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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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08/26/09 12:18 PM,
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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 03:47 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 03:44 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
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08/17/09 03:20 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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08/17/09 09:08 AM,
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The Music Engineering and Technology Alliance has announced certification of the KM D series microphones, designed and manufactured by Neumann, a METAlliance Pro Partner. The alliance is working closely with manufacturers to evaluate, recognize, and certify products which meet the call for quality in the recording arts and science. “This is a great honor for us,” stated Robb Blumenreder, Neumann/Sennheiser Team Mgr. “The KM D Series of Solution-D microphones represents a milestone achievement in microphone technology for us at Neumann.…
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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The Southern Baptist Convention, held in June at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, was served by a sound reinforcement system powered by 24 new Yamaha TX6n amplifiers The Yamaha amplifiers were purchased from Capital Design Group by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) late last year, in preparation for this year’s event. The SBC-owned audio inventory is vast and can support crowds of up to about 15,000 in a convention center/exhibit hall/theater configuration. “We chose the new…
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Monday, August 10, 2009
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08/10/09 06:56 AM,
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When planning the upgrade from analog to digital for its Studio 12 in Montreal, CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s national public broadcasters, found that a 48-channel Solid State Logic C200 HD digital console with two SSL MORSE Stage Boxes was just what they needed for the new all-digital mission of the network. The C200 HD will be used for live to Pro Tools production and post production for radio and television presentations of music performances. “We needed to replace our old analogue console,…
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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AES has released details regarding 154 paper presentations for the upcoming 127th AES Convention, to be held in October (9 - 12) at the Javits Center in New York City. “Beyond the awards, workshops, special events and bustling exhibition halls, the exchange of significant technical information remains the backbone of every Audio Engineering Convention,” states 127th AES Convention Chair Agnieszka Roginska. “This mission is exemplified by a robust syllabus of Papers and Posters. AES Papers Committee Co-Chairs Veronique Larcher and…
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Friday, July 31, 2009
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JBL Professional has announced upcoming training dates for the worldwide VERTEC system owners group, with upcoming sessions slated for September 23-25, October 21-23 and November 18-20 at the JBL factory in Northridge, California The program is appropriate for VERTEC system owners and technicians, performance-venue audio staff who work with VERTEC system products in permanent facilities, and independent system engineers who encounter VERTEC systems in touring situations. The intensive three-day program provides attendees with a hands-on learning experience, resulting in formal…
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
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Reflecting the exponential growth of live sound as an increasingly significant component in the health of the pro audio industry, 127th AES Convention Live Sound Co-Chairs Henry Cohen and Mac Kerr have devised a broad program of critical events designed to keep the “Road Warriors” fully on top of their game. Presentations run the gamut from an assessment of the White Spaces issue to innovations for meeting the increasingly urgent need for compliance with the Green Movement. Live sound programs…
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