HSS Episode 050- The Creative's Worst Enemy

<p><strong>ANNOUNCMENTS</strong></p> <p><br /> Quarantine Song Challenge- <br /> We have had several submissions for the Quarantine Song Challenge and there has been a ton of talent represented! Due to time availability and the decreasing number of submissions, I believe it's a good time to bring it to a close. So, the final day for entering the QSC will be this Friday, May 22nd. The voting will begin the following Monday on the live stream as we all listen one last time to all the submissions and vote on them together. (There will also be offline voting available for those that missed the stream, but it will all take place on the YouTube Channel. The winner will be announced on the live stream Thursday, May 28th. </p> <p><br /> <strong>EAR TO THE GROUND</strong></p> <p><br />  First up, in today's ear to the ground we're going to cover the IR packs being released by the guys over at <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WubmPuTzpNQ&fbclid=IwAR2m6_ot2452Sk-7Mv2XxtmGzylycDN7O927iF7H7B8vqz5-N4S6lQvPZA0"> Worship Tutorials</a>. <br /> One common problem you run into when playing an acoustic live as a DI source is the horrible representation of sound that the DI produces. The fact is, even an $11,000 guitar will sound like trash when pitted against the dreadful DI input.</p> <p><br /> In order to combat this, the team over at the Worship Tutorials channel have come up with some IR (Impulse Response) Packs to help alleviate the woes of the sound guy and allow for an acoustic guitar to really shine on stage again.</p> <p><br /> Here is a sound example of a Martin D-35 with the IR in action. The first portion is the D-35 mic'd up with an Earthworks S-R25, the second portion is the straight DI source, and the last portion is being ran through the S-R25 IR.</p> <p><br /> The next portion we're going to listen to is the <a href= "https://www.worshiptutorials.com/product/holy-grail-acoustic-ir-pack/"> Holy Grail IR Pack</a>.     </p> <p><br /> This portion of audio is the channel owners beautiful McPherson Camrielle bei