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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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09/02/09 12:19 PM,
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Beginning next week (September 9), Avid will travel across the Americas to demonstrate the newest member of its Digidesign VENUE family of live sound consoles, the Digidesign VENUE SC48, an excellent tool for small to mid-sized houses of worship, clubs, corporate A/V companies and touring companies. In a series of local events, registered attendees will receive two hours of hands-on training from veteran live sound engineer and Digidesign Market Manager Robert Scovill. Scovill will instruct in the features and benefits…
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Monday, August 24, 2009
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Steinberg Media Technologies has released a set of updates to its software and hardware solution consisting of Cubase 5, MR816 CSX and CC121. The added capabilities include substantially extended control options for CC121, workflow enhancements for MR816 CSX/X as well as functional additions and refinements to Cubase 5. The updates further deepen the integration of the three components within the context of the Advanced Integration technology centred on the Cubase 5 Advanced Music Production System. All three updates are available…
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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08/19/09 08:58 AM,
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Worship Facilities Conference & Expo (WFX) has announced its distinguished awards program for WFX Charlotte, scheduled to take place October 27-30, 2009 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte. Both in their fourth year, the 2009 WFX New Product Awards and WFX Solomon Awards recognize outstanding achievements in church facilities and audio visual projects, as well as the multitude of products that make them happen. The 2009 WFX New Product Awards, presented by Church Production and Worship Facilities magazines, recognize…
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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Pop music superstar Gloria Estefan swept into the U.K. in late July, headlining at the Summer Pops Music Festival at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, on a concert tour that is intended to be her last, also covering Latin and South America plus European festival dates. Clair Brothers Audio is supplying the tour with both a Midas XL8 live performance system and Klark Teknik DN9696 hard disc recorder. By the time the tour arrived in Liverpool, FOH engineer Mark Dowdle had clocked…
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Friday, August 07, 2009
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This summer, London-based sound engineer Harry Bishop has provided live audio systems for a variety of festivals in England, including the One Taste festival in Hyde Park and several festivals in association with Chai Wallahs, an organization dedicated to providing an eclectic blend of high-quality musical acts. Bishop is utilizing Soundcraft Vi6 consoles, which have helped him make the conversion from analog to digital during the hectic festival season. At the One Taste festival, Bishop deployed Soundcraft Vi6 consoles at…
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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The Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Seminars (YCATS) group will hold a two-day Digital Sound Reinforcement (DSR) 101 class on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 11 and 12 in Covington, Kentucky. Sponsored in part by Shure, the class provides complete audio system design and networking solutions and will focus on set up techniques ranging from microphones to large-scale loudspeakers. Topics include: gain construction, attenuator settings, and SPL estimation. Yamaha DSR101 course components include fundamental concepts: dBSPL, dBu. dBV, calculations, and level management;…
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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Spain-based FOCUS, S.A. recently presented an in-depth seminar and workshop focusing on EAW products and technologies for freelance sound technicians. FOCUS serves as a rental company for many high-profile touring companies in the area, so it is very common for third party and freelance technicians to be setting up and operating FOCUS-supplied EAW units. The seminar was intended to prepare those individuals to properly handle EAW equipment and make educated decisions on the setup and configuration of such products, along…
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
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Located in downtown Athens, Georgia, The Grand Hall at the Classic Center was built as a meeting, special events and performing arts venue, and recently, Technical Services Audio Visual (TSAV) of Athens installed NEXO GEO S12 line arrays at the 3,175-seat venue to upgrade sound reinforcement quality. “Until now, the only installed sound in the room was an overhead 70-volt system for background music and paging,” states TSAV’s Steve Gore. “Previously, they had to use a crew to rig a…
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Monday, July 06, 2009
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“Opera at the Ballpark” returned to San Francisco at AT&T Park last month with a free simulcast of Tosca, setting a new ballpark attendance record for the San Francisco Opera with an estimated 27,000 viewers. For its fourth simulcast, Bay Area rental house Pro Media/UltraSound turned to Meyer Sound loudspeakers, subwoofers and processing to meet the unique task of presenting a live performance from the stage of the War Memorial Opera House to a crowded sports stadium. David Bowers of…
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07/06/09 06:03 AM,
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Electro-Voice has introduced the EVA (Expandable Vertical Array) series of loudspeakers for installed sound, a debut that came at 2009 InfoComm in Orlando. Part of the EV-Innovation (EV-I) family, EVA offers the benefits of concert line arrays in a new, simpler format. EVA modules can quickly and easily be assembled into full-bandwidth line arrays with well-defined coverage, without the rigging and drive complexities of conventional concert line array products. EVA is a modular system, with four two-way models available to…
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