2017
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Outdoor AV
Indoor/outdoor speakers and weather-ready display screens take it outside. The products in our current survey can deliver their design specs wherever they are installed.
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Phil Hippensteel on IP Video Types and Networks – ABR
The video type we examine in this newsletter is distinct from the others we have studied. Adaptive bit rate (ABR) video is usually transported using TCP as the transport...
2017
Cynthia Wisehart on ISE
ISE continues to grow with a reported 11.7% increase in attendance this year to 73,413 people. That’s something like 7000 more people than last year. The show reports almost...
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Phil Hippensteel on IP Video Types and Networks: IPTV
How IPTV content performs on an IP network and how to monitor and troubleshoot it
2017
PreSonus StudioLive 32
Now fully recallable, PreSonus’ new third-generation StudioLive Series III digital console/recorders are available in two configurations: the 24-input, 16-channel StudioLive 16, with 17 touch-sensitive, motorized faders and 17 recallable...
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Phil Hippensteel on IP Video Types and Networks: Videoconferencing
How videoconferencing content performs on an IP network and how to monitor and troubleshoot it
2017
CASE STUDY: M Beta Hotel, Charlotte N.C.
For Marriott’s “M Beta” Hotel in Charlotte, N.C., designers saw a chance to modernize the guest experience from check in to check out through high-impact technology design. They envisioned...
2017
Larry Wachter on an Alternate View to AV Over IP
A modern day corollary exists in today’s growing interest in using IP-based technology for professional audio-visual applications. This trend is in part due to perceived benefits in flexibility and...
2017
THE SVC INTERVIEW: Zach Kale, Perimeter Church
SVC: What’s your worship style at Perimeter Church? Is it a young church with live music or is it an older, maybe more conservative congregation there? Zach Kale: No,...
2017
TASCAM RC-SS150 Flash Remote
TASCAM unveiled a number of products ideal for installation, sound reinforcement and HOW markets, most notably the new SSR250N solid-state recorder and SS-CDR250N solidstate/CD recorder with IF-DA2 Dante card,...
2017
Soundcraft Ui24R
An updated addition to the compelling Ui Series of touch-based mixers, Soundcraft announced its new Ui24R, controllable by up to 10 devices via Ethernet or built-in dual-band wi-fi, with...
2017
Peavey Crest Audio Tactus Digital Mixing System
At Peavey, the company features the Crest Audio Tactus Digital Mixing System, a touch-based, physical mixer-less solution. Built in partnership with Waves, The Tactus is a combination of the...
2017
Mackie Big Knob
Mackie has updated its stalwart Big Knob monitor controller into a three-product series. Unveiled at the 2017 NAMM Show the Big Knob Series features three models: Big Knob Passive,...
2017
Strother Bullins on Dacs Limited Test Lab
On stages, behind sanctuaries and elsewhere inside theaters, houses-of-worship and various performance venues throughout the country, there is almost always a lack of sufficient test tools available to the...
2017
Strother Bullins on DPA Microphones D:Fine Single-Ear Directional Headset
Designed for hands-free operation, headset microphones—with or without a built-in, in-ear monitor—have become quite popular beyond their original most common applications. From mundane cubicle jobs to glamorous stage work,...
2017
David Keene on Samsung/Harman Merger
It’s not every day that mergers or acquisitions in the AV world make the front pages of mainstream media, as did the announcement late last year that Samsung was...
2017
Cynthia Wisehart on the Theme Park Design Tribe
Catching up with colleagues in theme park design
2017
Collaboration Education
SVC: Molloy College and its new classroom facilities look like a major installation project with some pretty sophisticated AV systems. Before we get into that though how about telling...
2017
THE SVC INTERVIEW: Tony Sprando, Riverhouse on the Deschutes Hotel
SVC: Hi Tony, tell us about Audio Visual Bend. Tony Sprando: Well hey, thanks for having me today. Yeah, here in beautiful Bend, Oregon we provide audio visual services...
2017
Digital Audio Transmission for Analog People (Part 2)
THE AES/EBU PIPELINE In the early days of digital audio we lacked a reliable means of passing signals between devices in digital form. An error in the handoff is...
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BUYERS GUIDE: Mounts and Racks
The Lowell Manufacturing LPOR pull-out rack design provides easy access to equipment installed in a cabinet or millwork. The rack slides forward on rails to allow access to the...
2017
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Mounts and Racks
Speaker mounting and rigging solutions from Adaptive Technologies Group get installations done easily and direct sound precisely. Multiple rigging designs, including one-way array, two-way array, steerables and gridlink, let...
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BUYERS GUIDE: Capture & Streaming Devices
TheBarixUSB FTP Recorder is a recording application ideal for lecture capture that is designed for live recording to any remote server (to FTP server or Audio logger), or to...
2017
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Capture & Streaming Devices
TheBarixUSB FTP Recorder is a recording application ideal for lecture capture that is designed for live recording to any remote server (to FTP server or Audio logger), or to...
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Phil Hippensteel on The Effect of Network Jitter
In previous newsletters, we talked about the effect that packet loss and network latency would have on IP video. In both cases, we found that any deterioration of the...
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Phil Hippensteel on The Effect of Network Packet Loss
In our last newsletter, we investigated the effect of network latency on IP video. We found that if latency was high, video transported with TCP might pause but would...
2017
2016 Innovative Product Awards: Bold Engineering
SVC readers choose their favorite innovative products for 2016
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Phil Hippensteel on The Effect of Network Delay
In our last newsletter, we discussed the important differences that result from using TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) rather than UDP (User Datagram Protocol) as the transport protocol for IP...
2017
FCC Update: Sharing Air
The FCC drew up its 2010 National Broadband Plan in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a stimulus package passed by Congress in 2009. Intended to maximize...
2017
Strother Bullins on Switchcraft AudioStix DI Series
Quite often in our various professional-grade audio I/O schemes, we have adopted user-friendly, functional tools that are built to last a long time, well serving their intended purposes—multi-input/multi-zone analog...
