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Tuesday, February 09, 2010Peavey Introduces Versatile EU Series Active Loudspeakers Featuring IPR Amp Technology
PSW Staff 02/09/10 10:06 AM, 0 CommentsPeavey has introduced the new EU Series class D powered loudspeaker enclosures, including the EU 112D and EU 115D two-way loudspeakers and EU 118D subwoofer. The EU 112D and EU 115D powered enclosures showcase the new 12-inch Peavey Black Widow… View this story
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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 story
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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 story
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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 story
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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 story
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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 story
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010Peavey Introduces Versatile EU Series Active Loudspeakers Featuring IPR Amp TechnologyPSW Staff 02/09/10 10:06 AM, 0 CommentsPeavey has introduced the new EU Series class D powered loudspeaker enclosures, including the EU 112D and EU 115D two-way loudspeakers and EU 118D subwoofer. The EU 112D and EU 115D powered enclosures showcase the new 12-inch Peavey Black Widow… View this story
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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 story
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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 story
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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 story
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Thursday, February 04, 2010Audio-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 story
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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 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, November 09, 2009Road Test: Road Test Underway: Switchcraft SC800 Instrument Direct (DI) Box
Mark Frink 11/09/09 04:28 PM, 0 CommentsTen years ago, in the process of putting seven active direct boxes (DIs) - including the original Radial JDV - to a critical measurement and listening test, I discovered what has gone on to become an industry standard, Radial’s JDI.… View this story
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009Mike Wireless: From The Recent AES Panel Session: “Practical Advice for Wireless Microphone Users”
Mike Wireless 11/03/09 01:01 PM, 1 CommentDuring the recent AES Convention in New York, I attended a panel discussion entitled “Practical Advice for Wireless Microphone Users,” chaired by James Stoffo. The panel included representatives of three top wireless microphone system manufacturers, including Joe Ciaudelli of Sennheiser,… View this story
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Monday, October 05, 2009Audio Pundit: A Look At The Recent “Complete Front of House Engineer” Workshop Hosted By Robert Scovill
Keith Clark 10/05/09 03:24 PM, 1 CommentI recently had the opportunity to attend a portion of Robert Scovill’s latest “Complete Front of House Engineer” seminar and workshop, held at the beautiful Church On The Rock in St. Peters, Missouri, just outside of St. Louis. The group… View this story
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009Mike Wireless: Two New Developments Emerge Under The “White Spaces” Heading
Mike Wireless 08/26/09 04:38 PM, 1 CommentTwo interesting developments have emerged recently under the heading of “white spaces”. First, if you recall, the FCC authorized the development and eventual marketing of “white space devices” that have now come to be known as TVBDs (TV Band Devices).… 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 story
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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 story
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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 story
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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 story
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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 story
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Thursday, February 04, 2010Bond Communications Upgrades Chooses Martin Audio OmniLine & W8LC Arrays At Emirates Ballroom
PSW Staff 02/04/10 02:16 PM, 0 CommentsAV system integrator Bond Communications was recently charged with replacing and retrofitting a sound system serving the ballroom at the seven-star Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, which features a marble grand entrance and gold leaf atrium overlooking the Persian… View this story
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Monday, February 08, 2010A Fictional (But Highly Instructive) Story: Climbing The Sound MountainTaylor 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 story
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Thursday, February 04, 2010Subjective Versus Objective: If It Sounds Good, Is It Good?
Karl Winkler 02/04/10 05:52 PM, 0 CommentsAs with the ever-ongoing debates about “tubes versus transistors,” “analog versus digital” and “Mac versus PC,” there’s not likely to be agreement any time soon about “objective versus subjective” when it comes to sound quality. Extremists in the “Objectivist” camp… View this story
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Sunday, January 31, 2010Top New Sound Reinforcement Products At Winter NAMM 2010
Mark Frink 01/31/10 05:19 PM, 0 CommentsThe 2010 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim reported a 2 percent increase in attendance over last year at its close, despite a 2 percent decrease in international attendees. A few southern California manufacturers felt the pinch by driving instead of… View this story
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Photo Gallery Tour: John Legend In Concert At Madison Square Garden
PSW Staff 01/31/10 03:42 PM, 0 CommentsJohn Legend’s most recent tour in support of his album release Evolver extended through much of 2009, ending up with sold-out shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Touring with a sound reinforcement system provided by Escondido, CA-based Sound… View this story
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Saturday, January 30, 2010Wireless Update 2010: June 12 DTV Transition Anniversary Is 700 MHz Deadline
PSW Staff 01/30/10 11:42 AM, 2 CommentsThe FCC finally dropped the other proverbial shoe during the 2010 Winter NAMM show when it issued an Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking prohibiting sales of wireless microphone and monitoring systems that operate in the 700 MHz frequency… View this story
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Monday, January 25, 2010In Profile: Jim “Redford” Sanders, Three Decades In The Trenches
Kevin Young 01/25/10 03:27 PM, 1 CommentWhen he speaks to me from Milwaukie, OR, Jim “Redford” Sanders sounds like just about the most positive, personable human you’re likely to meet. “I’m living the dream,” he stated. “I’m a very, very fortunate man. I’ve traveled the world,… View this story
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