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Monday, February 08, 2010A Fictional (But Highly Instructive) Story: Climbing The Sound Mountain
Taylor Jensen 02/08/10 06:29 PM, 0 CommentsIt Begins: Anticipation Ben awoke at dawn filled with hope and excitement – this was the day he was to kneel before the audio gods at Frank’s Sound Company and Show Rentals. Ben had been waiting for this day for… View this post
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Audio-Technica Updates 4000 And 5000 Series Wireless Microphone Systems
PSW Staff 02/08/10 05:12 PM, 0 CommentsAudio-Technica has announced updates to its award-winning Artist Elite 4000 Series and 5000 Series frequency-agile true diversity UHF wireless systems. To reflect the enhancements, the letter “a” will be added to the end of all 4000 and 5000 Series system… View this post
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Ashly Audio Names Todd K. Smith As Western Regional Sales Manager
PSW Staff 02/08/10 04:14 PM, 0 CommentsAshly Audio continues to grow and support its expanding product line of cost-effective, network-ready digital signal processors and amplifiers with the addition of Todd K. Smith to the position of western regional sales manager. Based in Colorado and reporting to… View this post
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Church Sound Wisdom: Making The System Budget
Curt Taipale 02/08/10 03:41 PM, 0 CommentsHow do you establish priorities for your operating budget each year? Do you have a five year plan for your ministry, a solid idea of where you want to be in the future, and a way to stay on task?… View this post
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Roland Systems Group Releases Software Updates For M-400 And M-380 V-Mixers
PSW Staff 02/08/10 02:09 PM, 0 CommentsRoland Systems Group (RSG) has released software updates for their popular digital mixing consoles – the M-400 and M-380 V-Mixers. V-Mixer software update Version 2.1 for M-400 and Version 1.1 for M-380 add S-4000M functionality as well as a number… View this post
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Released & Available: New Version Of StagePlotPro For Macintosh (v2.0)
PSW Staff 02/08/10 10:26 AM, 1 CommentStagePlotPro v1.0 introduced the stage plot that actually resembled the band’s setup, graphics that were obviously mics, drums, or amplifiers, arranged on the stage where the band wanted them, numbered according to an input list that was right there on… View this post
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Monday, February 08, 2010Audio-Technica Updates 4000 And 5000 Series Wireless Microphone SystemsPSW Staff 02/08/10 05:12 PM, 0 CommentsAudio-Technica has announced updates to its award-winning Artist Elite 4000 Series and 5000 Series frequency-agile true diversity UHF wireless systems. To reflect the enhancements, the letter “a” will be added to the end of all 4000 and 5000 Series system… View this post
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Roland Systems Group Releases Software Updates For M-400 And M-380 V-MixersPSW Staff 02/08/10 02:09 PM, 0 CommentsRoland Systems Group (RSG) has released software updates for their popular digital mixing consoles – the M-400 and M-380 V-Mixers. V-Mixer software update Version 2.1 for M-400 and Version 1.1 for M-380 add S-4000M functionality as well as a number… View this post
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Released & Available: New Version Of StagePlotPro For Macintosh (v2.0)PSW Staff 02/08/10 10:26 AM, 1 CommentStagePlotPro v1.0 introduced the stage plot that actually resembled the band’s setup, graphics that were obviously mics, drums, or amplifiers, arranged on the stage where the band wanted them, numbered according to an input list that was right there on… View this post
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Thursday, February 04, 2010METAlliance Certifies Millennia HV-3R 8-Channel, Remote-Control Microphone Preamp
PSW Staff 02/04/10 01:29 PM, 0 CommentsMillennia Music & Media Systems has had its new HV-3R eight-channel microphone preamplifier certified by the Music Engineering and Technical Alliance (METAlliance). The HV-3R employs the same HV-3 mic preamp circuit found in their popular HV-3C and HV-3D units, while… View this post
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Audio-Technica Debuts MCB4 Antenna Combiner For M3 Wireless IEM Systems
PSW Staff 02/04/10 09:12 AM, 0 CommentsAudio-Technica has introduced the MCB4 IEM antenna combiner, which allows the signals of up to four A-T M3 wireless in-ear monitor stereo transmitters to be combined onto a single transmitting antenna, reducing rack clutter. A wide-band unit that operates over… View this post
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010Lake Debuts New LM 26 Digital Loudspeaker Processor With Audinate Dante Networking
PSW Staff 02/03/10 08:50 AM, 0 CommentsAudinate announced that Lake, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lab.gruppen, has launched the new LM 26 digital audio loudspeaker processor with Dante networking inside. The LM 26 is the successor to the Dolby Lake Processor (DLP) with extensive digital matrix functions… View this post
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010Z's World Of Church Sound: Sometimes “Live Sound Can Just Be So Live”
Gary Zandstra 01/26/10 06:49 PM, 0 CommentsA good friend of mine, Mark, is the technical director at a large local church. About a year ago he sent me an email describing the “disaster” he had on a Sunday morning. An excerpt: “To our surprise we had… View this story
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Sunday, January 24, 2010Technologist: Identifying “Go To” Sources For Important & Necessary Microphone Data
Kyle P. Snyder 01/24/10 02:49 PM, 0 CommentsIt’s no secret an engineer’s knowledge of his tools is a source of great power. Any time I’m preparing for a recording session or live sound gig, the first thing I set upon once I determine the makeup of the… View this story
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Monday, January 11, 2010Technologist: Don’t Come Unglued; Bake A Tape!
