Rich Bruchal

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bio	website	rich.bruchal.com
	location	United States
	age	48
visits	member for	2 years, 5 months
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CT based software developer

	376 reputation	bio	website	rich.bruchal.com	visits	member for	2 years, 5 months
26 badges		location	United States		seen	Dec 4 '12 at 23:19

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Dec 7	awarded	Yearling
Jan 19	answered	What to look for in a vocal mic for a small home studio
Dec 26	comment	What is “clipping” distortion? What causes it, and how to avoid it when recording audio? +1 for the nice diagram - makes it easy to grasp. I believe that the harmonics are a direct result of the clipping, not really an artifact of them (if I'm reading what you wrote correctly). The clipped waveform starts to look like a square wave (which contains odd-order harmonics) as it gets more clipped.
Dec 17	comment	Preventing tangled mic cables +1 for the name tag idea - I use this both for my "sound guy" jobs and for my (musician) wife's gear.
Dec 17	answered	Sound system noise from lighting system
Dec 17	awarded	Commentator
Dec 17	comment	Setting live levels without a proper monitor When I was first writing my answer, I included a mini-rant about what a poor design decision having an isolated sound booth in a theater was. I took it out before I posted, but it really is true. And every Broadway show I've seen in recent years has the board out in the house - you really do have to hear the mix from the audience perspective to do a decent job. It's usually possible to put the board out at FOH if you're willing to sacrifice a few seats in the back couple of rows, even as a temporary setup. Of course you're giving up some ticket money then (if you're selling out)
Dec 17	comment	Setting live levels without a proper monitor I would think the sound designer would be sympathetic to your dilemma - after all, you're essentially mixing a band here without being able to hear them. Would they ask the lighting people to run the lighting board in a windowless room where they couldn't see the stage?
Dec 17	awarded	Scholar
Dec 17	accepted	All Around Workhorse Studio Mics
Dec 17	answered	Setting live levels without a proper monitor
Dec 17	comment	Good books for beginning audio production? I agree, +1 for making it a community wiki question, albeit with a more specific focus. e.g. "Good Books for Beginning Audio Engineering"
Dec 17	comment	Miking a grand piano Yes, I don't think the 57 will do you any favors in this case. Playing with position to get the right balance and tone will be key.
Dec 15	awarded	Beta
Dec 9	comment	How to recognize if Auto-Tune has been used in a recording? Is it needed? The fact that people are beginning to think that AutoTune is necessary in a recording makes me sad.
Dec 8	awarded	Student
Dec 8	asked	All Around Workhorse Studio Mics
Dec 8	comment	Should I use compression in live settings? Nice idea. I'll have to try that at some point. Requires spare channels though, which I don't always have - but probably worth it
Dec 8	awarded	Autobiographer
Dec 7	comment	The most common mistakes for newbies recording +1 I think there's a tendency to think that if you're not doing a lot of different and/or complicated stuff, you're less of a professional somehow. In reality, the opposite is true (to a point).