Gators, Ghosts and Good Friends

Working at BSW for the last 14 years has taught me a great deal and given me the opportunity to meet some of the most wonderful people in the world. While attending the WFX show in North Carolina recently, I made time to visit one of my favorite customers, Walt Howard of Sunrise Broadcasting. Walt and I have been talking [...]

AES NYC – Small show. Great show

There’s just no getting around the fact that the exhibit floor at the AES convention in NYC was small this year. Occupying only hall 3B in the Javits Center, there was a large amount of curtained-off unoccupied space – and Registration was located in the hall, too.
Diminutive footprint aside, the aisles were packed, the vibe was positive, there was a LOT of new [...]

Wire? Who needs wire?

Any engineer that’s been around the block a few times knows dozens of ways to use a piece of equipment that the manufacturer never intended. Some long-time favorites are: dead mixer as a doorstop, and: dead portable recorder as a paperweight. But wait… there are even things you can do with the stuff that still [...]

Back to the Basics…Live and Local

Comparing ‘there” versus “here”….hmmm. Fact is,  we don’t really know where “here is” in broadcasting vernacular. I remember many years ago our “local” radio station receptionist trying to explain to an elderly listener (who baked a pie for her favorite DJ), that the DJ actually lived 2000 miles away in Chicago.  Shocked and disappointed,  Grandma [...]

Tending To Radio’s Rosy Future

When Old Man Winter stops his whining, Spring arrives with the promise of youth. What a perfect time to honor the efforts of high school kids as they grow into the wild and wonderful world of Radio!
For the second year running, Leland Smith and radio station KGHP-FM from Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor organized [...]

SIGSALY

And just when we thought we had heard of everything… SIGSALY was mentioned. Actually more than mentioned, we met an unbelievable man who was involved with the invention of this fascinating technology.  His name is Frank Laico, and he is a CBS Recording Engineer Emeritus who’s recording credits reads like a who’s who in hit records. (Sinatra, [...]

Higher Orders

In my hectic, always-spinning world of order fulfillment, it’s easy to get caught up in the process and not think about what all this gear is actually going to DO out there in the real world. So I was happy to hear from one of my favorite customers recently, reminding me of what a force [...]

Presonus Livens Up Our Studio

As some of you may know, we have a brand new location with a beautiful new studio for product demonstrations and testing. Recently, Bob Connelly and console expert Gilbert Perales from Loppnow and Associates (representing Presonus, among others), came by to christen our studio. They didn’t bring a bottle of champagne to smash on the wall, [...]

It’s All About Relationships

There’s nothing like an exclusive relationship to get the ego soaring, and if I could dislodge the gallon of french onion dip that somehow got into my horn at the last BSW New Year’s Eve party I’d be tooting it to beat the band right now.
Our friends at Arrakis have asked us to be the [...]

FLAT OUT

For a singer, flat is not good.
For a tire, flat is not good.
For beer, flat is not good.
But for audio equipment, flat is great. Problem is, many manufacturers have forgotten what “flat” means!
[rant]
I have in my hands a spec sheet for a microphone from a well-respected pro broadcast manufacturer. Among the features, it brags about [...]