Kyle P. Snyder 01/11/10 10:35 AM, 0 CommentsIn late 2008 I was called out by a friend to repair a Studer tape deck; an A827, which I had never used before. While I was very fortunate that the studio owned both the original alignment tape and tentelometer,… View this story
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Monday, December 28, 2009Technologist: The Technologist: Spotlight Versus Pro Tools - The Devil Is In The Details
Kyle P. Snyder 12/28/09 05:23 PM, 0 CommentsAs any Pro Tools user can tell you, the devil is in the details. Making sure that your system is properly optimized makes all the difference, as I found in my month-long battle with Spotlight. It all began when I… View this story
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Friday, December 25, 2009Audio Pundit: Ray Kurzweil: How Technology Will Change Humanity In The Next Decade & Beyond
Keith Clark 12/25/09 01:51 PM, 0 CommentsHappy Holidays! I recently ran across an interesting article in the New York Daily News, authored by Ray Kurzweil, best known to us in the audio/music business for his creation of a new generation of music synthesizers in the mid-1980s,… View this story
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Monday, November 23, 2009Mike Wireless: Recent Wireless Technology Series: Audio-Technica SpectraPulse
Mike Wireless 11/23/09 10:02 AM, 0 CommentsThe SpectraPulse wireless microphone system from Audio-Technica is one of the more interesting products to enter the market. It was announced about two years ago and appears aimed mostly at installed sound applications, specifically boardrooms and courtrooms where operating range… View this story
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Monday, February 08, 2010Ashly Audio Names Todd K. Smith As Western Regional Sales ManagerPSW Staff 02/08/10 04:14 PM, 0 CommentsAshly Audio continues to grow and support its expanding product line of cost-effective, network-ready digital signal processors and amplifiers with the addition of Todd K. Smith to the position of western regional sales manager. Based in Colorado and reporting to… View this post
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Released & Available: New Version Of StagePlotPro For Macintosh (v2.0)PSW Staff 02/08/10 10:26 AM, 1 CommentStagePlotPro v1.0 introduced the stage plot that actually resembled the band’s setup, graphics that were obviously mics, drums, or amplifiers, arranged on the stage where the band wanted them, numbered according to an input list that was right there on… View this post
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Friday, February 05, 2010Sound Image Purchases 1,000th iLive-T Digital Mixing System
PSW Staff 02/05/10 06:07 PM, 0 CommentsAllen & Heath has announced the sale of the 1,000th and 1001st iLive-T mixing system to Sound Image, one of the top touring sound companies in the US. To mark the occasion, Allen & Heath’s US distributor, American Music &… View this post
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d&b audiotechnik Provide Sound Reinforcement For Des Moines Theater
PSW Staff 02/05/10 05:07 PM, 0 CommentsOriginally constructed in 1911, the Temple for Performing Arts (TPA) in Des Moines, IA, was deemed one of the nation’s most endangered historic buildings by the National Historical Register. A restoration began in 2002, which upon completion, now includes three… View this post
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Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Performance Of Scrooge Uses Meyer Sound Loudspeakers
PSW Staff 02/05/10 03:02 PM, 0 CommentsThis winter, the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre performed 20 shows of Leslie Bricusse’s Scrooge, a musical based on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Staged at the Hong Kong City Hall’s 463-seat proscenium theatre, the presentation marked the christening of HKRep’s… View this post
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Winter X Games Sees Stagetec Console Put To The Test
PSW Staff 02/05/10 02:29 PM, 0 CommentsStagetec’s Crescendo console was used as a sub-mixer used for routing all RF feeds used at four events at the 14th annual Winter X Games in January: pipe, slope, big air and snowmobiles. Over 30 RF audio feeds were coming… View this post
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