Ryan Vaz

Visiting Prolight+Sound 2019 We had the privilege of visiting Prolight+Sound 2019 ("Prolight + Sound Middle East | 24 - 26 January 2021 | Dubai", 2019) at the Dubai World Trade Center ("Home", 2019) which was an amazing experience. The trip was organized by the staff at SAE for all the Audio students to check out the latest gear, technology and innovation in the field of audio. We also had the honor of listening to some of the great names in the industry, and hearing about their life experiences from amateurs to professionals. For me personally, coming from the field of live sound and with a passion for it, it was amazing to see all the different stalls and all the industry standard brands which we got a hands on experience of. I will always be grateful to the organizing team from SAE for taking the initiative for us to explore the event. References: Home. (2019). Retrieved 15 December 2019, from https://www.dwtc.com/en Prolight + Sound M...

The inline mixing console......What is it? There are essentially two different sources of sound in a typical recording studio. One obviously from the artist or source you are recording, and the other from the track which was already recorded on your digital audio workstation (DAW). You want to be able to listen to, as a recording engineer, to both these sources on your loudspeakers in the control room. Inline mixers are a specially configured type of mixer that are able to monitor ‘multitrack’ tape returns using the same channels that were used to connect line ins and microphones, I.e. the two different sources we saw earlier. This would be in opposition to the other type of mixers known as ‘split mixers’ which difference is that they have separate inputs dedicated to returns and sends. Since the inline mixer basically does a two in one job, they have the advantage of beings smaller and comparatively cheaper. It would just generally have a few more knobs and switches on e...

How Does File Compression Work? I think all of us reading this has heard of file compression. The  compression principle is a very important and useful invention, for Web users, because it basically reduces the overall number of  bits and bytes (size)  in a file so it can be transmitted faster over slower Internet connections, or take up less space on a disk . File compression is one of the fundamentals of how the web works. But how does it work? At first inspection, this seems very interesting and weird almost, as in how can you reduce the number of bits and bytes and then get those exact bits and bytes back later? As it turns out, the basic idea behind the process is fairly straightforward but sounds oddly magical. It’s not really magical, but it is the result of a lot of hard work put in by many very smart people to make all of our lives easier. Let’s explore how file compression works. First of all we should know that there are two kinds of compression: ...