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Thursday, March 17, 2011
David Scheirman 03/17/11 06:08 PM,Chances are you make at least part of your living with your ears. Stop and think about it. Could you perform your job as well…would your income level be the same…would your professional reputation be intact if you suffer severe hearing loss? Both musicians and the live sound technicians who work with them need to be able to hear things. Not just hear them well, but hear them better than the average person. This should make us stop and consider… View this story
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Pat Brown 10/12/10 12:48 PM, 0 CommentsFor most humans, there is nothing easier than breathing, seeing, smelling and hearing. We do these things without thought, and even take them for granted. Our senses were given to us to help us exist in a physical universe. They are transducers that allow physical stimuli to be converted into a form recognized by the brain. We are bombarded with stimuli every waking moment, and our brains are continuously processing the information to help us function in our environment. Of… View this story
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
PSW Staff 07/30/09 01:40 PM, 0 CommentsCelebrating the 40th anniversary of arguably one of the most significant musical event in history, Warner Home Video has released “Woodstock: 40th Anniversary—Ultimate Collector’s Edition” on Blu-Ray disc. The release features a re-mastered director’s cut of the original film, including many previously unreleased performances. Producer/engineer Eddie Kramer, who engineered the original recordings that captured the 1969 event, was called by Warner to mix this wealth of previously material. For the project, Kramer relied on a 5.1 JBL Professional LSR6300 studio… View this story
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
PSW Staff 06/17/09 01:56 AM, 0 CommentsSolid State Logic (SSL) has announced that the compact X-Desk, combining a 16 channel SSL SuperAnalogue summing mixer with a compact analogue audio hub, is now shipping. Small enough to be easily transported, X-Desk fulfills all the essentials of the audio mixing process, with typical SSL attention to detail and depth, including smooth 100mm faders, comprehensive artist & studio monitoring with Dim & Cut buttons, Stereo and Mono Aux sends, channel and Master Bus Inserts and accurate bar graph level… View this story
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
PSW Staff 06/03/09 08:01 AM, 0 CommentsTwo Yamaha PM5D-RH digital consoles are heading up audio production for the second season of Can You Duet , a performance-based reality TV series from the producers of American Idol that is taped at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville and shown on Country Music Television (CMT)/ One of the PM5D-RH is utilized with the house system, and the other is for monitors. In addition, Kooster McAllister’s Record Plant Remote rig, with dual Yamaha DM2000 digital consoles, is used for… View this story
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Friday, May 29, 2009
PSW Staff 05/29/09 03:32 PM, 1 CommentLeading touring company Sound Image recently invested in a pair of DiGiCo SD7 digital consoles and is supplying them for both house and monitor system duties on the current European concert tour by Lenny Kravitz. Kravitz is touring in support of the 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of his debut album Let Love Rule, and he has performed with DiGiCo consoles for several years. Monitor Engineer Kevin Glendinning has worked with Kravitz since the beginning of 2008, inheriting the job from… View this story
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
PSW Staff 05/28/09 10:13 AM, 0 CommentsA sound reinforcement system providing by Britannia Row and featuring dual Midas PRO6 digital mixing systems was utilized for the recent two week U.K. tour by Paolo Nutini. The PRO6s were used by Nutini’s Front Of House Engineer Graham ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson and Monitor Engineer Tom Howat, who was also mixing support band The Panics plus additional support acts appearing on the tour. Because the tour consisted mainly of smaller promotional gigs, the entire control system had to fit into a… View this story
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PSW Staff 05/28/09 09:45 AM, 0 CommentsHeld recently on the grounds of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, MerleFest celebrated its 22nd year with four days of music across 11 stages: Americana, Austin Songwriting, Cabin, Creekside, Dance, The Pit, Watson, Walker Center, Hillside, Little Pickers, and The Lounge, with a couple of ‘just get up and pick’ stages. Spearheaded by ‘B’ Townes from Wilkes Community College and ‘Doc’ Watson in memory of his son, guitar picker Eddy Merle Watson who died 24 years ago, the… View this story
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Young Soundman 05/22/09 09:35 AM, 0 CommentsDear Young Soundman, I finally got my first gig to tech a real system, using giant line arrays in a multi-level performance hall for a one-off performance of some ’70s band I’ve never heard of. I flew out and met the rest of the crew, and was told that the main person to make happy was the front-of-house operator. While this seems simple enough, he asked some basic questions like “How are you going to tune the room”, and so… View this story
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Monday, May 18, 2009
PSW Staff 05/18/09 02:37 PM, 0 CommentsHosa Technology, distributor of Da-Cappo Micro Microphones in the Americas, has announced the introduction of the Da-Cappo DA12 hardwired earset microphone. Ideal for use where the interfacing wireless microphone system remains constant, the new DA12 offers the same performance attributes of the original DA12, but with the added convenience of not having to worry about misplacing the cable and adaptor. The DA12 is specificed as having -45 dB sensitivity that makes it suitable for use with Lectrosonics, Sennheiser Evolution and… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • Product • Concert • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement
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