Wide Open Audio

01/24/2025

Long time no post - Wide Open Audio is still around. Haven't had much to post about here, but it's still a real thing and I still do audio things... Will post more often...

08/31/2021

I was given a great gift for the summer and was off work at Canvas Church for the summer. I’m back at work at Canvas and looking forward to more Wide Ooen Audio projects as well. Some acoustic treatment, some loudspeaker installation and some mixing. Back in the saddle again…

08/06/2021

What a great summer! Small projects in Condon, Kalispell, Whitefish and beyond have kept me busy while I enjoyed a sabbatical from my "day job". :)

03/08/2020

It’s a good mix when your water bottle dances

12/24/2019

I don’t use a sound level meter for YOU, I use it for me. Mixing, ten events in a row in three days, temporary threshold shift is a real thing. Use the SPL meter to help you stay consistent.

06/24/2019

Yellowstone Lake - no tech available, needed or wanted. We're still here, but a vacation was sorely needed.

03/17/2019

A good article about loudspeaker modeling and arrays.

Note: With this installment, we kick off a series of technical articles dealing with various

03/16/2019

You know all those TV shows and movies with bands where there’s all these wireless mics and you wonder “why did they use wireless everywhere?” Well, cuz we CAN... and the band showed up 45 minutes late...

02/17/2019

There’s nothing quite like that special feeling of overhearing musicians complain about the mix... a mix they cannot year from stage...

01/30/2019

Some super sleuthing today - “All floor box inputs make a buzz in the sound system. We’ve switched to an external snake and cables and no buzz.”
Explore around, since I wired the floorbox inputs - did I swap pin 1 and 2? did I forget pin 1? Turns out ALL mic cables are MonoPrice mic cables and the Shell and Pin 1 are tied together at both ends. Snip and QUIET! Pin 1 needs to be tied to the shield and ONLY Pin 1. Not sure why these cables all have the shell tied to pin 1. But it’s quiet now.

12/24/2018

Loudness profile of Christmas Eve service 24Dec2018

12/24/2018

Pretty much gettin my Hanz Zimmer in tonight at Christmas Eve services - fun to make a mix “big” while keeping levels reasonable.