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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
PSW Staff
03/24/09 08:09 AM,
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LOUD Technologies announced today (3/24/09) that it restored production in March for a number of significant EAW and Mackie product lines that were impacted when one of the Company’s contract manufacturers ceased operations in late 2008. Specifically, the company says mass production has resumed on all SKUs (stock-keeping units) of the EAW AX, JF and NTL Series in March. Production also began on a portion of the Mackie VLZ3 Series in March, with the balance of the series entering full…
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Keith Clark
03/17/09 01:59 PM,
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Rational Acoustics LLC has just announced that it has entered a two-stage agreement with EAW for the worldwide distribution rights and purchase of the Smaart brand product line, the professional audio industry’s dominant software platform for sound system measurement and optimization. Rational Acoustics, based in Connecticut, was founded last year by pro audio veterans Jamie Anderson, Karen Anderson, Calvert Dayton and Adam Black to provide training courses, hardware products/packages, and professional consulting for the specialized field of system measurement, analysis,…
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dave Dermont
02/18/09 11:43 AM,
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Ever since my most recent steady house gig became not quite so steady, I’ve been banished to a 14-foot straight truck to do gigs that usually come at the last minute. In fact, last minute gigs have become the rule instead of the exception. I used to consider getting booked for a Saturday gig on the prior Tuesday as a tight timeframe. Lately, Saturday night bookings are arriving on Saturday afternoon. The gig I’m writing about here, however, was booked…
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Dave Dermont
01/28/09 03:30 PM,
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I just scored an incredible deal on eBay. Three Yorkville Elite EX350M loudspeakers. They are primarily a monitor wedge, but they also have a pole cup and can be used as a speaker-on-a-stick. They are a B&C loaded 12” x 1”, and have a nice shallow (as in closer to horizontal) angle that works best with the monitor up close and personal, the way a lot of people like their monitors. How incredible a deal? Try three of them for…
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
PSW Staff
01/21/09 01:10 PM,
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In one of the most widely viewed and celebrated civic events in history, Baltimore-based audio systems provider Maryland Sound (MSI) deployed JBL VERTEC line arrays as the main PA system for the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20. The ceremony took place at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., with a crowd of more than 1.5 million onlookers extending two miles from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial on the Potomac River, and along Pennsylvania Avenue to…
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
PSW Staff
01/08/09 08:13 AM,
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Audinate 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,…
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Dave Dermont
12/24/08 08:43 AM,
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Greetings and welcome to my new ProSoundWeb Blog. My name is Dave Dermont. Some of you may know me as one of the moderators on the ProSoundWeb forums and author of the occasional article in Live Sound International. This is a blog of the day-to-day trials and tribulations of someone working in the sound reinforcement jungle of night clubs, street fairs, festivals, and corner bars, with an occasional peek at some higher profile gigs from the viewpoint of a lowly…
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