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Monday, January 30, 2012
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01/30/12 05:30 PM,
Internationally renowned guitar duo, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, recently embarked on their EU tour, cutting out the big production and stripping back to just two people and two guitars. Performing in a handful of intimate venues across Europe, the tour also carried a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital system, comprising the iDR-16 MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmount Control Surface, with a Dante audio interface card for virtual soundcheck. “We kept all the gear down to just what we could carry,” comments…
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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01/23/12 08:00 AM,
Avid (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the VENUE SC48 Remote System, a compact digital live sound system that delivers the revered sound quality, deep Pro Tools integration, and direct plug-in support of the award-winning VENUE SC48, now with remote I/O functionality for increased flexibility. Consisting of the SC48 console and new VENUE Stage 48 remote box, Ethernet Snake Card, and VENUE 3 software, the SC48 Remote System is an alternative to the all-in-one SC48, enabling engineers to place the I/O away…
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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Soundcraft today announced that audio engineer and production manager Kenneth Williams will appear at Soundcraft’s “Mixing With Professionals” seminar on December 6 in Miami. Williams is the front of house engineer and production manager for Erykah Badu on her current world tour, and has worked with artists including Estelle, Raheem DeVaughn, Corbin Bleu, LL Cool J, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, the Goo Goo Dolls and many others. Williams is a longtime user of the Soundcraft Vi6 digital console and will…
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Friday, October 21, 2011
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10/21/11 09:45 AM,

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DiGiCo has announced the debut of the SD10-24, a console that boasts features and benefits that instantly distinguish it from the others in the SD Series, just in a more compact package. “When we introduced the SD8-24, which was primarily designed with the corporate market in mind, it was an immediate hit,” says James Gordon, DiGiCo’s managing director. “The SD10-24 is based on the same thinking; to provide a smaller footprint console for a particular segment of the market, but…
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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Following a period of extensive testing and training initiated by Midas consoles Benelux, the XL8 was the console of choice for Dutch singing superstar Marco Borsato for his recent sold-out 3Dimensions arena tour across Belgium and the Netherlands. Axel Nagtegaal, MD of Midas consoles Benelux, provided Borsato’s crew with local and technical support, a gesture appreciated by FOH engineer Barak Koren and Will Jan Pielage, owner of PA rental company Peak Audio. The tour marked a digital first for Koren,…
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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Group One is pleased to announce the addition of Dave Roman to its Technical Sales and Support team, with an emphasis in broadcast applications. Roman brings over 15 years of proven experience in the areas of consultation, system design and integration, and installation and training to broadcast, recording/post production studios and live sound clients. For over a decade, he served as Senior Product Specialist/Applications Engineer at Dale Pro Audio, an industry leader in pro audio gear and systems. Prior to…
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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From “Cold As Ice” to “Waiting For A Girl Like You” and chart topper “I Want To Know What Love is”, Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world, racking up scores of smash hits, multi-platinum albums, and sold-out concert dates. Currently on tour and promoting their latest’ CD ‘Can’t Slow Down’, the band has chosen Lorenzo Banda to mix monitors and his choice of digital consoles is a Yamaha PM5D-RH. Banda, is…
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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When Christina Aguilera postponed her 2010 Bionic Tour in the spring, engineer Jon Lemon was able to transition his gig—and the DiGiCo SD8 he was using for the tour’s promo leg—onto a Smashing Pumpkins’ run. Having worked extensively on an SD7 over the last few years with artists including Janet Jackson, Lemon wanted to use the few one-off gigs for Aguilera, including a VH1 “Storytellers” taping, to try out the SD7’s sibling. “I decided to go with the SD8 as…
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Monday, August 16, 2010
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Despite having been through more ups and downs than virtually any other band, 1960s folk-rock legends Crosby, Stills & Nash are still touring. They are currently mid-way through an extensive tour, which has taken in a wide variety of venues and festivals throughout the US and Europe. Helping the band to win over more admirers on every tour is Front of House engineer Kevin Madigan with his DiGiCo D5. “The D5 is my console of choice, I’ve been using DiGiCo…
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Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system was used to manage two recent music festivals held in Switzerland. For the second year in a row, Allen & Heath’s iLive digital system was used to mix monitors at Switzerland’s Festival de Loup in Corbeyrier. The two day festival is a celebration of everything Celtic, with Celtic food, folk tales, dance and music, featuring top Irish band, Grada, and top French band, Blackwater. A modular iLive system consisting of an iDR10 MixRack…
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