leadercontentsKnowledge, experience, and wisdom... they're all slightlydifferent, but definitely related. Experience (measured inKilowhats) and knowledge (milliwhys) combine to formtiny nuggets of wisdom (e x k = w). Those nuggets are excellent for all sortsof things, but unfortunately cannot be exchanged for anything at Waitrose,which never fails to surprise me.We've found, while trying to collect a staggering 0.25Kw of knowledge from aroundthe industry, that it's not easy taking tips from a head and putting them into words.Things you know or can do suddenly run and hide when you try and grab them. It'sa bit like the moment somebody stands behind you while you're at a computer... youimmediately lose the ability to type, use a mouse, or find menu items.That said, we have managed to eek 250 tips from those who were kind enough tooffer them – including a few special ones you may have missed while perusing pastissues of <strong>Audio</strong> <strong>Media</strong>. I'd like to relate tips 249 and 250 here...One we could not find a category for, but which fits in fine just here was from HenryBourne who is the Product Manager at Calrec <strong>Audio</strong> and a visiting lecturer at LIPA;though I suspect he sometimes sits atop mountains and just thinks for a bit:"Use advice, as the word suggests, as advice – not as rules to blindly follow.Use your intelligence, your own senses (including the all important common one)and your own judgement to get the result you want. Unfortunately the audio world,particularly recording and mixing sessions, are notoriously bad for people taking adviceword for word and not really thinking about what they are actually doing. Just becausea certain technique worked for [insert engineer here] in their studio at a specific timewith the right talent, does not guarantee it will work for you. A genuine understandingof what you are doing, why you are doing it, and the reason behind it is much moreimportant than blindly regurgitating other people’s views. Of course, this meansnot simply doing what you’ve just read because I’ve told you that it’s a good idea…You’ve got to make up your own mind!"Finally, tip 250 perfectly highlights the very moment when only wisdom will do:"How many times has everything been hooked up, turned on, lights blinking andmeters flailing, and you STILL can’t hear anything through the monitors? How manytimes, I ask you? ...I only wish I had a tip I could give you." (David Mathew, <strong>Audio</strong>Precision).Paul Mac, EditorI S S U E 2 4 9 • A U G U S T • 2 0 1 1The Recording Room 6In The Mix 18The Control Room 30On Location 34On Stage & On Air 42The IT Department 50AUDIO MEDIA is a Sustaining Member of the <strong>Audio</strong> Engineering Society.AUDIO MEDIAwww.audiomedia.comAUDIO MEDIA (Europe), Suite L16, South Fens Business Centre,Fenton Way, Chatteris, Cambs, PE16 6TTTelephone: +44 (0) 1354 669960 – Facsimile: +44 (0) 1354 669965General E-mail: mail@audiomedia.com – Press Release E-mail: pr@audiomedia.comManaging Director/CirculationAngela Browna.brown@audiomedia.comGroup Publisher EuropeRaffaela Calabreser.calabrese@broadcast.itEditor In ChiefPaul Macp.mac@audiomedia.comTel: +44 (0) 1223 911380News/AMSR EditorJo Fletcher-Crossjfcross@audiomedia.comTel: +44 (0) 1223 911133www.nbmedia.comProduction EditorLanna Marshalll.marshall@audiomedia.comTel: +44 (0) 1223 911639Design & Production ManagerJohn-Paul Shirreffsjp.shirreffs@audiomedia.comTel: +44 (0) 1223 911415European Sales ManagerGraham Kirkg.kirk@audiomedia.comTel: +44 (0)1223 911224News Deskpr@audiomedia.comRegional Sales ManagerBob Kennedybkennedy@imaspub.com+44 (0)1279 861264US Sales ManagerDavid Carsondcarson@nbmedia.com+1 (212) 378 0400 ext.511Subscriptionssubs@audiomedia.comUK £43European (airmail) £60International (airmail) £72Payable in Sterling through UK bankThe contents of this publication are subject to worldwide copyright protection and reproduction in whole or in part, whether mechanical or electronic, isexpressly forbidden without the prior written consent of the Publishers. Great care is taken to ensure accuracy in the preparation of this publication butneither IMAS Publishing (UK) Limited nor the Editor can be held responsible for its contents. The views expressed are those of the contributors and notnecessarily those of the Publishers or Editor. The Publishers accept no responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, or artwork.The Workbench 54ADVERTISERS INDEXAES 41 PreSonus 11<strong>Audio</strong> Precision 5 Prism Sound 9, 14Calrec 44 Radial 59Fostex 46Richmond 37Genelec 13Roland RSG 47Home Service 39Sennheiser 45IBC 53Smart AV 33KRK 15Midas 60Sonic Distribution 2-3MPG 25Sonnox 21Neumann 12 Soundlink 28Nugen <strong>Audio</strong> 29 Studiospares 23Plasa 49 Telefunken 17© 2011 IMAS Publishing (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.*Within Broadcast & Production4AUDIO MEDIA AUGUST 2011
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