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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
PSW Staff 03/03/09 01:34 PM, 0 CommentsSennheiser and Neumann microphones were utilized for a wide range of live music applications at the recent 81st Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Orchestra mixer Dan Wallin was in charge of all of the live and pre-recorded music. Working in Remote Recording’s “Silver Studio” backstage, Wallin selected Neumann TLM 193, TLM 170 and Sennheiser MKH 8040 wired mics to capture the orchestra. This year, the orchestra, conducted by music director Michael Giacchino, was moved from the… View this story
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Friday, February 13, 2009
PSW Staff 02/13/09 01:50 PM, 0 CommentsSennheiser will kick off its 2009 Sound Academy seminar schedule with its popular RF wireless course on March 2, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Sound Academy is a traveling series of one-day seminars for professionals and students with interest in broadcast, theater, film and music. Focusing on both RF wireless techniques and studio recording practices, the Sound Academy sessions have visited over 20 cities throughout the U.S. thus far, with more on the way… View this story
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
PSW Staff 02/04/09 03:48 PM, 0 CommentsNSCA’s latest Market Intelligence Briefing (MIB) report, Recruit and Retain Quality Staff: Organizational Issues and Structure, is now available. It highlights how employee training, staff involvement in organizational strategic planning, and participation in staff reviews can enhance a company’s employee recruitment and retention efforts. This latest report provides resources to assist in organizational development by comparing what other successful companies in the industry are doing to retain, develop and recruit staff. Simple processes such as the development of organizational charts,… View this story
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
PSW Staff 01/08/09 05:35 PM, 2 CommentsThe Electronic Systems Professional Alliance (ESPA) has just announced the results of the industry’s first-ever survey of electronics systems technicians (ESTs) and their views of their careers and training. With more than 450 respondents across a wide variety of EST fields (audio, video, networking, IT, cable, satellite, lighting, home control, alarm and telecom), the survey shows that technicians often have very long careers in the electronics industry. More than half of the respondents (58 percent) had been in electronics for… View this story
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PSW Staff 01/08/09 05:18 PM, 2 CommentsBob Lee of QSC Audio officially took charge of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Secretary post in late 2008 after being elected to the post at the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco. “I’m handling the Board of Governors’ meeting minutes and correspondence, and working with the treasurer to develop the AES’s annual budget,” Lee says, outlining just some of his new responsibilities. “My interest in and knowledge of information design will definitely be a plus for this job.” A… View this story
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Monday, December 22, 2008
PSW Staff 12/22/08 11:29 AM, 0 CommentsProMedia Training (PMT), which provides modern accelerated audio and multimedia training, has announced that it will offer a free upgrade to (Digidesign) Pro Tools v8 as part of its programs for students enrolling prior to January 31, 2009. Anyone who signs up or refers a friend to PMT’s Music Production, Certification, Pro Packages (which also include a free plug-in from Digidesign worth $500), or the PMT Career Program (which includes a complete, mobile Pro Tools studio worth $6,500) is available… View this story
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
12/14/08 09:02 AM, 0 CommentsFrom helping to record the Beatles on Let It Be and engineering Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon to producing his own groundbreaking recordings, Alan Parsons has become one of the most respected producers in the world. Parsons recently gave several masterclasses to School of Audio Engineering (SAE) students in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, offering advice and insight garnered from four decades at the top of music production. “I was asked: ‘are you OK to go and work… View this story
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
12/11/08 08:52 AM, 0 CommentsAl Galladoro, a master of the clarinet and saxophone, passed this week at the age of 95. Born in Chicago in 1913, the son of an immigrant, Galladoro picked up his father’s clarinet when he was 5, and by the time he was 14, Galladoro had embarked on an 9-decade career that took him first to New Orleans and then to New York City. Galladoro thrived in an era when music was performed live on stage or broadcast live into… View this story
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Sunday, January 06, 2008Keith Hatschek 01/06/08 01:09 PM, 0 Comments“Use your ears, Luke—use your ears.” Leslie Ann Jones is director of music recording and scoring at Skywalker Sound, the recording and production facilities built by George Lucas in Marin County, California. She has been a recording and mixing engineer for 25 years, during which time she has worked with such artists as Herbie Hancock, Angela Bofill, Michael Feinstein, Michelle Shocked, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Bobby McFerrin, Holly Near, Rosemary Clooney and Narada Michael Walden. She launched her film score… View this story
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