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  • Wednesday, January 21, 2009
    Massive Sound Reinforcement Deployed For The Inauguration Of President Barack Obama
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    PSW Staff 01/21/09 01:10 PM, 1 Comment
    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… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Amplifier • Consoles • Digital • Line Array • Networking • Processor • Sound Reinforcement

  • Winter NAMM ‘09 Sees Launch Of Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56, FX Suites
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    PSW Staff 01/21/09 12:48 PM, 0 Comments
    At the Winter NAMM ‘09 show, Focusrite unveiled is new Liquid Saffire 56 as well as two Focusrite FX Plug-in Suites. The Liquid Saffire 56 is the company’s new flagship Firewire interface, marrying Focusrite’s celebrated Liquid technology with its new generation of Firewire interfaces (led by the critically acclaimed Saffire Pro40). Two of the eight mic pre’s use the third generation of Liquid pre amps, building on technology used in the Liquid Channel and Liquid 4Pre. This means that as… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Product • Digital Audio Workstations • Digital • Processor • Studio

  • Monday, January 19, 2009
    JBL Professional Showcases Next Generation EON Loudspeakers At Winter NAMM ‘09
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    PSW Staff 01/19/09 05:21 PM, 0 Comments
    At Winter NAMM 2009, JBL Professional unveiled the next generation of EON portable loudspeakers, including five models spanning the new EON500 and EON300 Series. The new EON loudspeaker models feature deep-welled, full-size handles with ergonomically designed grip points, and also offer offering flexible mounting capability. “JBL has developed the new EON500 and EON300 series loudspeakers with the same dedication to performance and reliability as the original generation of EON products, while increasing portability, through an even lighter system and designed… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • Product • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer

  • Saturday, January 17, 2009
    QSC Introduces CSM Series Stage Monitors At Winter NAMM ‘09
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    PSW Staff 01/17/09 07:52 AM, 0 Comments
    QSC’s new CSM Series of stage monitors, making their industry debut at this year’s Winter NAMM Show, includes three models: the CSM10, CSM12, and CSM15. As the model numbers in the product group imply, the loudspeakers are respectively equipped with 10, 12, and 15-inch woofers. At the high-end within each of the horn-loaded, two-way cabinets, compression drivers outfitted with neodymium magnet structures, 3-inch voice coils, and 1.4-inch exits can be found. All feature a user-adjustable pattern control of the high… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • Product • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Stage

  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009
    Pete’s Place Audio Debuts New Brad Avenson-Designed 500 Series Compressor At Winter NAMM ‘09
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    PSW Staff 01/13/09 01:25 PM, 0 Comments
    Pete’s Place Audio is introducing a new a 500 Series compressor module known as the BAC-500. It will be unveiled at the company’s booth (#6290) at the Winter NAMM ‘09 Show in Anaheim. Designed by Brad Avenson of Austin, Texas-based Avenson Audio, the BAC-500—BAC being short for Brad Avenson Compressor—is a feedback-style FET compressor built around two discrete op amps and a custom wound output transformer. “We are thrilled to finally be collaborating with Brad on this project,” says Pete’s… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Product • Processor

  • Saturday, January 03, 2009
    Cerwin-Vega Debuts CVA-115 Active Subwoofer: Powerful Performance From Compact Design
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    PSW Staff 01/03/09 12:30 PM, 0 Comments
    Cerwin-Vega! has introduced the CVA-115 active subwoofer, the newest addition to the company’s Active Series of subwoofers. It will be on display in the Cerwin-Vega booth (#6866) at the upcoming Winter NAMM show in Anaheim. Much like its predecessors, the CVA-121 and CVA-118, the new CVA-115 features Cerwin-Vega’s driver design and bass performance incorporated in a small compact footprint. A built-in power amplifier provides a completely integrated active system and a functional cast aluminum grill doubles as a heat-sink to… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • Product • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer

  • Tuesday, December 02, 2008
    The Changing Nature Of Compression
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    Fletcher 12/02/08 07:02 PM, 0 Comments
    In the good old days of “making records” compression was mostly used as an envelope modification tool. But around the beginning of “the great loudness wars,” some famous studio mixer dudes found they could get more work done in a shorter period of time by removing all the dynamics from the music, then equalizing it into place in the sonic arrangement. Seeing as many of these dudes are charging several thousand dollars per song, and don’t really care how the… View this story
    Filed in: Processor