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Thursday, February 26, 2009
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02/26/09 01:46 PM,
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Berkleemusic has announced upgrades to Pro Tools 8 for many of its online Digidesign courses, including Pro Tools 101, Pro Tools 110, Mixing & Mastering with Pro Tools, Producing with Pro Tools, and Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason. The Spring Term begins April 6, 2009. Berkleemusic.com is the online continuing education division of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, and the exclusive online provider of Digidesign’s Pro Tools 101 and 110 curriculums. Close to 4000 students from over 60…
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Friday, February 20, 2009
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02/20/09 03:07 PM,
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ATK AudioTek of Valencia, California, supplied live audio production for the recent 51st Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center arena in downtown Los Angeles, with a live performance bill featuring considerably more nominees and performers than in the past. Of particular note, more than 50 wireless microphone systems were in use, with frequency coordination provided by Dave Bellamy of Burbank-based Soundtronics Wireless. House Audio Mixer Ron Reaves notes that “there were absolutely no RF failures that I was aware…
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dave Dermont
02/18/09 11:43 AM,
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Ever since my most recent steady house gig became not quite so steady, I’ve been banished to a 14-foot straight truck to do gigs that usually come at the last minute. In fact, last minute gigs have become the rule instead of the exception. I used to consider getting booked for a Saturday gig on the prior Tuesday as a tight timeframe. Lately, Saturday night bookings are arriving on Saturday afternoon. The gig I’m writing about here, however, was booked…
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Keith Clark
01/23/09 01:20 PM,
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At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim. I traveled the show floor - front-to-back and end-to-end - to see as many new products and talk with as many people as possible. Optimism was the word of the event, particularly among manufacturers truly excited about their new products. (Check out our Photo Gallery from the show!) I saw a lot of creativity, and a lot of usefulness, and a lot of both. There wasn’t one single product that was a…
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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01/21/09 01:10 PM,
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In one of the most widely viewed and celebrated civic events in history, Baltimore-based audio systems provider Maryland Sound (MSI) deployed JBL VERTEC line arrays as the main PA system for the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20. The ceremony took place at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., with a crowd of more than 1.5 million onlookers extending two miles from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial on the Potomac River, and along Pennsylvania Avenue to…
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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01/13/09 05:13 PM,
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Auralex Acoustics takes its newest Room Analysis Plus program to the next level by offering its Room Analysis service in a retail package. The in-store kit is a complete, user-friendly program providing all the tools necessary to acoustically analyze any room. Auralex Acoustics’ Lead Acoustical Engineer Gavin Haverstick will host several Room Analysis Plus overview demonstrations at the company’s booth (#6794, Hall A) throughout the show to showcase how the expert analysis service works. Auralex’s In-Store Room Analysis Kit includes…
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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12/30/08 04:01 PM,
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Touring 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…
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