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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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10/31/12 12:10 PM,
The newly launched Soundcraft Si Performer integrated sound and lighting control console recently made its touring debut in support of a series of U.K. dates by Kyla La Grange. West Country PA company Amber Audio is the first rental house to pilot the board, with co-owner Paul Bullimore providing the mix. Amber Audio was already a fan of Soundcraft technology, with an inventory including GB4, GB8, K1 and Series 2—as well as the Si Compact 32, which Bullimore and partner…
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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10/30/12 01:39 PM,
Mix One, a new music mixing and recording venture located within the historic Coast Recorders studio complex on Mission Street in San Francisco, has opened for business with a 32-channel Rupert Neve Designs 5088 analog mixing console. The new 5088 desk provides critical summing, routing and mixing functionality in the newly refurbished Mix One control room, which is equipped with a wall-to-wall credenza outfitted with high-end analog microphone preamplifiers, equalizers and dynamics processors, as well as an array of reverb…
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Monday, October 29, 2012
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10/29/12 11:54 AM,
Few internationally renowned artists begin holding regular concerts at over 70 years of age but, since 2001, legendary soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone, who began his career over fifty years ago, has directed his music before spellbound audiences in venues such as Radio City Music Hall, Verona Arena, Royal Albert Hall, the Kremlin, the Vatican’s Nervi Hall, the UN General Assembly and St. Mark’s Square in Venice. For one of the ‘maestro’s’ most recent concerts, staged on Rimini promenade, in a…
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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10/24/12 09:27 AM,
Originally constructed in 1919 as an elementary school, the Henegar Center for the Arts in Melbourne, Fla., opened in 1993 as a performing arts center with a 493-seat proscenium style theatre designed by Tony Award winning Broadway designer Peter Feller. Equipped with state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, the Henegar Center hosts a wide variety of live performances including plays, musicals and concerts. To meet the growing challenges of today’s technically sophisticated performances, the Henegar Center recently upgraded its audio system…
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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10/10/12 05:49 PM,
From its humble beginnings as a summer Bible school in the 1930s, Valley Forge Christian College (VFCC) has built a well-deserved reputation as a respected institution of arts and sciences. As part of the Assemblies of God Fellowship, VFCC belongs to a networked family of more than 30,000 independent colleges and universities worldwide. Every year, the Assemblies of God sponsors an annual Fine Arts Festival as part of its recruiting drive. The Festival, held in a different major city each…
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PSW Staff
10/10/12 03:10 PM,
The New England School of Communications (NESCOM) is a private institution in Bangor, Maine that instructs over 500 undergraduates in the technically-demanding fields of audio engineering, Internet communications, video production, journalism, marketing communications, and broadcasting. In order to fulfill the needs of its growing audio engineering focus, NESCOM recently installed a second thirty-two channel API 1608 small-frame console at its facility, which already includes a large-format API Vision console, as well as the school’s original API 1608. The new console…
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Friday, October 05, 2012
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10/05/12 07:48 AM,
Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL has installed a new Allen & Heath iLive T112 digital console and iDR-48 mix rackbringing the city’s only larger performance venue current with today’s technology. Built in 1991, the auditorium presents nearly 20 student and faculty directed performances throughout the year. In addition, the 815- seat venue is used by professional and community groups for a large variety of entertainment including symphonies, musicals, lectures and film festivals. The iLive system was…
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10/05/12 06:40 AM,
The last three years have been busy ones for the Assembly of Yahweh 7th Day near Cisco, Texas, and the Dallas-area office of Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro). In that time, GC Pro has helped the church and its pastor, Farris Wilks, and his family build a recording studio at the Wilks’ home in Cisco and significantly upgrade the church’s AV. In 2011, after initial plans, GC Pro contracted Horacio Malvicino, Managing Director of the Malvicino Design Group, a Forest…
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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09/26/12 01:21 PM,
In their pursuit of quality, versatility and durability, technology specifiers at SAE Institute in Amsterdam weren’t in any doubt that the Audient ASP8024 was the right choice for them when upgrading one of their studios recently. The purchase of the 36 channel, large format console with producers desk has certainly proved popular with the Head of the Audio Department, Bruce Gibb. “The desk is an absolute treat,” he says, describing how it facilitates the way his students start to grasp…
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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09/25/12 12:53 PM,
On September 17, 2012 the Rachael Ray Show officially moved to beautiful new digs for the Season 7 opener, and broadcast mixer Bob Aldridge and front of house mixer John Bates, are taking along their trusty Yamaha M7CL-48 and DM2000 Digital Consoles. Produced by CBS Television Distribution and KWP Studios, in association with Harpo Studios, Scripps Networks and Watch Entertainment, the hugely successful syndicated daytime program originally launched in the fall of 2006. “An M7CL-48 and DM2000 are both used…
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