This week, TALASKE acoustics consultant Evelyn Way tells us about her experiences listening with a post she calls:  Ears Are Not Enough (more…)

You may be familiar with Scooby-Doo, the canine hero of a cartoon world who travels in a Mystery Machine. In his world, anything is possible because the laws of physics just don’t apply. (more…)

Like most of us, you occasionally speak with a microphone in front of an audience. And like most of us you’ve probably experienced problems with feedback and clarity in the sound system. (more…)

Those of us who began working before the electronic age may recall lecturers who wheeled carts to the podium, adjusting an overhead projector and pulling down a screen before beginning a multi-media presentation. Equipment functioned adequately, but it was cumbersome. (more…)

Imagine your office so quiet you can hear every conversation within 40 or 50 feet of your desk. Suppose you can hear the every footstep of the fellow who lives above you because your apartment is quiet, very quiet.
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What can rally a sales team to achieve its best monthly performance? Urge congregants to put down their hymnals and strengthen their connection to one another? Involve audiences in a concert? (more…)

When we last left the discussion of conference room acoustics, we were investigating “listening fatigue,” which is a phenomenon through which our brains actually tire of distinguishing one word from the next in a difficult acoustic environment.   (more…)

It’s the big moment. You’re about to step up to the microphone. You’ve rehearsed. You feel ready, but butterflies creep in as your mind lingers to past experiences when the sound environment threw you off. (more…)

One of the more embarrassing moments in one’s professional life can be that split second when-with a rush of sudden alertness-you tense your shoulders, jerk your head upwards, and realize… (more…)