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New Products - May 14, 2012 Elysia nvelope 500 Stereo Dynamics Processor » Nomad Factory Magnetic Plug-in Bundle » Point Source Audio CO-5w Earworn Microphone » Today's Product Review IsoAcoustics ISO-L8R 155 Studio Monitor Stands By Strother Bullins After buying your ideal studio monitoring system, how do you best utilize it? First and foremost, careful placement is key; this means your monitors are positioned at an ideal height, angle and spread (in relation to your ears and distance from the sound source) and are isolated from resonant surfaces, such as desktops, meter bridges and even most speaker stands. At NAMM 2012, I discovered an Ontario-based company, IsoAcoustics, Inc., and their clever little monitor stand kit, the ISO-L8R 155. While desktop speaker stands are nothing new, IsoAcoustics’ approach to monitor placement and isolation is quite fresh and innovative. In reviewing the ISO-L8R 155 in conjunction with some of my favorite speakers, I discovered that this $99 kit could significantly improve the performance of speakers I thought I’d heard at their best. More » Today's Blog FOH Engineer John Cooper: On Breaking Into Live Sound By Clive Young John Cooper has mixed plenty of household names -- Lionel Richie, Sheryl Crow and Ringo Starr to namedrop only a few -- but for the last 10 years, most of his time behind an FOH desk has been spent mixing hundreds of Bruce Springsteen shows. While he’s achieved a lot, Coop had to start out like everyone else in live sound, working hard to get his foot in the door. A teenage electronics buff, he began learning the ropes in nightclubs at age 17 and was working in large venues within three years. ‘By the time I was 22, I was mixing in arenas, so I’ve been very fortunate,’ he says. ‘I moved up very rapidly. A lot of guys I started with are still playing nightclubs.’ So what does it take to make the leap from nightclubs to international touring? It's an intangible mix of talent, good ears, affability, communication skills, and yes, some luck, but as the saying goes, smart people make their own luck. More »

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