by John Maggs | 10 May 2015 | Blog, Knowledgebase, News
it will save you a lot of time and problems Signal connections at the desk end 1. The multicore provides connection between the stage and the mixing desk, for both the microphones from the stage to the desk and signals back to the stage and amps from the desk. The... Read more
by John Maggs | 17 Apr 2015 | Blog, Knowledgebase, News
Mains power supply Star earthing As a general rule, all mains power for a “PA system” and any associated “back line equipment” must come from one “Star Point”to reduces the problems of earth loops. This “Star Point” should be as close as possible to the power... Read more
by John Maggs | 3 Mar 2015 | Blog, Knowledgebase, News
Setting up a mixing desk input channel, The “channels tone controls”. After you have set up the gain correctly, the next thing to move on to are the channels tone controls. Use of mixing desk tone control. Don’t try to do this before the main PA and... Read more
by John Maggs | 11 Feb 2015 | Blog, Knowledgebase, News
One of the most important things you must get right In a live Sound system environment are the mixing desks input channel control adjustments. The “Gain Control”. With out this being set up correctly, no matter how good the rest of the system is, it wont... Read more
by John Maggs | 1 Feb 2015 | Blog, Knowledgebase, News
In a live Sound system environment the problem of spill from other instruments into the snare channel can be a problem. In this post I will give you some advise on how to reduce it using an expander. The setting of the parameters of the expander is similar to setting... Read more