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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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02/22/11 08:20 AM,
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Radial Engineering has announced the availability of the Workhorse Open Source Document (WHOS-Doc) – a free developer’s guide to building 500 series rack modules. The Workhorse is Radial’s next generation 500 Series frame. “When we first started to look into the 500 rack world, we were astonished to find out that there was no hard, factual standard for 500 series rack modules,” said company president Peter Janis. “And what little we could find from sources such as the VPR Alliance…
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Andy Wood
02/07/11 06:18 PM,
Many professional audio manufacturers are now actively producing their own proprietary network connection and control systems, thus enabling users to create and control products within the audio chain. While not a particularly new concept (Crown, for example, started the trend in the 1990s with the IQ computer control system for its amplifiers), recent years have seen a plethora of new solutions. Therefore, to partner this article on interconnection options, here’s a brief overview on the control and distribution solutions currently…
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Monday, December 27, 2010
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12/27/10 02:23 PM,
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Moving to strengthen the long-term R&D and product development programs for its ELAN, NILES, Xantech, Sunfire, and ATON brands, The AVC Group has announced the appointment of Jim Hardiman to the position of vice president of engineering, effective January 3, 2011. Hardiman will report directly to Mark Terry, president of The AVC Group, and will be based at the company’s Carlsbad, California corporate headquarters. “Jim Hardiman brings more than 35 years of proven innovation and standards-setting thinking to his new…
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Monday, April 12, 2010
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04/12/10 10:21 AM,
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Renkus-Heinz has expanded their engineering staff with the appointment of Derrick Pierce to the position of Staff Loudspeaker Engineer. The California native returns to the state after more than a decade in design engineering and product development with loudspeaker manufacturers JL Audio in Florida. A designer of several award-winning products, Pierce has also held high-level engineering positions with Niles Audio and Menlo Scientific., and contributed to the development of several patents. “I’m really pleased to be joining a…
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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Berkleemusic, the online school of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, is debuting the new online course “Audio Mastering Techniques” for their upcoming fall term, beginning September 28. Students will gain a thorough understanding of what is involved in creating a final master recording ready for duplication, replication, or online distribution. Course authors and instructors Marc Einstmann and Jonathan Wyner have over 40 years of professional mastering experience between them. Wyner, associate professor in the Music Production and Engineering department…
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Friday, August 28, 2009
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08/28/09 11:06 AM,
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In Howard Community College’s Smith Theater in Columbia, Maryland, a typical day might include everything from theater and film to lectures and meetings, with the occasional live concert thrown in as well. With inputs ranging from a single voice up to 56 inputs and outputs that might be mono, stereo or full surround sound, it was critical that this multifunctional space have a sound system with maximum flexibility and sonic clarity. The college chose an Allen & Heath iLive-112 digital…
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Boulder, Colorado’s Looking Glass Arts, which provides high school students filmmaking and acting tools, techniques, and craft combines top-flight equipment such as Sennheiser microphones, headphones and wireless packages with a teaching style that that purposefully melds technical skills, art, and philosophy. “As the tools have become cheaper, I’ve watched one art form after another,” Looking Glass Arts Co-founder Mickey Houlihan remarks. “Sound engineering is a great example – people used to devote their lives to understanding the tools and developing…
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Monday, August 24, 2009
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08/24/09 04:47 PM,
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Steinberg Media Technologies has released a set of updates to its software and hardware solution consisting of Cubase 5, MR816 CSX and CC121. The added capabilities include substantially extended control options for CC121, workflow enhancements for MR816 CSX/X as well as functional additions and refinements to Cubase 5. The updates further deepen the integration of the three components within the context of the Advanced Integration technology centred on the Cubase 5 Advanced Music Production System. All three updates are available…
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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08/21/09 04:44 PM,
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“Comprehensive network connectivity planning is not a discussion that can happen in fifteen minutes on a tradeshow floor,” says Lee Minich, President of Lab X Technologies. “For instance, we have many companies approaching us who have already made the strategic decision to use Audio-Video Bridging (AVB) as their networking platform.” AVB is an umbrella term for new IEEE standards that make both wired and wireless Ethernet networks capable of reliable real-time delivery of audio and video. The critical questions for…
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Mike Wireless
08/17/09 04:20 PM,
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Just a quick note to point out that there will be two wireless microphone-related panel discussions at the upcoming Audio Engineering Society convention to be held at the Javits Center in New York this October. The AES convention, which is held annually in the U.S. on alternating coasts, always has a number of excellent workshops and panels covering sound reinforcement, and this year, must-see subjects such as “AC Power and Grounding”, “Microphone Dressing” and “Church and House of Worship”, among…
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