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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
PSW Staff 09/28/10 10:40 AM, 0 CommentsFor over six decades, Doug Weston’s The Troubadour has been a flagship venue of the American music industry. The famous club on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood has been the site of legendary performances by top artists through rock history, including James Taylor, the Eagles, Elton John, Metallica, Franz Ferdinand, the Strokes and Guns N’ Roses, who, like many classic artists, got their careers going as a result of performances there. The Troubadour continues to be a vital link… View this story
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
PSW Staff 05/04/10 10:47 AM, 0 CommentsMartin Audio’s dance system at London’s Ministry of Sound has been Best Club Sound System Design at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA). One of the most anticipated annual events on the global dance music calendar, the IDMA’s generate over a million votes from music enthusiasts in 183 countries every year to honor exceptional achievements in 57 award categories. It has become the focal point of the Winter Music Conference in Miami. Over the years, the south London club has… View this story
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Nathan Short 03/05/10 10:30 AM, 3 CommentsIt’s a slate gray spring afternoon and I find myself crammed in the back of a creaking Econoline van making its way across the Midwestern prairie to a club gig tonight in central Iowa. We’ve gone from the man-made peaks and valleys of downtown Chicago through the bland sameness of the northern suburbs and now find ourselves looking out across thousands of square miles of dormant brown fields that occasionally yield to exit ramps and truck stops. Only three hours… View this story
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
PSW Staff 08/25/09 02:17 PM, 0 CommentsThe NSCA Education Foundation has re-elected Tom Frericks, president of Copp Systems Integrator, as the president of the NSCA Education Foundation Board of Directors. T The board also elected Daniel Nix, vice president of sales – Americas, Bosch Security Systems, Communications Systems Division, to serve as a director. Since 1999, the NSCA Education Foundation has created educational opportunities to grow the commercial electronic systems industry. By providing financial assistance through scholarships, student memberships and the creation of an endowment for… View this story
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Monday, August 17, 2009
PSW Staff 08/17/09 11:28 AM,Mackie describes the HD1531 as a “15” High-Definition Powered Loudspeaker System”. Yep, it’s got a 15” woofer, and it’s a three-way system, and it’s powered. Now what’s all this about being “High Definition”? I suppose I could try to explain it, but it might be easier if you just go here (pdf) and get the Mackie explanation. The ordinary every-day non-HD attributes of this powered loudspeaker include 900 watts of power with an 1800 watt peak. Power is divided 700/100/100… View this story
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
PSW Staff 08/04/09 11:23 AM, 1 CommentRegional live event production company SLS Productions recently provided JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays for the 3-day, fourth annual Dubai Bike Week celebration. The festival, which drew more than 25,000 visitors, motorcycle lovers and Harley-Davidson club members, was capped off with a concert by the iconic hard rock group Deep Purple. Event promoters Live Nation and MECOM contracted SLS Productions to provide the sound, lighting and video systems for the event. Held in Festival City, Dubai Bike Week featured the… View this story
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Monday, July 27, 2009
PSW Staff 07/27/09 10:32 AM, 0 CommentsNearly 600 drummers got their chance to be in the global spotlight earlier this month, as they raised funds for a leading UK multiple sclerosis charity, setting a new world record into the bargain. And helping to keep them all in time was a Yamaha M7CL console. Part of the National Rock and Pop festival, which also incorporated the Guitarfest and Drumfest trade shows, the “Stick It To MS” world record attempt was hosted by comedian and actor John ‘Jazz… View this story
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
PSW Staff 07/09/09 08:26 AM, 1 CommentTurner Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, originally opened as the Centennial Olympic Stadium for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Following the games, it was converted to a baseball park, with was part of the plan all along, and the Braves moved in at the start of the 1997 season. A new stadium-wide sound reinforcement system for the 49,000-seat venue, implemented this past off-season, features a distributed approach, utilizing custom-built loudspeakers that would easily be installed in… View this story
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Monday, July 06, 2009
PSW Staff 07/06/09 07:14 AM, 0 CommentsBritish indie rockers Doves are currently headlining their first world tour in four years in support of their latest and fourth outing, Kingdom of Rust. Front of House Engineer Paul Ramsay specified a DiGiCo SD7 digital console for the U.K./Ireland bigger venue shows and a DiGiCo SD8 digital console for the smaller club tour in the U.S. Meanwhile, Monitor Engineer Ian Barton has been using an SD8 for the entire tour run. As a result of the band’s streamlined transportation… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Engineer • Monitoring • Processor • Software • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Friday, June 12, 2009
PSW Staff 06/12/09 04:29 PM, 0 CommentsIK Multimedia has announced a program of free Guitar Recording Master Classes, a series of free worldwide clinics and workshops teaching how to record and produce guitar and bass tracks. Sponsored by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Hal Leonard Corporation, SAE Institute and Sonoma Wire Works, workshops cover: · How to properly set up the signal chain for digital recording · How to make your guitar and bass tracks sound the way you want them to sound · How to properly… View this story
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