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Friday, April 17, 2009
James Cadwallader 04/17/09 10:09 AM,A few nights ago, I attended the gig of a friend of mine who plays guitar. He’s a great player and a pretty cool guy. Sound-wise, there was a lot of stage wash that helped make the room sound muddy, and the house mix wasn’t doing much to help bring some presence and clarity to the whole picture. I took a peek at the console and was glad to see the main fader at unity, though the submix faders were… View this story
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Monday, April 13, 2009
PSW Staff 04/13/09 08:22 AM, 0 CommentsBSS Audio has added a cost-effective break-out box to its acclaimed Soundweb London family of digital signal processors, with the new BLU-BOB output expander complimenting the seven other members of the Soundweb London family and representing an inexpensive solution to increasing the number of outputs in a Harman HiQnet networked system. The BLU-BOB features eight analog audio outputs on standard terminal block connectors and the 256-channel, low latency, fault tolerant digital audio bus, also found on the BLU-800, BLU-320, BLU-160… View this story
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
PSW Staff 04/09/09 11:42 AM,At the 2009 Prolight+Sound - Musikmesse in Frankfurt, OPTOCORE introduced the X6R and V3R, two new signal converter devices, both housed in 1U enclosures. The 16-channel X6R offers flexibility with two card slots on the back panel that can be equipped with five different card types. It converts analog signals (16 inputs, 16 outputs, 8 inputs and 8 outputs, dual microphone inputs with two independent adjustable gains) to AES/EBU or it can serve as a sample rate converter for AES3… View this story
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
PSW Staff 04/02/09 09:42 AM, 0 CommentsJBL Professional has introduced two new additions to its PRX Series, including the PRX512Mi multipurpose powered loudspeaker and the PRX718S high-performance powered subwoofer. These additions bring the total number of models in the PRX Series to seven. The PRX512Mi is a 12-inch, two-way, truly multipurpose, self-powered loudspeaker system, with a frequency range of 46 Hz to 20 kHz. It includes a 12-inch Differential Drive woofer, a neodymium compression driver mounted to a 70- x 70-degree horn, all driven by a… View this story
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
PSW Staff 04/01/09 09:51 AM, 0 CommentsAutoTouchPlus, the dynamic automation system that is part of the Studer Vista 7 and Vista 8 consoles, is now also available on the Studer Vista 5. The recent upgrade means that the Vista 5, which is primarily a live production console, can now also be used for post production work, for example between live sessions. All parameters of the console can be automated against timecode, in the most simple and intuitive way, using touch sensitive faders and Vistonics encoders. The… View this story
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
PSW Staff 03/26/09 07:18 AM, 0 CommentsAt the upcoming Musikmesse in Frankfurt, TC Electronic is introducing the BMC-2, a dedicated digital-to-analog converter and monitor control that’s suited for use with digital and analog loudspeakers. The BMC-2 is a self-contained desktop unit and can be operated without a Mac or PC (although it interfaces easily with both), providing instant control of sound levels and switching between three digital input sources – S/PDIF, AES3, TOS and ADAT. It also confirms if inputs are synchronous. The BMC-2 drives one… View this story
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