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Monday, May 04, 2009
PSW Staff 05/04/09 02:49 PM, 0 CommentsA remix project on the classic hit “Brick House” with the song’s original artists, The Commodores, presented Producer Allen Morgan an opportunity to use his Focusrite Liquid Mix to accentuate the old-school vibe of the song using vintage compressor and EQ emulation plug-ins while also introducing modern elements with the Liquid Mix’s modern emulations. Morgan took the roles of producer and remixer, with the goal of creating a modern, club-friendly take on this classic funk/soul single. Lead vocalist and drummer… 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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Monday, April 06, 2009
PSW Staff 04/06/09 01:57 PM, 1 CommentSoundcraft has taken the MPM and MFX Series of mixers and given them both hardware and audio performance upgrades, with both introduced at the 2009 ProLight+Sound/Muzikmesse in Frankfurt. The new Soundcraft mixers, known as the MFXi and MPMi Series (emphasizing the high input count on each), build on the strength of the original range by using vertically mounted PCBs with the control pots being nutted to the front panel. This not only increases the rigidity of the mixer and gives… View this story
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
PSW Staff 04/02/09 08:22 AM, 0 CommentsThe new Solid State Logic (SSL) X-Desk is a compact, “superanalogue” line mixer with eight dual-input mono channels, stereo and mono auxiliary sends and comprehensive monitoring control. It was unveiled at the 2009 ProLight+Sound/Musikmesse in Frankfurt. X-Desk was created to offer a desk with components and features mirroring its popular Duality, AWS 900+ SE, Matrix & C200 HD consoles in a compact and portable format. It features a 16-channel SSL SuperAnalogue summing mixer with a compact analogue audio hub for… View this story
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
PSW Staff 03/17/09 12:11 PM, 0 CommentsSeveral top drummers are integrating Geoffrey Daking & Co. microphone preamps, equalizers and compressors into their recording setups, including, most recently, Dave Weckl, as well as manufacturer Drum Workshop and Billy Ward. Jazz-fusion drummer Weckl equipped his Los Angeles studio with thirteen channels of Daking mic preamps and a pair of compressors. “I have five Mic Pre/EQs, for kick, two snares and overheads, and two Mic Pre IVs for toms, room and anything else I record. I also have two… View this story
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PSW Staff 03/17/09 07:54 AM, 0 CommentsOn the upcoming Steve Miller Band concert tour, slated to kick off in May, the band’s monitor engineer, Ira Malek, will be utilizing a Yamaha PM5D digital console. With most of his mix years spent at front of house, Malek began using a Yamaha PM5D when it first became available for a Good Charlotte show in New York’s MTV Studio. “There is always something new to learn on the PM5D, and when I find a new function or technique, I… View this story
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Friday, February 27, 2009
PSW Staff 02/27/09 08:53 AM, 1 CommentDoug Rogers, founder of the EastWest software instrument company, has purchased and re-opened the recording studio located at 6000 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the site of historic recordings by a who’s who of the last four decades, from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra through The Beach Boys to Green Day and Madonna. In the process of restoring the facilities to their former glory and relocating EastWest’s operations to the complex, Rogers outfitted the three principal control rooms with soffit-mounted ATC… View this story
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Friday, February 20, 2009
PSW Staff 02/20/09 06:45 AM, 0 CommentsBSS Audio has added a cost-effective break-out box to its Soundweb London family of digital signal processors - the new BLU-BOB output expander - which compliments the seven other members of the Soundweb London family and represents a 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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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dave Dermont 02/18/09 11:43 AM, 0 CommentsEver since my most recent steady house gig became not quite so steady, I’ve been banished to a 14-foot straight truck to do gigs that usually come at the last minute. In fact, last minute gigs have become the rule instead of the exception. I used to consider getting booked for a Saturday gig on the prior Tuesday as a tight timeframe. Lately, Saturday night bookings are arriving on Saturday afternoon. The gig I’m writing about here, however, was booked… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Blog • Lizard's Lounge • Opinion • Business • Concert • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Stage -
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
PSW Staff 02/03/09 05:02 PM, 0 CommentsRoland Systems Group (RSG) has introduced the RSS M-48 Live Personal Mixer and RSS S-4000D Splitter and Power Distributor, an innovative monitoring solution for live performance and studio applications. Providing performing musicians with very high sound quality and flexibility in their individual stage mix, the M-48 offers control over 40 audio sources that can be easily managed in 16 assignable stereo groups. The playing experience is enhanced with level/pan/solo/three-band EQ on each group, high quality built-in reverb for a more… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Church Sound • Product • Slideshow • Concert • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Studio
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