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Being Green: Recycling Audio Gear
What to do with an aging, digitally-controlled analog console? That was the question posed to the recording department at the Minneapolis Media Institute (MMI), former home of FLYTE TYME studios, where...
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This Month’s Term Paper, er, uhm, Column
I am cramming to get my Education-related column done in time for the October issue. Teaching has been a remarkably rewarding experience, certainly it has given back more than I would ever have...
View ArticleZen and the Art of…
That’s my column theme for November. My editor, Tom Kenny, suggested I read the classic 1974 book about ‘Motorcycle Maintenance’ by Robert Pirsig. It is, of course, not exclusively about keeping your...
View ArticleI WANT MY EMT-V!
Hi! Remember me??? Good! Who am I? Looking back on this past year, I feel like I couldn’t possibly have done more. Invariably, just saying that is an automatic ‘hat throwing’ into next year’s ring…...
View ArticleCrash Course in Analog Tape Machines
What if you were enlisted to assist on an analog recording session? One of my students is headed out of state to do just that. It’s been a year since we’d ‘analog’d’ together, so I figured he needed a...
View ArticleNon-Technical Sensitivity Issue
This blog is always about audio gear, but this one was inspired by a ‘Sensitivity Issue’ as it pertains to how we treat each other, especially on these here InterWebs. There’s no shortage of passion...
View ArticlePower Serge!
In college, I got involved in the theater group doing sound for a Noel Coward play called Blithe Spirit. Things were pretty simple then – no mics – only sound effects. Mine were on tape and my partner,...
View ArticleHappy Synthyntyne’s Day!
“ASK EDDIE” is both the name of a column and a blog and yet, you may have noticed there aren’t always questions. At first I wondered if perhaps the column was misnamed, but after some thought I can...
View ArticleBusy New Year so far!
I started off 2013 with one less class to teach and was anticipating having extra time to make a dent in my to do list. No Such Luck! My extra time went into prepping and supporting a Rockabilly...
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Broadcasting Audio Science
Everyone is talking about the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act and the ATSC A/85 specification. The goal is to resolve the perceived loudness discrepancy between programs and...
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