From Steve Ewing
I was very excited by your article on software that eliminates feedback from live music performances (5 April, p 26). I have been extending my musical repertoire with sound engineering recently and was bemused by the comment from a fellow sound engineer who said “this is the kind of stuff that will make us all unemployed”. What a silly notion. My job is to blend the sounds made by vocals and various instruments to make the band sound as good as it can. Eliminating feedback is a necessary and somewhat tedious, part of this task. If I can have software that eliminates feedback so I can just concentrate on the sound coming from the band, bring it on. If you are worried that the computer does a better mix than you, maybe you should think about finding another job.
Perth, Western Australia
