Michael Lawrence

In this article, we’ll take a vendor package out for a weekend of shows – first a “large” event in an events center arena-type space, then a country act on a mobile stage in a smaller indoor rodeo arena. We will pay close attention to how to use the same infrastructure (namely loudspeakers and processing resources) to achieve coverage goals in both spaces despite a 3:1 difference in audience capacity.

I was recently reading a forum discussion about whether an external microphone is necessary when using a mobile app for RTA/spectrum analysis. It’s occurred to me that the physical dimensions of the device (cell phone) might cause some significant spectral variance as the phone’s orientation changed relative to the source. In other words, the RTA response will change depending on how you hold the phone. So I decided to measure it.

AI integration in the data center promises to improve data center operations considerably. The incorporation of pattern recognition and decision-making abilities allows the data center to function not dissimilarly from the human brain; strengthening the connections that lead to successful outcomes and gradually improving performance through experience. However, AI introduces unprecedented challenges in data centers; not just in power, but in cooling, latency, deployment speed, and geography.