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Thursday, January 08, 2009
PSW Staff 01/08/09 11:03 AM, 1 CommentSupporting their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, Metallica is hitting arenas across the U.S. and Canada with a monster-sized in-the-round sound reinforcement system that includes Apogee X-Series converters for both A/D and D/A conversion. Thunder Audio of Taylor, Michigan - sound company for the tour - chose an all digital drive system setup for unprecedented sound quality. In total, eight Apogee converters deliver 64 channels of I/O. “When designing this system we had a criteria set forth for achieving the… View this story
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PSW Staff 01/08/09 08:13 AM, 0 CommentsAudinate has announced the appointment of Lee Ellison as Chief Executive Officer. Ellison brings more than 25 years executive leadership experience, encompassing a broad range of technology sectors. Most recently he served as CEO of SustainOne, a strategic consulting company, and prior to that, he was founding Sales and Marketing Officer of Dilithium Networks, and also previously served as General Manager of Glenayre’s Wireless Business Unit. The appointment of Ellison coincides with the Australian company’s establishment of a U.S.-based headquarters,… 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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Friday, December 19, 2008
PSW Staff 12/19/08 10:05 AM, 1 CommentA report this week in the Puget Sound Business Journal notes that Loud Technologies (Mackie, EAW, Martin Audio, TAPCO and several other pro audio brands) “said its key Chinese supplier, which makes about a third of the company’s audio and musical products, has stopped making its products.” The supplier is experiencing financial difficulties. The report states that the “products it (the supplier) made represented 35 percent of Loud’s net sales in 2007 and 32 percent for the first six months… View this story
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Keith Clark 12/18/08 12:45 PM,My inbox is bombarded with hundreds of press releases each week, and a few invariably deliver a chuckle. Unintentionally, of course. Here’s the latest “press release of the week”— Are you looking for a way to kick up your home theater a notch…or two? The (product name/model number withheld) tower speakers will provide you that TRUE home theater experience with two 15-inch subwoofers per tower! The leader in professional audio has finally brought their experience into the home. These speakers… View this story
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Monday, December 15, 2008
PSW Staff 12/15/08 03:25 PM, 0 CommentsSwitchcraft introduces the latest additions to the StudioPatch Series family - five Audio Pass-Through Panels designed to meet a wide range of input/output needs. All panels offer anodized extruded aluminum panels, hard-wired 110 Ohm AES/EBU digital audio cable, and Switchcraft-exclusive XLR connectors and TRS Jacks that have been precision engineered for long-lasting quality, durability, and dependability. All versions terminate to two DB25 connectors wired to the TASCAM DTRS standard pinout. They are perfect for anyone requiring easy access to their… View this story
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Saturday, October 04, 2008
10/04/08 04:05 PM, 0 CommentsFort Wayne, IN-based Attero Tech has introduced its Outside-the-Box Series, four distinct products that make installing sophisticated CobraNet digital audio networks easy, accessible, and affordable. The InBox, OutBox, MatchBox and VoiceBox give audio-system designers a simple way to place the mainstay components of most sound-system installations, and eliminate the logistical issues and time-consuming work of running analog-audio cables throughout an application. Each Box is a fully-capable, true-CobraNet component: just one CAT5 Ethernet cable connects to every speaker, mixing console, audio… View this story
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
D. Scott Kramer 09/25/08 12:31 PM, 2 CommentsIf we were to conduct a poll regarding audio recording among churches, I think we would find that a large percentage of churches record their services. The reasons vary: some churches may simply want to archive their weekly sermons, while others may make available recorded copies of their services on CD, tape, or some other recordable medium. Some churches may even go beyond the simple duplication of their service and offer their programs on radio, television, and even Internet-based broadcasts.… View this story
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
PSW Staff 01/12/08 02:41 AM, 0 CommentsAviom, the world leader in personal monitor mixing technology, announces that the company is now shipping its ground-breaking Pro64 Series of audio networking products. Pro64 kicks off a new era at Aviom and the product line represents a sea change in how audio will be transported in applications such as corporate AV, broadcast, education and more. Pro64 products deliver the flexibility of a digital network, combined with the audio performance and simplicity of an analog wire. All Pro64 products deliver… View this story
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Keith Clark 01/06/08 02:56 PM, 0 CommentsCertain things in “Americana” are indelibly classic: Coca-Cola, the ’57 Chevy, John Wayne, Route 66, Drive-In Movies, and the Golden Gate Bridge. And, it can be persuasively argued, Shure also belongs on that list. The company’s history exemplifies the much-documented American success story we never get tired of hearing: one person with a dream, overcoming considerable odds with little more than courage and moxie to create a thriving empire that’s touched many of our lives through the decades. Fortunately, like… View this story
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