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Thursday, June 11, 2009
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06/11/09 12:35 PM,
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EAW has unveiled the new MicroSub stage subwoofer, the latest addition to the company’s MicroWedge Series of stage monitor products. The single-15-inch enclosure is a high-quality, high-volume, ultra-versatile stage and small venue subwoofer, designed to address the unique environment of onstage low frequency demands. The MicroSub can be configured and interlocked in a huge range of different combinations – by itself, with other MicroSubs or with other MicroWedge units. Small pads and recesses are located on its sides, top and…
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
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06/04/09 10:43 AM,
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With an original sound that is equal parts indie rock and hip-hop, duo Chester French has been on the fast track to fame ever since their first hit single “She Loves Everybody” debuted last November. After months of shows and TV appearances, the release of their first album, “Love the Future,” and a U.S. tour with Lady Sovereign, the pair of Harvard alumni will embark for Europe, returning home in July to begin opening for punk rockers Blink-182 on their…
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
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06/03/09 10:22 AM,
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Members of four disparate bands - Cheap Trick, Hanson, Smashing Pumpkins, and Fountains of Wayne - have formed Tinted Windows, a power pop music “super-group” with all players utilizing Sennheiser e 935 wired microphones for live performances. Mike Fanuele, who has worked with Dashboard Confessional and Fountains of Wayne, among others, served as the band’s house and monitor sound engineer (in addition to production and tour manager_ for three SXSW gigs and a subsequent two-week tour that hit New York,…
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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05/26/09 11:28 AM,
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Work was proceeding normally in the design and construction of the new 550-seat sanctuary for the Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, when something unexpected occurred. Dan Redman, president of Spinnaker Multimedia Solutions (Malvern, PA), audio-video-lighting (AVL) integrator for the project, explains: “Everything had been moving forward nicely when the builder hit bedrock in the foundation causing a delay in the project. About that time, our rep called to say Allen & Heath had announced the iLive-T at the NAMM show.…
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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04/21/09 08:48 AM,
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Both Shure and Sennheiser microphones were utilized in abundance at the recent 44th Annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards show, which was broadcast on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. ATK Audiotek provided production for the show, with monitor mixer Michael Parker working alongside Robert Brogden, who handled all of the wireless personal monitor assignments for 16 stereo mixes and 32 receiver packs. Artists utilizing Sennheiser wireless and wired microphones included Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton…
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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04/14/09 07:21 AM,
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EASTWEST has announced a power-packed upgrade for the popular Quantum Leap SD2 virtual instrument software with SD2 PRO Upgrade, which made its European debut at the 2009 Prolight+Sound-Musikmesse in Frankfurt. “Building on the fantastic response to the SD2, we have created an exciting upgrade package that features a generous combination of new percussion sounds and a collection of the ’best of sounds’ from the SD1 package,” states Quantum Leap producer Nick Phoenix. “We are sure the combination of new additions…
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Friday, April 10, 2009
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04/10/09 07:37 AM,
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Producer and engineer Greg Ladanyi, known for his work with Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley and Toto, has installed a pair of ATC (Acoustic Transducer Company) SCM50ASL Pro active three-way monitors in his studio at Maple Jam Music Group. The one-room facility focuses on pre-production, tracking and mixing for the group’s roster of artists, which include Anna Vissi, Type O Negative, and Hollywood Undead. The SCM50ASL Pro mid-field systems, which each incorporate a one-inch dome tweeter, three-inch custom Super…
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