Audio, Business
Industry POV: How BYOD Fosters Engagement
A look at the future of sound and communication.0 264
Audio, Installations, Video
Cultural Hub For Performing Arts
The McFarland Performing Arts Center serves high-school and community culture.0 280
Audio, Digital Signage, Installations, Video
Gateway Center Arena Opens New Doors
New Atlanta-area minor-league arena reflects how smaller sports venues are meeting larger expectations with sound and video.0 813
Audio, Installations, Video
Mobile County: Creating a More Secure School With AVL Integration
Mobile County sets the standard for modern school security using audio, video and lighting tech.0 828
Audio, Installations
Industry POV: AV Needs For Single-Use Attractions
Large, expansive installations need not be problematic if networked AV is deployed.0 448
Audio, IT/AV, Video
IPMX: Building An Open Standard For An AV-Over-IP Future
The IPMX set of standards and specifications brings a unique value proposition.0 747
Audio, Installations, Video
Hybrid, Flexible Learning At UCLA
UCLA’s Marion Anderson Hall gets down to business with cutting-edge AV.0 1022
Audio, Installations, IT/AV
Milan: A Foundation For The Future Of Pro Audio
The latest Milan developments and updates, along with real-world applications.0 627
Audio, House Of Worship, Installations
Fellowship Church: Embracing Contemporary Worship Styles
Fellowship Church Frisco and its satellite locations deliver a seamless experience.0 1084
Audio
Aging Gracefully: What Is The Expected Operational Life Of A Sound System?
What is the expected operational life of a sound system?0 484
Audio, House Of Worship, Installations, Video
Church of the Resurrection: Big AV Makes For Intimate Worship
Church of the Resurrection reaches more, feels smaller than original sanctuary.0 1231
Audio
Steerable Audio For Unconventional Attractions
More impressive, immersive attractions mean greater business success for all. The definition of an “attraction” has expanded in the past … 0 377
Audio
Sound Masking: Savior Of Privacy And Productivity?
Although frequently cut from building budgets, it has become increasingly indispensable.0 427
Audio, Installations, Video
Retail Challenge, Attraction Solution: All-Star Bowling & Entertainment delivers immersive AV systems, revitalizing retail environment.
All-Star Bowling & Entertainment delivers immersive AV systems, revitalizing retail environment.0 452
Audio, Digital Signage, Installations, Video
Music History Meets Experiential AV: Updates to the Grammy Museum
Updates to the GRAMMY Museum include immersive sound and interactive experiences.0 783
Audio
AES Nashville Leaders Share Quarantine-Driven Online Education Plan
As the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forces social isolation, educators are scrambling to apply available technology to online instruction to … 0 528
Audio
There Oughta Be A Law: The Entreaties Of Hard-Of-Hearing Citizens
Government agencies are listening to and acting on the entreaties of hard-of-hearing citizens.0 571
Audio, Digital Signage, Installations, Video
Government And Transportation AV Sees Steady Transition And Progress
The landscape for AV integration in the government vertical is vastly different today as compared to just a decade ago.0 789
Audio, Installations, IT/AV, Video
Nothing But Net
Texas A&M Athletics networks eight sports-complex venues.0 680
Audio, Installations, IT/AV, Video
Globally Connected
Intuit’s corporate campuses around the world rely on networked videoconferencing.0 742
Audio, Installations
Major-League Sound
Dignity Health Sports Park invests in audio for a better fan experience.0 1835
Audio
Audio In Today’s Commercial AV Applications
The time has come for a loudspeaker revolution.0 862
Audio, Business
Finding The RF Sweet Spot For Wireless Intercoms
Can wireless equipment be migrated outside the UHF band?0 619
Audio, Installations, Video
Mission Accomplished
Denver’s new Mission Ballroom brings events and hospitality to a new level.0 2664
Audio, Video
Auditorium AV: Networked And Immersive
An overview of modern applications for presentation.0 928
Audio
Using Microphones In Theatrical Environments
A primer on key considerations for effective stage mic’ing.0 3267
Audio, Video
The Journey Toward A Distraction-Free Open Office
Expect to hear a lot more about biophilia in the coming years.0 1084
Audio, House Of Worship, Installations
Visual Wonder, Audio Challenge
Church of the Presentation’s expansion is a great success, despite acoustical obstacles.0 1604
Audio, Digital Signage
High Flyin’
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport undergoes extensive upgrades.0 1823
Audio, IT/AV
An Introduction To Milan
The new AV network protocol for the industry, by the industry.0 3949
Audio
The Next Two Years Under The New Wireless Spectrum
Looking at potential effects on wireless microphones and communications devices. 0 2930
Audio
A Word In Your Ear
Although I already have something along the lines of 200 technical audio and acoustics books, I am always on the … 0 1590
Audio
Playing Zone
The reality is that, to compete in the hospitality space, integrators have to “play zone.” 0 1952
Audio
Auctioned-Off 600MHz Spectrum Already Being Occupied
As a result of the FCC's incentive auction in April 2017, wireless microphone systems that operate in the auctioned spectrum (617MHz to 652MHz and 663MHz to 698MHz) must cease operation in the auctioned-off spectrum.0 1534
Audio
Louder Isn’t Necessarily Better
The needs of hard-of-hearing people are complex and multifaceted.0 2070
Audio
Considerations For Critical Wireless Communications
Technologies, applications and the RF landscape are all evolving.0 893
Audio, Business
Voice Control Capabilities Enter The Workplace
Once-fantastical dreams are coming closer and closer to reality.0 1953
Audio
Under Cover
There’s more to obtaining even loudspeaker coverage than meets the eye. Part 10 2049
Audio
Occupational Hazards
The effect that audiences and people can have on sound system performance. Part 20 2233
Audio
No Time For Complacency
Reserved channel for wireless microphones is pending before the FCC.0 1181
Audio
The Evolution Of Sound Masking
From a “necessary evil” to a critical, but challenging, solution.0 2749
Audio
Occupational Hazards
Exploring the effects audiences can have on sound-system performance. Part 10 2912
Audio
‘Invisible’ No Longer
Staying current on assistive-listening legislation and hearing-loop installation standards.0 1702
Audio
Train Crash: Has Audio Training Come Off The Rails?
