by Ike Zimbel | Aug 5, 2014 | Tech Talk
What it is and what it does, as well as some scenarios to show how you can benefit from it… In today’s ever-more-crowded RF environment, wireless system users need every advantage they can get to make sure their show comes off without a hit. While wireless...
by Ike Zimbel | Feb 17, 2015 | Tech Talk
Common wireless system mistakes that can lead to intermodulation products that cause RF interference… One of the main causes of RF (radio frequency) interference is intermodulation products created by our own wireless equipment. In this piece, I will outline...
by Ike Zimbel | Nov 10, 2015 | Tech Talk
Wireless on the road. A day in the life of an RF technician for a large concert tour… It’s 9 am and I’ve just tumbled off the bus into today’s venue, a.k.a., “The Naming Rights Arena,” another stop on the five-month, 59-city Rock This Country tour by Shania...
by Ike Zimbel | Jan 7, 2016 | Tech Talk
Success in working with wireless in the live world is about far more than coordinating frequencies… the other things with wireless systems. When deploying wireless, whether it’s a single system or several, and whether it’s for a tour, a one-off, a broadcast, at...
by Ike Zimbel | Mar 4, 2016 | Tech Talk
Organizing wireless system hardware and keeping track of it at busy shows/events. So, you’ve done your scan, frequency coordination, antenna placement, walk-around and war-gaming tests, and everything works. All of your wireless transmitters are resting comfortably in...
by Ike Zimbel | Apr 8, 2016 | Tech Talk
“Why not put the mics where the people are going to end up?” Detailing a straightforward approach… When I was coming up through the ranks at a sound company in the early 1980s, I did a lot of folk festivals. Within a few years I went from mixing a small...