Road Cases: Rate Your Audio Skills!
A little guidance in the overwhelming maze
As technology accelerates at a dizzying rate and increases in processing power are only rivaled by the size of knobs on “retro analog” gear, we find ourselves navigating between magical-designer patch cables and legitimate advances in audio.
We know digital must always be “better” because CDs sound better than cassette tapes. Everything is processed, as often as possible, and just as the hot dog is the perfect meal of processed meat, sound will be perfect and consistent any day now, as soon as we buy that magic black box with sufficient DSP power.
In order to help understand where you are in this overwhelming audio maze, I have put together a quiz to help rate your knowledge and personality type. Modeled after the timeless and successful “Rate Your Love Life!” or “Is He Faithful?” type quizzes in women’s magazines, it only seems appropriate that we “audiots” should share in the fun.
Your “audio horoscope” should provide some valuable insight into your mixing “character”. To properly score, you must answer every question. So take your time, read carefully, good luck and enjoy!
Dave Rat heads up Rat Sound, based in Southern California, a touring sound company that supports a wide range of concert acts and festivals. He can be reached at dratz@ratsound.com
January 2004 Live Sound International