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Dan Dugan is a professional audio engineer and the inventor of the automatic microphone mixer. Learn about his products, company, and interests on his website.
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News, Product Status and Events. Trade Shows: Dan is...
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In addition to engineering, Dan has a lively interest in...
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After many years as the Northern California service station...
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Dan Dugan in his laboratory: Eli Adler shot this visit to...
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Dan Dugan (born March 20, 1943) is an American audio engineer, inventor, and nature sounds recordist. He was the first person in regional theatre to be called a sound designer, and he developed the first effective automatic microphone mixer: the automixer.
Use email to dan@dandugan.com. I'm the CEO of Dan Dugan Sound Design, started more than 50 years ago. My roots are in theater lighting but I became involved in audio back in the 1960s.
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The Model E-1 Automatic Mixing Controller helps professional audio mixers handle multiple live mics without having to continually ride their individual faders. This eight-channel signal processor patches into the input insert points of an audio mixing console. It detects which mics are being used and makes fast, transparent cross-fades, freeing the...
The Model E-1 dramatically improves the performance of live mixing with multiple mikes: 1. Eliminates late upcuts 2. Reduces PA feedback and studio noise 3. Internal Web server for remote control panel 4. Connects to mixer with TRS insert cables or ADAT Lightpipe 5. Link units for up to 64 mics 6. Analog and digital outputs active simultaneously 7....
The Model E-1 supports a broad spectrum of live mixing applications, including: 1. Conference reinforcement, video trucks 2. Houses of worship 3. Film and television dialogue, reality shows. 4. Multiple wireless mics for theater 5. Boardrooms and civic meeting rooms, community TV 6. Teleconferencing and distance learning How it Works The Dugan Spee...
Audio Inputs: unbalanced, 6K ohm, -22 to +4 dBu nominal level, +21 dBu maximum Audio Outputs: unbalanced, 100 ohm source, will drive a 600 ohm load Maximum Output: +21 dBu Output Noise: less than -91 dBu (A-wtd); 112 dBA dynamic range Digital I/O: ADAT optical, 48 KHz or 44.1 KHz 24-bit Frequency Response: 10 Hz to 22 KHz, +0/-1 dB Crosstalk: -81 d...
Dan Dugan in his laboratory: Eli Adler shot this visit to Dan Dugan's lab, where Dan tells a brief story about how the Dugan automixer was developed. It ends with a 2-minute "PA feedback" demonstration, which is also available in a separate two-minute video just below.
The Dugan Automix System is well known in the audio community for it's seemless method of mixing multiple microphones together in a way that's both natural a...
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Mar 19, 2021 · Dan Dugan is a pro audio engineer who invented an automixer and coined the term sound designer. He worked on theater, live sound, and TV projects such as Hair and Mondavi Jazz Festival.
