Chris Bell’s Weblog

Help Save Wireless Microphone Frequencies

The FCC’s ruling on the use of wireless microphone frequencies is quickly coming to a head.  Audio and video wireless technology has long used certain frequencies known as ‘white spaces’ in the analog television bandwidth.  All of the current technology we use in theaters, concerts, television, film, and churches are in danger of becoming obsolete [...]

Music Publishing Essentials

Music Publishing Essentials

Join me Oct 14 for the Recording Academy event in Dallas, Tx on music publishing and members mixer.

Chris Bell recording Phoenix Hart at Luminous Sound

What Sample Rate are You?

I just finished reading this months article in Wired Magazine about Neil Young’s new release on Blu-ray. The first thing I noticed was the sample rate. 24 bit 192 Khz!. I thought to myself “This guy gets it”. Somebody is finally using the technology available to us.
For those of you that don’t know how sampling [...]

The Grammy’s P&E Wing Summer Events

We have planned 4 great events this Summer. Please join us on June 27 for the kick off with 2009 Grammy Award winner Joe Chiccarelli (White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Shins) at Luminous Sound in Dallas, Texas. Todd Pipes from Deep Blue Something will be the moderator.

Red Monroe Session from 2006

The Mohave MA-200

It isn’t very often I run across a mic I’m blown away by, but the Mohave is high on my list. I was introduced to the Mohave MA-200 during a Grammy P&E event at Luminous Sound last year. I thought well it’s under a grand so why not try it out for a while. Well [...]

Repairing the console today

So, finally I have a day to get some of the console faults fixed. A tech came in over 6 months ago and made a repair. Unfortunately in the process something else went wrong. It wasn’t anything I couldn’t work around, but it was just irritating to work around it all the time. Since I [...]