Information Pages

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Harp Amplification

Amplification is the increasing of the sound level not just making the noise level higher.

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Decibel

Although often used as a measure in itself the decibel (dB) is actually a ratio rather than an absolute measure in itself.

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Workshop on Feedback

Feedback is the disturbing howling sound heard when a microphone is too close to a loudspeaker. To be more accurate; the sound being produced by the loudspeakers is being picked up by a microphone and being amplified again to a higher level than it was first received so producing an ever increasing

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Workshop on Violin amplification

To understand how to amplify an instrument successfully it is useful to start by asking “Why do we want to amplify”?

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Frequency Response

The frequency response is way to characterise how an audio system performs. Microphones, amplifier, and loudspeaker have frequency responses.

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Amplification of Acoustic Instruments

The present trend towards the revival of acoustic instruments as opposed to so-called electric instruments is directing attention to the problems inher­ent in the amplification of non-electric instruments whilst retaining the acoustic quality of the sound.

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Effects send and return

These are usually ¼” jack sockets, they may be integrated into to one socket or they may be individual jack sockets. They are a means to change the audio signal on its path through a mixer or amplifier.

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DI boxes and DI input/output

DI stands for Direct input or Direct Inject and is really just an audio signal.