AUGUST 1982 $1.95 Special Microphones for Special Sound Requirements
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AUGUST 1982 $1.95 Special microphones for special sound requirements As an audio specialist, you know making do with "utility' microphones isn't good enough. You need a complete assortment of microphones, each suited for specific applications. Microphones that not only sound superb but are built to withstand the abuse of session to session punishment. Shure SM line professional microphones offer built -in ruggedness and reliability and are designed to give you the optimum performance you need in every circumstance, whether it be for a bass drum (SM7): an acoustic stringed instrument (SM17): percussion instruments (SM56 and ...under one cover SM57): snare drum or acoustic guitar (SM81): amplified For all the facts on Shure's full line of professional micro- instruments (SM53 and SM54): studio quality vocals inside phones, fill out and return the coupon below for your the studio (SM59): studio quality vocals outside the studio FREE copy of our new 72 page catalog describing over (SM85): stand -up interviews (SM61 and SM63): desk -top 150 microphones. No matter what your sonic require- applications (SM33) ... or whatever your needs. ments. there's a Shure microphone that fills the bill. PLEASE PRINT 12) Yes, send me your new Full Line Microphone /Circuitry Catalog, AL700. (Outside the U.S., enclose $2.00 for postage and SHURE handling.) The Sound of the Professionals® Name Shure Brothers Inc., Dept. 63. 222 Hartrey Ave., Evanston. IL 60204 Address In Canada: A.C. Simmonds & Sons Limited City State Zip Manufacturer of high fidelity components. microphones. loudspeakers. sound systems and related circuitry. J Circle l0 on Reader Service Card Publisher Larry Zide Editor John M. Woram European Editor John Borwick Associate Editor Mark B. Waldstein Production & Layout David Kramer Advertising Coordinator AUGUST 1982 VOLUME 16, NO. 8 Karen Cohn Classified Advertising Carol Vitelli DEPARTMENTS Book Sales Lydia Calogrides LETTERS CALENDAR EDITORIAL CLASSIFIED Circulation Manager 6 8 25 53 Eloise Beach DIGITAL AUDIO Barry Blesser Art Director Bob Laurie I0 Graphics THEORY AND PRACTICE Ken Pohlmann K & S Graphics 16 Typography Spartan Phototype Co. 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One RP -3030 For connection to must not breathe in the direction of the speaker level line 25v -70v or ribbon and must learn to watch what voice coil impedence. Trans- former and resistor isolation you're doing out of the corner of an eye. against interference between Gain -riding a show today is. compara- source and up to four tively. a piece of cake! recorders. .IOEI. TAIT Coming Burst Octave IT COSTS TO GET THE BEST Next Noise Generator To THE EDITOR: It appears that somehow or other we BONG -2 Provides pink noise Month and seven octave bands of have been dropped from your mailing noise with continuous variable list, as we haven't received a copy for In September, our topic will be Studio control of level, burst period, quite some time now. We have always Systems. From Richard Koziol of and duty cycle. found db Magazine both interesting and WNCN comes: To Build the Impossible useful, and I consider it, along with the Dream: A Sound -Insulated Performance Journal of the Audio Engineering Studio Comes to the Big Apple." This SEND FOR OUR FULL -LINE CATALOG Society, to be our best source of article brings us a behind -the -scenes look AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE AND information about new products appear- at WNCN's major rebuilding project in OTHER SOUND SYSTEM COMPONENTS ing on the market scene. the heart of Fun City. Last month, our AND TEST EQUIPMENT ... DESIGNED I would appreciate you would own John Woram got to play BY A SOUND CONTRACTOR FOR SOUND it if Mike CONTRACTORS. resume sending us your fine publication. Wallace -and the result is his interview DEKE WARNER with Dr. Tom Stockham of Soundstream Recording Studios of Salt Lake City - db replies: coming in September. Also ahead for communcATons Mr. Warner, we'd love to see you back on September is Part II of Robert Berkovitz's our mailing list too. But some rears ago, feature on the Fast Fourier Transform - comPAnY db became a paid-subscriber maga:ine. which will include a computer program and we've been gradually phasing out designed to show how the FFT works 3490 Noell Street those complimentary copies ever since. and a Digital Recording Services Direc- San Diego. CA 92110 We're anxious to welcome you hack, but tory, courtesy of the RIAA. All this - 17141297-3261 firs, we need your subscription order and and more -coming in September's cheek. Let us hear from you soon. db -The Sound Engineering Magazine. 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