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Friday, May 10, 2013
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05/10/13 01:52 PM,
Riedel Communications has been awarded a Sports Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding New Approaches Sports Event Coverage” for the production of the Red Bull Stratos project. As a contributor to the project, Riedel received the award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Science at the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, held May 7 in New York City. In a first-of-a-kind sports production from the edge of space, the Red Bull Stratos project captured aviation pioneer Felix…
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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04/25/13 11:03 AM,
Associate Designer for the Times of India Film Awards, Robert Sondergaard of Electric Aura, encouraged Lighting Designer Atul Sonpal to go with the 1000 W Martin MAC Viper Profile instead of an originally speced 1500 W fixture, a decision that Atul and Robert proved happy with. “Given my previous experience with the Vipers on the 2012 Grey Cup, I encouraged him to try out the Vipers instead,” Robert Sondergaard stated. “I was very impressed with their speed and output and…
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Monday, April 22, 2013
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04/22/13 01:33 PM,
When California-based Barten Production Services recently provided technology reinforcement for the 2013 Mod Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, the set design depended heavily on GLP’s Volkslicht Zoom and Impression Spot One LED fixtures. Barten has been providing sound, lighting, AV, and production management services for the event, which honors the best modular trade show exhibits and event designs, for several years. Dave Barten’s company has a long association with the event and with GLP. Barten was…
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Monday, February 18, 2013
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02/18/13 08:51 AM,
Roland Corporation founder Ikutaro Kakehashi and Dave Smith, president of Sequential Circuits, recently received a Technical Grammy Award for their contributions to the development of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) technology. The Recording Academy presented the award during the Special Merit Awards ceremony, one of many events hosted in celebration of the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February. Ikutaro Kakehashi’s son Ikuo Kakehashi accepted the award on his father’s behalf. Ikutaro Kakehashi states, “I am very happy…
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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12/19/12 02:36 PM,
The fourth annual Readers Choice Awards—where you can vote on your favorite sound reinforcement products—has just launched on ProSoundWeb. (Go here) Readers Choice is unique for a number of reasons, chief among them (and as the name says), all voting is the exclusive domain of the readers of PSW. The first three editions of RCA racked up close to 100,000 total votes. The races in most categories are close and competitive, owing to the overall strength of every product entered…
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
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05/01/12 02:53 PM,
A Midas PRO2 live audio system at FOH and PRO6 on monitors, provided by rental and production company SoundHead Company, commissioned by production companies EBS-Lights and Showplan and sourced from German MIDAS distributor Mega Audio, took centre stage at this year’s Echo Awards, Germany’s premier music awards show. The Berlin event’s star-studded line-up included performances by Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, Sean Paul, Taio Cruz, Rammstein and Marilyn Manson. Soundhead Company MD and FOH engineer Tim Ehrenfried, who only recently…
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Thursday, February 09, 2012
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02/09/12 08:04 AM,
At the upcoming 54th annual Grammy Awards, the nod for Technical Grammy will go to Melodyne editing software from Celemony. Since its release more than a decade ago, Melodyne has become a valuable tool for studio professionals, gaining recognition as one of the most powerful and unique audio editors available. PreSonus Studio One software is the only digital audio workstation software to fully and seamlessly integrate Melodyne into the program. Producer and songwriter A.R. Rahman has called Melodyne a milestone…
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
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12/08/11 12:21 PM,
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QSC Audio Products has been named one of the Top Orange County Workplaces for the second year in a row, according to the daily newspaper, The Orange County Register. The results were based upon anonymous survey results from almost 20,000 employees from various companies surveyed throughout the region. For the survey, employees were asked to respond anonymously to 20 statements about their workplace experience and the leadership at their company. The company rankings were then independently calculated by survey firm…
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Friday, September 02, 2011
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09/02/11 04:15 PM,
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The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation board of directors and president Don Puluse have announced the recipients of the 2011 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies in Audio Engineering and related fields. Puluse has also announced the introduction of a new scholarship, named in honor of Emil Torick, founding member and president of the AES Educational Foundation since its inception in 1984 through 2009. This year’s John Eargle Scholar is David Benson, who will receive a PhD from Schulich School…
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Friday, June 03, 2011
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06/03/11 01:30 PM,
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The twelfth annual Classic BRIT Awards took place on May 12th at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall. Hosted my Myleene Klass and in the presence of the Duchess Of Cornwall, the award presentations were interspersed with performances by Il Divo, Katherine Jenkins and the cast of Les Misérables. Closing the show in tribute to the late songwriter John Barry, who was honored posthumously with the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award, the incomparable Dame Shirley Bassey sang the theme to ‘Goldfinger’,…
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