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Thursday, February 26, 2009
PSW Staff 02/26/09 02:41 PM, 0 CommentsVTC Pro Audio’s Flagship Elevation Series Line Array was used exclusively on the So You Think You Can Dance Canada tour, including a February 2009 stop in Toronto’s famed Air Canada Centre. The 665,000-square-foot Air Canada Centre is a prestigious live music and event facility in Canada’s largest urban center. Seating 20,000 for concert events, it is consistently ranked #3, #4, and #5 worldwide in the top three concert industry trade magazines (Venues Today, Pollstar and Billboard respectively). Production and… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Saturday, February 21, 2009
PSW Staff 02/21/09 08:21 AM, 0 CommentsWith the appointment of Scottsdale, Arizona-based Olsen Audio Group as its distributor for the U.S., Canada and Mexico, ARX Systems announces that its MSX 48 microphone line splitter is now available in North America. The MSX 48 is a totally passive device requiring no power, and consists of 16 channels of transformer isolated, ultra low noise mic and line splitting. Each channel has a direct looped main/front of house feed, allowing phantom power feed through, and a transformer isolated monitor… View this story
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Friday, February 20, 2009
PSW Staff 02/20/09 09:57 AM, 0 CommentsMetropolitan Bible Church (affectionately called, “the MET”) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada recently celebrated the opening of a new facility headed by a stadium-style sanctuary that can seat over 1,200, with plans already set to expand this space to accommodate a congregation of 2,200. The high-end sound reinforcement system serving the room is headed by Electro-Voice very compact XLD line arrays. After confirming the XLD’s performance with EASE data and working with EV’s tech support team to cross-check details, Wall Sound… View this story
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Monday, February 16, 2009
PSW Staff 02/16/09 08:27 AM, 0 CommentsShure Incorporated has announced that its trade-in rebate program will be extended to Canadian customers who have purchased Shure 700 MHz frequency band (698-806 MHz) wireless systems and related components. The program was launched on December 1, 2008, to U.S. customers. In recognition of the need for Canadian audio industry professionals to be in step with their U.S. counterparts, Shure has decided to extend its U.S. trade-in rebate offer to the Canadian market. Customers may submit rebate forms to the… View this story
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
PSW Staff 02/03/09 03:25 PM, 0 CommentsSennheiser has launched a roadie competition - the Sennheiser StageMeister Contest at www.sennheiser-stagemeister.com - which offers entrants the opportunity to accompany a touring band as a roadie. The competition is supported by Sennheiser subsidiaries and partners around the globe, who will provide practical training for the winners. The competition, launched at the 2009 Winter NAMM show, first searches for a roadie from the USA and Canada before focusing on entrants from Europe during the second round in April. The band… View this story
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PSW Staff 02/03/09 10:22 AM, 0 CommentsARX Systems, the Australian-based manufacturer of Professional Audio Equipment, has appointed Scottsdale, Arizona-based Olsen Audio Group as its distributor for North America, including the United States, Canada and Mexico. Olsen Audio Group CEO Craig Olsen is a 40-plus-year veteran of the U.S and Japanese pro audio industries. Working in live sound since the late 1960’s, Olsen joined Yamaha Corporation in 1982, where he was instrumental in the design and manufacture of the ground-breaking PM3000 mixing console. In 1993, he formed… View this story
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
PSW Staff 01/13/09 04:52 PM, 0 CommentsAfter more than 15 years off the road, legendary singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen is treating fans to a long-anticipated world tour. Cohen and his nine-piece band, led by renowned bassist Roscoe Beck, kicked off the tour with dates across Canada and Europe. Montreal-based Solotech is providing support for the tour, using a high-performance system featuring Meyer Sound MILO and MICA line array loudspeakers. As FOH Engineer Mark Vreeken explains, Meyer Sound was chosen for flexibility in the face of… View this story
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Friday, January 09, 2009
PSW Staff 01/09/09 04:28 PM, 0 CommentsMartin Audio of North America has announced that a new group of independent representatives has been put in place to maximize the company’s sales effort. These sales rep firms, all of whom combine experience, expertise and highly successful track records in the professional audio market, include Audio Associates (Mid Atlantic Region); Bormann Marketing (Upper Midwest); Brownestone LLC (Pacific Northwest); Cowser-Lee Marketing (Southwest); Eaton Sales & Marketing (Upstate New York); Marshank Sales (Southern CA); On The Road Marketing (NJ Metro NY);… View this story
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Monday, December 22, 2008
PSW Staff 12/22/08 11:07 AM, 0 CommentsA November tour of their homeland by Canada’s Sam Roberts Band played theatre-sized venues throughout the country, with the band’s FOH engineer Phil Hornung was faced with the prospect of using house PA systems in most venues. In order to maintain consistency of the sound, XTA distributor Sennheiser Canada supplied Hornung with a package of XTA processing options, comprising a C2 compressor, D2 dynamic EQ, E2 parametric EQ, G2 noise gate, GQ600 dual 30 band graphic EQ and DP324 SiDD… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Engineer • Processor • Sound Reinforcement
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