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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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02/10/09 08:41 AM,
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At the recent Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, the sound reinforcement systems for pregame and halftime performances, as well as several sound systems for related events, featured Yamaha digital consoles. ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA, supplier of audio production services to the Super Bowl, chose two Yamaha PM5D consoles for the system serving Raymond James Stadium for the big game, featuring performances by Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson. The halftime show received an assist by long-time Bruce Springsteen sound company…
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Friday, February 06, 2009
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02/06/09 10:37 AM,
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In an effort to make its services more engaging and relevant to an ever-expanding and diversified congregation, Haw River Christian Church, doing business as The Lamb’s Chapel in Haw River, NC, recently completed its new, two-story, 31,889 square foot worship center that’s headline by a new sound reinforcement system, as well as a dynamic video system. With the sanctuary providing a seating capacity ranging from 2,500-3,000 (depending upon the arrangement of the movable seating), the new complex takes advantage of…
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
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02/05/09 12:46 PM,
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With their mash-up of ‘80s synth pop and contemporary alt-rock, The Killers continue the’ momentum on 2009’s international jaunt in promotion of Day & Age, the band’s third outing. James Gebhard has enjoyed a lengthy tenure with the band as FOH engineer (and for a time, production manager), stretching back to the “early’“days in 2004 when they headlined club dates and played ensemble radio promo fests. Gebhard, who has also mixed for tours with The Strokes, The Vines, Ladytron, and…
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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02/03/09 10:22 AM,
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ARX Systems, the Australian-based manufacturer of Professional Audio Equipment, has appointed Scottsdale, Arizona-based Olsen Audio Group as its distributor for North America, including the United States, Canada and Mexico. Olsen Audio Group CEO Craig Olsen is a 40-plus-year veteran of the U.S and Japanese pro audio industries. Working in live sound since the late 1960’s, Olsen joined Yamaha Corporation in 1982, where he was instrumental in the design and manufacture of the ground-breaking PM3000 mixing console. In 1993, he formed…
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Monday, February 02, 2009
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02/02/09 10:05 AM,
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The new Soundcraft Si2 digital console is a smaller partner to the Si3 launched in September last year, providing a more compact and highly-featured digital console at a competitive price that is very well suited for applications where a smaller footprint is critical, such as theaters, houses of worship and smaller tour sound systems. The Si2 comes in a smaller footprint than its bigger brother, and has 48 mic inputs mapped on 24 faders (the Si3 has 64 inputs), but…
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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01/28/09 11:16 AM,
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Launched just four months ago, the Midas PRO6 live audio system has already been utilized for a wide range of tours and events around the world. In fact, the 100th PRO6 has now shipped, and an ever-growing order book is heading towards the next 100, which are being shipped as fast as they can be built. “We seem to have judged the market exactly right with the launch of PRO6,” says Midas sales and marketing director David Cooper. “We knew…
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Friday, January 23, 2009
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01/23/09 09:33 AM,
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Guitar Center and Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) have announced an agreement with AMS Neve stating that GC Pro is the exclusive U.S. sales channel for the new Neve Genesys, a custom-crafted, expandable analog recording console with digital workstation control, as well as related products. In coordination with the recently signed agreement, GC Pro has also announced four demonstration facilities throughout the U.S., in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and Miami. An additional flight-cased Genesys console will be moved on…
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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01/20/09 04:48 PM,
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Euphonix has announced the integration of its EuCon control protocol into Metric Halo’s MIO Console application, giving Euphonix’ Artist Series media controllers unmatched control over the Mobile I/O family of audio interfaces. MIO Console consolidates all of the controls for Metric Halo’s powerful Mobile I/O hardware into one easy to use window, and provides full control of every aspect of Mobile I/O. EuCon integration provides Euphonix MC Control and MC Mix users with hands-on control over a host of MIO…
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Monday, January 19, 2009
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01/19/09 11:52 AM,
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At Winter NAMM ‘09, Peavey introduced two new mixers to join the Peavey XR Series powered-mixer line, the XR 1220 console and rack-mountable XR 1212, featuring numerous Peavey technologies and extensive digital signal processing. The new XR 1220 and XR 1212 are based on dual 600-watt, class D power amplifiers that can be configured into five operating modes: Left & Right; Left & Right with Subwoofer; Main & Monitor; Main & Monitor with Subwoofer; and Monitor 1 and Monitor 2.…
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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01/13/09 08:20 AM,
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Radial Engineering has announced the new Radial SW4 Festival Switcher, a 19-inch (by 1U deep) rack-mount device is designed to allow several mixing consoles, a CD player, a stereo recorder, an i-Pod and a microphone to share the same PA system. The new SW4 will be on display at the Radial booth (#6959, Hall A) at the Winter NAMM ‘09 Show in Anaheim. According to Radial President Peter Janis: “We have noticed a growing demand from the touring market for…
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