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New Products - May 18, 2012 JZ Microphones: New Hollywood HQ » WindTech PopGard Pop Filter » Point Source CO-71 Lav Microphone » Today's Product Review Yamaha DSR Series Loudspeakers By Strother Bullins To me, the DSR Series of powered loudspeakers from Yamaha Pro Audio embodies the word “overbuilt.” Sure, something overbuilt could be thought of as “more than enough” and, compared to many of its portable PA competition, the DSR Series’ DSR112 two-way, biamplified, 12-inch enclosure will regularly be plenty capable for the gig at hand. It is on the higher end of price range in its product category, too. But there’s security using a pair of stage monitors that, regardless of the gig, were consciously overbuilt to perform better than the vast majority of its competition. It’s obvious that Yamaha has done just that with its DSR Series. 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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