Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:07 am

seprowling wrote:I took this class about 15 years ago and this IS a great class for anyone who rides to take, even experienced riders, I took it after having been a rider for 15 years and I even learned things that I should have known. You can teach an old dog new tricks!
Good for you! I supervise over 500 rider students each season. Glad you had a good time and it was worth your while.

Bottom line is yes, sometimes spending some quality time in "first gear at 2000 RPMs" is just a good thing to do for review and proficiency - hence the Sound System book.

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:47 pm

96 downloads! Most excellent!

New guys & gals, please d/l and become familiar with the terminology!
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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:04 am

Okay... over 300 views and just over 100 downloads.

And one request for the higher res version.

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:17 pm

126 downloads!

Keep it up!
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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:52 pm

Wow, 150 downloads.

Hopefully there is some good learning going on.

For those of you that found that to be a bit elementary or would like to move on to the next step, there are a few other good references out there, and I have mentioned them many times in other posts, and I stress, I do not get kickbacks.

The Sound Reinforcement Manual, 2nd Ed, by Davis
Live Sound Reinforcement, by Stark
And for SR at the 400 level: Sound Systems Engineering, by Davis & Patronis

The first two are usually bundled with a third SR book at Amazon for ~$50.

LSR is more easy to read, more of a "what do these ______ do?" sort of approach. Lots of pictures. Good small section on compressors/compression.

Read LSR and then if you are to continue down this path, read SRM. SRM is often referred to as the "industry bible." It has enough math and detailed explanations to answer the "why" - which every professional should be asking. Understanding what is happening to the signal mathematically is the ONLY way to fully understand what is going on.

I tell people to read SRM like this: start at the beginning of the chapter, read until it gets hard, and then skip to the beginning of the next chapter, read until it gets too hard, repeat until brain gets full. Let it sit for awhile and then start over, skimming the first parts of the chapters until you get to the harder areas and continue on in the same way as the first read.

SSE is a definite college level text and should not be taken lightly. The preface kicked my a$$ until I went back and busted some rust off some old math skill sets.

Keep reading and learning!
And for what it's worth, I took the Sound Reinforcement Handbook to Tahoe during our week vacation to read and try and comprehend a bit more nearer the ends of the chapters.
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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:05 pm

Bumping this back up...seen a lot of basic questions on the forums these last 8 days that were answered, but the answer seemed confusing and that could have been prevented by a common knowledge gleaned from this book.
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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:23 pm

Again, a bump back to the top.
We've had 420 views and 181 downloads. This is goodness.

This little manual is easy to read and explains a LOT!

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:33 pm

Sunday night...time for a bump.

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:42 pm

555 views.

233 downloads.

And lots of basic questions are no longer being asked.

How COOL is that????

Slainte,
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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:43 pm

647 views, 267 downloads.....

This is goodness. Many of you are learning. I am a "fan."

Bumping this to the top again so the newbies can do as our favorite singing nun Maria would tell us:
"Let's start at the very beginning; it's a very good place to start...."

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by Bertotti » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:02 am

I wonder what else was in that book series.
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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:34 am

From the back cover:
"Amp Basics"
"Guitars & Basses"
"Microphones"
"Signal Processors"

Quick Amazon search ("Peavey Answer Book") showed the last three are available from Amazon in the "used" category.

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by bdc » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:12 pm

Thanks , Thats the best single source of basic info i've ran across. Wish I'd had it long ago. 8)

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:56 pm

bdc,
Glad it is useful for you. The more people that read that and establish a "common" base will only help communications and solving issues.

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Re: Peavey Answer Book Series: Sound Systems

Post by SemperFiSound » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:59 pm

...bump...

A few new "faces" on the forums. Please download and read through. Gives us all a baseline of knowledge!

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