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Issue 192

But it's not just that the elevated chatter is a sideshow of bandwidth waste

PreSonus held the second annual PreSonuSphere User’s Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (nice place, by the way!) on September 28 and  29, 2012. As a presenter, when I walked in one of the organizers said  “I hope you’re ready for big audiences. I think it’s going to be bigger  than last year—the attendance might even double.” Well, he was wrong; it  was nearly triple, with 481 attendees.

I talked a bit about last year’s event in issue #145,  and if you saw that article, you know my takeaway was extremely  positive. Second-year events are dicey—there’s always the danger of a  “sophomore slump”—but once again, the company pulled it off. And if you  want to know why, just look at the picture: PreSonuSphere was all about  music.

Sure,  it was PreSonus-centric in the sense that workshops and clinics used  PreSonus gear, but the primary goal was a two-way street where users  could learn more about how to apply their gear, and PreSonus could learn  more about their users. Although I’ve always joked that the typical  PreSonus focus group is an employee saying “Hey, I have a gig tonight,  it would be really cool if there was a box that could...,” it seems not  only is that actually pretty close to the truth, but for the company,  PreSonuSphere was one giant, celebratory focus group-meets-party.

Though  that’s all cool, there’s definitely more to the story. As I looked out  over the audience and talked to several of the PreSonus execs, I  realized that the takeaway from this year's event was something  considerably more important, and potentially far more earth-shaking for  musicians, than anything that happened at the event itself.

Headliners

Review

TC Electronic Arena

by Craig Anderton

Reverb is often the "weak link" with pedals—but when TC gets involved, it's a whole other story

Technique

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by Phil O'Keefe

Eliminate hum in multi-amp setups with these simple and effective fixes

Technique

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by Phil O'Keefe

Forget clip and ring mounts—shockmounts are the best way to isolate your mic from mechanical shocks and vibrations

Hot Tip

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by Craig Anderton

USB-powered, 25-key USB portable keyboard with arpeggiator

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Riffs From HC

Beware the Browser Bookmarks for Forums

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But since you can only learn what you don't know, every now and then take the time to scan HC's Forum Home Page.

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