“Ready to Start” from Arcade Fire’s 2010 album “The Suburbs”; as seen using the Audacity audio editor. The amount of audio (blue) touching the top and bottom of the window is a sign of excessive ...

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Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

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There are many more amps equipped with built-in signage processing than there were just a couple of years ago, and that’s great news for installers. DSPs give them the power to configure audio systems ...