Show 51-1
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with John Williams of Entertainment Arts in Orlando, Fla., about the total sound system upgrade done for the First Baptist Church of Altamonte Springs. The installation included a new Allen & Heath iLive T-112 mixer and the Mixpad application for iPad. Williams details the strategy the church followed in equipping all of the band members with iPads to allow them to do their own stereo monitor mixes and he discusses the addition of the mixer’s Brooklyn II Dante card from Audinate.
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Show 50-2
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles continues his chat with Casey Sherred and Brian Elwell of Acoustic Dimensions about a total sound system upgrade at Texas Christian University’s Amon G. Carter Stadium. Brian comments on the challenges involved in meeting multiple deadlines and dealing with installation during the hottest summer on local record. Casey details the design of the club areas where locally controlled ceiling speakers were used by installer Elecro Acoustics and he discusses the final driver alignment and tweaking of the stadium sound system.
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Show 49-2
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles continues his discussion with Peter Borchard of MuSonics about the sound system and acoustics upgrade at St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls, S.D. Borchard provides details on the system design for unattended operation in a church without an inhouse sound technician, and he expands on the challenges presented in the use of microphones in such a reverberant environment. The job of routing cable for long runs in the cathedral is also explored.
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Show 50-1
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Casey Sherred and Brian Elwell of Acoustic Dimensions about a total sound system upgrade at Texas Christian University’s Amon G. Carter Stadium. Casey and Brian provide details on the system design which changed during construction from an end zone system to a distributed system and back to an end zone design. Using JBL VLA line arrays and other speaker models, they completely outfitted the stadium and fitted the surrounding club areas with locally controlled sound setups for all major events.
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Show 49-1
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Peter Borchard of MuSonics about the sound system and acoustics upgrade designed by him with the help of Dr. Dennis Fleisher at St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls, S.D. Borchard outlines the concept of maintaining lofty sounding reverberation for the pastors while improving speech intelligibility. MuSonics and Audio Connections of Brookings, S.D., installed a new wireless microphone system and convinced the priests to use head worn microphones for better sound.
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• MuSonics acoustical consulting and design firm
• Lectrosonics Aspen SPN 1624 Processor
• DPA 4066 head-worn microphones used by the priests
• Star Silent acoustic material for walls and ceilings
• Renkus-Heinz Iconyx speakers
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SVC Podcast Show 48:
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Ben Pfeffer of RTS Unified Communications. Ben outlines an ambitious digital signage project undertaken by RTS at Mt. Sinai Hospital featuring the MediaZone digital signage software application from Keywest Technology and he discusses operator training and the features of MediaZone that attracted his interest. With this project, RTS took Mt. Sinai Hospital from paper signs and easels all the way to a complete digital signage system worthy of the Hospital’s famous name.
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SVC Podcast Show 47
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Marshall Kay and Don Keele of Audio Artistry in Raleigh, North Carolina about the complete upgrade they provided for the Cary Church of God. Among the equipment installed was a 64-channel Aviom signal distribution system and a newly designed left-center-right speaker array for the sanctuary. The church also uses wireless in-ear monitoring and microphone systems and records services using multi-track sound distribution.
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SVC Podcast Show 46, Part 2:
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n this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles wraps up his chat with Frank Blain, owner of Pro Video Productions in Peoria, Illinois about the extensive video production upgrade in that city’s Carver Arena. Frank takes listeners through the details of live video production during games in the arena. He outlines his operation of instant replays and describes how he uses the Broadcast Pix Slate 3016 features such as Fluent Watch-Folders for updating graphics in mid-production. Frank also covers the arena’s new Sony cameras, the audio system and the video feed to the new Daktronics scoreboard.
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles wraps up his talk with Michael Shoulson of DBS Audio in Coatesville, Pa. about the company’s Meyer sound installation for Urban Outfitters done in a former steel bending shop in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Michael provides details on the installation of the Sennheiser wireless microphone systems in the steel, glass and concrete environment. The facility is also near a military base, adding to the challenge of RF mic system installation.
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SVC Podcast Show 46, Part 1:
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Frank Blain, owner of Pro Video Productions in Peoria, Ill. about the complete video production upgrade in that city’s Carver Arena. They discuss the control room installation of the Broadcast Pix Slate 3016 production system and the Daktronics 16:9 HD four-sided video scoreboard. Frank outlines the hectic one week time frame for the entire upgrade and explains how the various features of the Slate 3016 system are used in live production at the arena.
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