Fault finding is a brilliant skill to have. The best at it are those who take a step back and think outside the box – so as not to waste time on something that is less likely to have a fault. Oh and btw, it’s always the jack lead. (that the guitarist has bought with him) Read More
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Decibels, Pressure & levels
DeciBel
There was once a bloke called Alexander Graham Bell who you may know invented the telephone? Well he also invented a unit of measurement called the Bel. A 10th of a Bel is a Decibel. A Decibel or dB is used to express the difference between two values – often a measurement and a reference value.
X32: Safely Powering Off your console
At the end of the day, all digital consoles are just computers with some fancy faders and knobs on them – more often than not laid out in a useful order. And as with any computer, they don’t like being shut down abruptly. If the device is writing to it’s memory or any other a number of other tasks it could get corrupted. You don’t want this happening to your new shiny mixing console do you?! Read More
