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News
TEN SABINE GRAPHI-QS MAKE
MONITORS SOUND BEST
Al Bryant gazed upon a fellow engineer's monitor rack filled with
Sabine Graphi-Qs and knew that was the answer for the soon to be opened
Georgia Ballroom at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).
"I was very impressed with what the monitor engineer could do
with the Graphi-Qs," states Bryant, Senior Audio Technician
for the GWCC. "When I matched the Graphi-Q's price with all
the functions available in a 1-U rack space," he continues,
"I knew I needed them for my monitor mix at the Georgia Ballroom."
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"When
I matched the Graphi-Q's price with all the functions
available in a 1-U rack space, I knew I needed them for
my monitor mix at the Georgia Ballroom."
— Al Bryant, Senior Audio Technician,
Georgia World Congress Center |
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GWCC's Georgia
Ballroom |
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The GWCC's Phase IV expansion
includes the 25,700-square foot Georgia Ballroom; wherein Bryant controls
10 Meyer monitor wedges with a dedicated Sabine GRQ3101 Multifunction
Digital Signal Processor for each. The Graphi-Qs are inserted into
the mix and handle feedback control, equalization and compression.
"I am very happy with the Graphi-Qs," states Bryant. "I have
used some of the other feedback controllers and I am not as
impressed with them," he continues. "They are not as user-friendly
as the Graphi-Q, and they don't do the job as well. Graphi-Qs
have the features I want at the right price, and they get the
job done." (Read
more...)
Power
Users
THE
MOST IMPORTANT EARS IN THE HOUSE
Rock'n'Road Audio (Atlanta, GA) uses Graphi-Qs to keep
performers playing their best.
"The guy in row 14 who paid $50 for his ticket is my boss,"
states Jim "Jid" O'Brien, monitor engineer for Atlanta-based
Rock'n'Road Audio, Inc. "And to make him happy, I use my Graphi-Qs
to keep the performers playing at their best."
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“Sabine
software is just plain sexy."
— Jid O'Brien, Rock'n'Road
Audio |
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Jid O'Brien and
Rock'n'Road's Sabine Rack |
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O'Brien,
who operated Rock'n'Road's FOH system for Hank Williams Jr.
and Travis Tritt for many years, now specializes in monitor
control for Peabo Bryson and Rock'n'Road. "Our monitor
EQ racks are filled with the best names in the industry,"
confides O'Brien. "But with the Graphi-Q EQ rack, I know
that I can make very minute adjustments on the fly using my
laptop and the Sabine software.”
Rock'n'Road monitor engineers enjoy the power, flexibility and
ease-of-use of the Sabine software. "Sabine software makes our
job so much easier," asserts O'Brien. "For example, with the
digital delay you can make your adjustments in milliseconds,
feet or meters —
and there's even a temperature adjustment with Fahrenheit or
centigrade scales," he exclaims. "Furthermore, I can move from
one daisy-chained Graphi-Q to the next with a simple key stroke,
sharing or linking all my settings as I go."
(Read
more...)
See Q-Tip below on using GRQ preset templates to speed
up your setups.
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Q-Tips
USING GRQ PRESETS TO QUICKEN SETUP TIME
Situation:
You just got one of ten Meyer vocal monitor wedges set up
... and now you have nine more to go?
Solution: The
Graphi-Q allows users to store and recall settings two ways,
either within the unit, or as an external file for other units
to use. For this situation, we'll create an external
file to serve as a template for the nine remaining vocal wedges.
HERE'S HOW:
1. Adjust Graphi-Q settings.
Graphi-Q settings can be adjusted via front panel or software.
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2. In File
Menu, select "Save The Current Preset..."
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3. Name and Save the file.
4. Select the next Graphi-Q.
Either pull down from the Select GraphiQ
menu or use Ctrl+A, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+C,
etc.
5. Select "Load a
Single Preset..." from the Options
menu (F6).
Find your preset and click "Open."
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One minute later, and all 10 Meryers are ready for any final
tweaking!
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This preset can also be
saved onto the individual Graphi-Q's internal memory by opening
the "Stored Presets" window from
the Options menu
(F6), selecting a preset location and clicking "Save."
The preset location can then be given a name.
In an upcoming
Sabine E-zine we will show you how to perform a similar time-saving
step by linking the Graphi-Qs in your chain —
so, stay
tuned! |
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