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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
PSW Staff 03/25/09 09:33 AM, 0 CommentsElectro-punk pop duo The Ting Tings provided their new Front Of House Engineer Trevor Gilligan with plenty to think about on their recent U.K. tour. For the group’s first production tour following their hit single “That’s Not My Name,” they occasionally played through the house system but the staple was nine Martin Audio W8LC compact line array enclosures to be flown either side (with four ground-stacked WS218X subs.) Gilligan is an old hand with his favored Martin Audio compact line… View this story
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Friday, February 20, 2009
PSW Staff 02/20/09 05:51 AM, 0 CommentsDuran Duran has purchased a TELEFUNKEN USA Ela M251 large diaphragm tube microphone system, a faithful recreation of the classic microphone manufactured in the 1950s that is considered to be one of the most desirable of the enduring condenser tube microphones. Kevin Walker of London’s Unity Audio provided technical support as TELEFUNKEN USA’s director of distribution in the United Kingdom. Duran Duran records often at Sphere Studios, where they discovered a sizeable collection of new TELEFUNKEN USA microphones, including the… View this story
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Friday, February 06, 2009
PSW Staff 02/06/09 11:20 AM, 0 CommentsSeveral months ago, Grammy-winning producer, Oscar-nominated songwriter, touring musician and studio wizard T Bone Burnett began soliciting recommendations for replacement speakers for the control room of his Electro Magnetic Studios. According to the producer’s longtime engineer/mixer, Mike Piersante, the U.K.-manufactured ATC SCM150ASL Pro reference monitors that Burnett purchased from exclusive U.S. distributor Las Vegas Pro Audio not only fill the room with faithfully accurate sound but also ensure a perfect translation to the mastering studio. “I find them to be… View this story
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Monday, January 19, 2009
PSW Staff 01/19/09 08:57 AM, 1 CommentWaves Audio continues its emphasis on collaboration with leading music industry masters as it presents The Tony Maserati Collection, the first in the Waves Signature Series. Maserati, a GRAMMY Award winning, multi-platinum producer/engineer/mix engineer for countless R&B, hip-hop, and pop hits, worked closely with the Waves R&D team to create this collection of six application-specific plug-ins that precisely capture Maserati’s personal production, engineering and mixing style. The Tony Maserati Collection consists of six plug-ins: the Maserati VX1 Vocal Enhancer; Maserati… View this story
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
PSW Staff 12/30/08 04:01 PM, 0 CommentsTouring in support of their most recent album, Accelerate, R.E.M. selected Oxnard, California-based Rat Sound to handle sound reinforcement requirements, with Brett Eliason serving as FOH engineer and George Squiers handling monitor mix honors. Clair Brothers sublet two Midas XL8 digital mixing consoles (for house and monitors) to Rat Sound for the tour. “We pushed for the Midas consoles,” Eliason notes, adding, “Having the Midas preamps at the front end and a true 24-bit, 96 kHz digital resolution were the… View this story
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
05/13/08 08:25 PM, 0 CommentsNILES, IL, May 5, 2008 — An album featuring some of the biggest names in gospel and Christian music will be released this fall, with every dollar earned slated to benefit Compassionart, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the world’s poor through income that’s generated by music and works of art. Written collectively at a retreat this January, the record’s songs were recorded at Abbey Road Studios with Danny Duncan (Bruce Springsteen, Usher, et al.) tracking in legendary studios two… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • News • Business
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