Giant-killing $5 mic preamp - its secrets revealed

Giant-killing $5 mic preamp - its secrets revealed
Fresh from a comparison test against preamps costing $200 and $1500 - which it beat handsomely - the secrets of the $5 preamp are at last revealed.
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Does it matter if your mix is asymmetrical?
If your mix sounds left- or right-heavy, or if your meters show an imbalance, you have a problem. But does it matter? If so, can you fix it?
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Does your electric guitar suffer from feedback? Should your pickups be potted?
Feedback is an importart part of the electric guitar sound. But some guitars feed back uncontrollably. What can you do about this?
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An acoustician's night at the opera
How is it that opera singers can reach the back rows of the upper balcony of a 2000-seat theater, without amplification? Is is something to do with acoustics?
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Can you connect two loudspeakers to one amplifier channel?
In live sound, it is a common desire to use one amplifier channel to drive more than one loudspeaker, usually for the purpose of distributing the sound more widely. But is this harmful for the amplifier or loudspeaker? And is there are limit to how many loudspeakers can be connected in this way?
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How can I get the vocal to 'sit' in the track?
Getting the vocal to sit nicely into the backing track is one of the magical arts of the mix engineer. It isn't easy, but there is one technique that can certainly help...
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