The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS)


Line Up

Journal of the Institute of Broadcast Sound

The established craft publication for anyone handling broadcast audio in radio and television, production and post production.

Line Up is provided free to IBS members at an address within mainland Europe, by subscription to anyone and free to qualifying audio professionals.

The magazine covers new developments in equipment and technique, has features on broadcast studios, radio stations, outside broadcast units and facilities companies. It also includes regular operational articles written by current practitioners and authoritative equipment reviews.





This edition of Line Up is available online to Members of the IBS by logging in with their username and password.

A reduced version - Line Up Lite - is available to everyone in our 2009 archive.

SUMMER 2009

Feature Articles & Reviews
    • BIG CAT LIVE
      Louise Willcox met some big cats and survived to tell the story!
    • DANCING ON ICE!
      "It's Sunday night, it's live and it's..." Rob Ashard tells us about how he produces the sound for ITV's Dancing on Ice
    • EUPHONIX FUSION AT 2ND SENSE
      Grant Bridgeman reports on the recent installation of a very sophisticated digital console.

    • SOUND DEVICES 788T MULTITRACK RECORDER
      Keith Rodgerson reviews the largest and most versatile of Sound Devices' impressive little recorders.

    • SONOSAX SX-R4
      Terry Nelson reviews the Sonosax SX-R4 hard-disk recorder.

    Microphones Feature
    • KEEPING MICROPHONES QUIET: Microphones are wonderful at picking up sound - but also all sorts of noises that we would rather not hear. Chris Woolf describes how existing and new microphone suspensions work and, as usual, gives us the evidence.
    • AUDIO-TECHNICA PRECISION STUDIO MICROPHONES:Hugh Robjohns reviews two new, small-diaphragm electret microphones
    • SENNHEISER MKH8020: Steve Swinden reviews the modular omni mics from Hanover.
    • DPA 5100 MOBILE SURROUND MICROPHONE: Mike Skeet reviews the latest compact surround microphone array.
    • GRACE SPACEBAR: John Willett describes a very upmarket stereo bar.

    Plus Plus industry news, details of new audio products and news from the Institute of Broadcast Sound

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