This week we had a great discussion on our Sunday evening Technical Forum (every Sunday at 7:30pm EST on the 145.150 W4GSO repeater, BTW!) about audio gear that we use to improve the quality of the sound we transmit or receive. That got me to thinking that it might be nice to put together a series of posts about audio, the types of gear we use to manipulate audio, and other basics specifically related to our hobby. So here (hear!) it is! My plan is to divide ideas up into multiple posts so that we can explore the concepts in a little more depth than could be done otherwise. I don’t plan on getting too deep – it’s not really necessary to do that – but hopefully this will be a helpful way to get the less-experienced among us to a good place.
Yes, I know that this information won’t be too useful for the guys who mainly do CW or digital modes, but idiosyncrasies related to those can be covered in future posts. And as a disclaimer and plea for civility: I have done recording professionally for years and have engineered FOH sound on a large scale for well over a decade. I consider myself an expert, but I’m sure there are those who would disagree with…..
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