio Drum Platform Design

tommy@soundoc.net — 2011-05-12T23:34:30-07:00

Controlling drum leakage in your recording space, is probably the biggest problem in the home recording studio. One way to solve the problem is to record the drums in the studio area while the rest of the band is recording in the control room. ...If you isolate the drums properly, the leakage in the adjacent mics is not a problem. ...The first thing to do is place the platform which is isolated from the studio floor on vibration-isolated medium (such as fiberglass, celotex, or prefabricated isolators) to decouple it from the floor. ... The adjacent walls should be treated to absorb high frequency reflections from the cymbals and high hat from entering the studio area. ...The next thing is the platform needs to have some mass, not only to provide the necessary isolation but to help create a solid thudding kick drum sound. ...The booth should have an overhead canopy to absorb and prevent misc reflections from entering the studio area. The lower the canopy the better the isolation will be, but remember that a canopy lower that 7’ can be oppressive to drummers. ...The biggest complaint I get from the vocalists is that the stage volume of the instruments overpowers the monitors and they can’t hear themselves. I will be building such a drum isolation area on the stage of Christ Life Center Church in Tacoma.

Mini Line Arrays Part 2 update

tommy@soundoc.net — 2011-04-03T08:52:31-07:00

Now we have the trusses up and the mini line arrays in their right location. ...We started the install on Thursday with the 2 uprights and finished the rest of the truss on Friday. Still need to tune and adjust angles but they are ready to use for the service today. So this is the finished install of stage 1 of the truss install. The material on the side walls was for a '70s disco party for Elder Beck's 50th birthday. ...For the pricing and layout of this project .... ...It sounds like a concert in there now. Played some of my favorite stuff off my iPhone and it sounds like loud studio monitors. Mobile device users - Direct to Store Page of the Mini Line Array System ...s=6&d=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.soundoc.net%2Fproducts%2FSoundoc-Complete-Line-Array-System-Package.html" alt="qrcode" />

Drum Surround DIY Diagram

tommy@soundoc.net — 2011-03-02T05:29:46-08:00

Here is the "Live Stage" version of the Studio Gobo design. The panel is 1/2 the density of the Studio Gobo design. You should notice that the surround uses two panel sizes. One 48" panel and four 36" panels to make the surround. There are a couple of other things to notice as well, wheels that help you move the panels around and the space it provides for cable management. Again I must point out that the most important ingredient to this design is the use of "Quietrock". Get the full size image here....

Home Recording Studio DIY Gobo Design Diagram

tommy@soundoc.net — 2011-03-01T10:20:12-08:00

Here is a gobo design that I put together for a home recording studio. It can also be used for live applications (drum surround). The most important part of the design is the use of "Quietrock 525" you cannot scrimp on this, it costs about $65.00 per sheet (4' x 8') but it makes all the difference. The 22.5° ends of the design helps to create various configurations, by flipping them around you can create straight walls or as the picture shows create a surround. If you need a reflective surface on one side don't do the 22.5° ends, instead make it square and replace the fabric on one side the gobo with 1/2 plywood. This will give you a additional room tuning option, you can move the gobos around and have either the reflective surface or the absorbing surface exposed in your room. Download the full size picture here.....

Line Arrays for Small Churches

tommy@soundoc.net — 2011-02-24T19:05:06-08:00

Here is a temporary install of a mini line array for a small church in Tacoma WA. It is a temporary install because they are putting in a truss system very shortly and the speakers are not in the optimum position right now. Here is a render of the future truss system with the speakers hanging in future location & a picture of where they are right now: ...The circuits are positioned right behind the right speaker array which is where the truss will be. These Line Arrays are amazing, 300W to Low Mids (single cabinet with 2 x 8" woofs) and 300W distributed to the top boxes (each top box has 2 x 4" full range speakers and 1 x 4" ribbon tweet). ... For the first time you actually get a true phantom center from the stereo image of these speakers. more info on speakers...... They have a drive rack PA and I used it to tune the whole array to the room. ... These arrays have a sweet warm sound to them and I would put these in any church that has up to 500 people. We left the single 18" peavey sub right where it is under the right front edge of the platform. ...Once the trusses are in and the speakers are in the rightful place I will post more pictures.

Sound System Training Test

tommy@soundoc.net — 2012-01-01T13:20:18-08:00

I’ve added a link to the online interactive version of the “Test” ( see link in sidebar) or you can take the Test right here right now. ... ... The online version does not have any questions from page 3 of the downloadable PDF file but is quite entertaining. It will give you a grade when you are done. ...This is the test I use in my training seminar. For church media worship ministry leaders this will help you find a competent sound system engineer. The biggest shortfall in church audio engineers is their ability to create a mix. They pretty much have a grasp of the functions of a board but lack the mixing skills. This is why I created the test, to reveal what they know or don’t know.