Education is the art of drawing out information, not ramming it in!0 2285
Audio
Latency In Sound System Design
Keeping latency to a minimum can help you avoid common pitfalls.0 1748
Audio
Sounds Bad? Sounds Good? Who Knows The Difference Anymore?
Sound has been trivialized for convenience. That is a Disaster, with a capital “D,” for our industry.0 3053
Audio
Objective Analysis: Determining The Causes Of A Sound System’s Poor Performance
During my work, I am often asked to look at systems and advise why they are not performing as well … 0 911
Audio
Battle Of The (Frequency) Bands
The recently concluded auction will have a profound effect on wireless users.0 1961
Audio
Signal-To-Noise Ratio: When It Really Counts
AV9000 Checklist Item Under Test: 6.2.7: The electrical noise levels for all audio channels are “xx”dB (“55dB” recommended for most … 0 2837
Audio
Reverberation Time: Where’s The Point? – Part 4
<a href="https://www.soundandcommunications.com/accurate-audio-acoustic-measurements/">Part 1</a><br/><a href="https://www.soundandcommunications.com/accuracy-wheres-point-part-2/">Part 2</a><br/><a href="https://www.soundandcommunications.com/sound-decay-wheres-point-part-3/">Part 3</a>0 2002
Audio
Bluetooth For Commercial AV
Fulfilling growing demand for the de facto consumer audio connectivity solution.0 3447
Audio
InfoComm’s First Audio Standard Gets A Facelift
Any day now (if it hasn’t already happened by the time you read this), InfoComm will be releasing a new … 0 2735Audio, House Of Worship
Assistive Listening For Houses Of Worship
WiFi audio, loops, RF and IR are options.0 4685
Audio
Sound Decay: Where’s The Point? – Part 3
“Sound decay” sounds like a disease that decrepit concert halls might suffer from, but that’s not what I mean. The … 0 4806
Audio
Software Problems: A Glitch In The Matrix?
Troubleshooting decentralized, open-architecture DSP mixers.0 2012
Audio
Induction Loop Technology: Gotcha!
You're not going to get away with brute forcing this technology.0 3245
Audio
Accuracy: Where’s The Point? – Part 2
Last month, I discussed the differences between accuracy, precision and resolution when making some voltage/frequency measurements. In audio, however, we … 0 2264
Audio
Cutting Through The Noise
The architectural trend toward open offices provides a unique opportunity for integrators.0 1894
Audio, Video
HDBaseT 101 – Part 1
Nearly 40% of integrators are already deploying or working with HDBaseT technology, and that number is expected to grow.0 5361
Audio
STIPA & Intelligibility
The ‘Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?!’ test. 0 2960
Audio
Wireless Mics & The FCC Incentive Auction
Important facts on the FCC Incentive Auction for AV integrators.0 3904
Audio
Chesapeake Energy Arena Measurements & Analysis
Marsh/PMK International was initially engaged to study the existing acoustical conditions and sound system performance at Chesapeake Energy Arena as … 0 2019
Audio
Energy Masking: Reducing Distraction & Achieving Privacy
Improving methods for reducing distraction and achieving privacy.0 2232Audio
Lobbies Getting Louder
Hotel lobbies have become hipster hangouts and alternative music venues. Properties like the Ace Hotel locations in New York, Pittsburgh, … 0 2081
Audio
A Question Of Balance: Good Acoustics Need A Balanced Approach
Part of my job is to review the work of others or proposals from contractors and installers. This can be … 0 2538Audio, AV Police Squad
Setting Mic Levels To Combat The ‘Yelling Crawler’
I had the privilege of watching an IT guy setting microphone levels the other day. It was a difficult room … 0 3207
Audio
Sound: It’s Not Just About Listening
All day, every day, and all night, every night, we are surrounded by and exposed to sound. Unlike our sense … 0 2358
Audio
The Role Of Audio In Themed Entertainment
Many of you know that famous George Lucas quote that “Sound is 50% of the movie-going experience.” For those of … 0 2417
Audio
Good Reference Materials For Acoustics & Audio System Design Are Key
Over the years, I have collected a technical library of around 200 books about audio and acoustics, and it’s my … 0 3879
Audio