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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
PSW Staff 03/17/10 11:00 AM, 0 CommentsAfter Hurricane Gustav hit Baton Rouge in September of 2008, the city was shut down for several days due to damage. At Southern University and A&M College, damage to 29,500-seat A.W. Mumford Stadium was significant but manageable. “It seems like a pretty minor issue but the truth is, losing the revenue generated by a home football game is significant,” notes Henry L. Thurman III, Director of the Physical Plant for Southern. “We had lost the entire sound system from our… View this story
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Friday, July 24, 2009
PSW Staff 07/24/09 10:39 AM, 0 CommentsPowersoft has announced that unit sales for its power amplifiers have experienced an 11.5-percent increase over the same period in 2008, already a record sales year. This growth reflects world-wide sales, including banner performance from Powersoft’s newly formed U.S. office, run by Thomas Bensen, and its Singapore office, run by Arthur Soh. The combination of new offices, new production facilities, Audio Suite amplifier control software and new amplifier lines insure support for the increased demand for Powersoft products. “We attribute… View this story
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
PSW Staff 07/23/09 11:50 AM, 0 CommentsThe extensive sound reinforcement system serving the new Lancaster County Convention Center (LCCC) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania features network-ready Ashly Audio NE8250 power amplifiers. Interestingly, these amplifiers didn’t exist at the outset of the original system design for this long-delayed building project. “Now that it’s all finished, the preservation of the famous façade is a wonderful aspect of the center, and well worth the hassle during construction,” said Mark Showers, system specialist at Sage Technology Solutions in nearby Mount Joy. Sage… View this story
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Monday, July 13, 2009
PSW Staff 07/13/09 04:53 PM, 0 CommentsIn a move that immediately extends its sound reinforcement capabilities, Florida-based systems integration firm Multi Image Group (MIG) has purchased 110 Crown Audio I-Tech HD amplifiers. MIG, which specializes in corporate A/V projects for clients such as CitiGroup, Deutsche Bank, and Proctor and Gamble, upgraded its entire amplifier inventory from the original I-Tech amplifiers. “MIG was not using Crown amplifiers when I joined the company. I didn’t agree with this because I had been using Crown since I started in… View this story
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Friday, July 10, 2009
PSW Staff 07/10/09 08:22 AM, 0 CommentsTurbosound Aspect loudspeakers were utilized to provide sound reinforcement for the Acoustic Tent at the recent 2009 Glastonbury Festival, in support of live performances by a diverse group of artists such as Fairport Convention, Ray Davies, Hugh Cornwell, Georgie Fame, the Penguin Café Orchestra and the London Community Gospel Choir. The system serving the Acoustic Tent, provided by Bristol-based Audioforum and specified and manned by Turbosound Design Engineer Danny Cooklin, was comprised ground stacks of four Turbosound TA-890H, four TA-890L… View this story
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
PSW Staff 06/25/09 09:12 AM, 0 CommentsNSCA recently paid tribute to individuals and companies who continually support and represent the commitment NSCA members have to the industry and the association, with award recipients including Loyd Ivey, Lifetime Achievement Award; Steve Emspak, Volunteer of the Year, and Dan Erickson, Educator of the Year. Awards were presented to instructors of the year within each college of NSCA University at the 2009 NSCA Member Meeting and President’s Reception InfoComm in Orlando. Loyd Ivey, founder and CEO of Mitek Corporation,… View this story
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
PSW Staff 06/24/09 11:54 AM, 0 CommentsIn the late 1980’s Matt Knobel started out working in several in New York studios including Media Sound and Platinum Island learning the ropes, then continuing with jingles on hundreds of recording and mixing sessions from American Express to Yellow Pages at JSM Music in NYC. “It was a great experience. I got to work with some great engineers, world class musicians and to work in a lot of amazing studios,” says Knobel. “I then started working a lot with… View this story
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Friday, June 12, 2009
PSW Staff 06/12/09 10:12 AM, 0 CommentsPro AV industry AC power protection and control leaders SurgeX and LynTec have officially announced the formation of a strategic alliance. Under the new agreement, LynTec and SurgeX will now be cross-pollinating their software and hardware engineering departments with the goal of delivering vastly improved solutions for professional applications. The combined efforts of the two manufacturers are aimed to further benefit the industry through the seamless specifying and integration of these two unique problem-solving components for the AC power platform.… View this story
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
PSW Staff 06/10/09 09:29 AM, 0 CommentsRoyer Labs recently launched an ongoing series of microphone seminars designed to provide aspiring audio engineers with a comprehensive view of the microphone, including its historical significance, the types of microphones that exist, applications, and a factory tour. Geared toward college level students, the new program is the result of increased interest in all aspects of audio production. Rick Perrotta, President of Royer Labs, explained, “Over the years, we’ve had requests from numerous colleges and educational programs to open our… View this story
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
PSW Staff 04/01/09 08:35 AM, 0 CommentsLectrosonics has announced today - April 1, 2009 - the introduction of an entirely new, two-way wireless microphone system based on quantum physics. The new QP1 System operates on the principle of “entanglement” between atoms. “This new system has been in development for several years,” states Larry Fisher, President of Lectrosonics, Inc., “and it has cost us millions of dollars, thus necessitating an extremely high price.” By manipulating photons emitted from each of two atoms of the rare-earth element ytterbium,… View this story
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