Have you ever had an experience at a live event, like a concert or a show, where the sound seemed thin, lacking in punch and dynamics, or with a disturbing phasing effect as you moved around? If the sound system was comprised of a number of loudspeakers either stacked or placed side by side, or … Read More
What we hear is the complex combination of sound sources and their inherent audio characteristics interacting with the surrounding environment (in a room or outdoor), being decoded by our ears and brain. A number of loudspeakers and room-related topics have already been discussed in previous blogs (‘How to Best Setup Your Loudspeakers in Your Home … Read More
There is nothing quite like a bass line you can feel in your bones, a chest-pounding kick drum or a vibrating electronic bass loops. Increasing the impact of low frequencies is not the only good reason to add a subwoofer to your PA system. It is time to look at the benefits of using subwoofers … Read More
People have different ways to compose and record music, soundtracks, melodies or sound effects. Even more variations come into play when arranging or artistically producing a song or a full album. For all types of audio productions, there comes a time when you finally need to mix all, independent recorded tracks down to one, two … Read More
Loudspeakers can be described and specified in a number of different ways, making a buying decision more complicated than it needs to be. Therefore, having some understanding of the jargon used to specify loudspeakers is essential to make sure the product you are buying is the right one for your needs. For passive loudspeakers, the … Read More
In a large room or outdoor, there may be the need to set up additional loudspeakers relatively far away from the main stage or event in order to provide proper sound coverage for the entire audience. When these distant loudspeakers, also called satellite or delayed units, are properly time-aligned with the main stage loudspeakers, the … Read More
All three KS Series Active Subwoofers feature powerful DSP, which allow you to adjust a number of useful parameters. Among these is the crossover frequency (low-pass). Now, to perfectly match your KS active subwoofer with your top active loudspeakers, you need to choose a suitable crossover frequency (80 or 100 Hz) – and apply the … Read More
In many AV rental or fixed installation applications, there may be the need to set up a number of loudspeakers that will all play the same audio content. The simplest way to implement this is to daisy-chain a number of active loudspeakers together. QSC active loudspeakers feature two different kinds of outputs. First, QSC K.2, … Read More
Sound Radiation from the Floor Let’s start by recalling some fundamentals in the physics of sound. First, we should remember what ‘radiation space’ means: it is the volume into which a loudspeaker is radiating sound. Now, at low frequency (typically below 200 Hz), where the sound radiation is omnidirectional, the sound level increases when hard … Read More
Confined due to the current global pandemic crisis, many of you are now rehearsing, composing and recording music in your home studio. This article aims to give you practical advice and tips on the most crucial aspects of your home studio setup in order to create an ideal production environment. Before starting, some of you … Read More