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Monday, December 22, 2008PSW Staff 12/22/08 11:20 AM, 0 CommentsL-ACOUSTICS’ Portuguese distributor Avitel has installed a dV-DOSC system into the main, 1,0000-capacity multipurpose hall at the Casino Figueira in the city of Figueira da Foz. The casino, which has recently been renovated, is more than 100 years old and features some historic frescoes on its domed ceiling. The main front of house system consists of six L-ACOUSTICS dV-DOSC line source cabinets and two dV-SUB subwoofers per side, each hang being driven by four L-ACOUSTICS LA8 amplifed controller racks. Further… View this story
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
PSW Staff 12/18/08 10:08 AM, 0 CommentsFor the premiere performance of the new Allen Cole musical The Miracle Man at Ryerson University, the sound quality of the wireless microphone systems that would be deployed was a major concern. Peter McBoyle, the Stratford, Ontario-based theatrical sound designer and consultant tasked with ensuring the best possible audio quality for the new Canadian musical, identified what he believes to be better solution, wireless equipment from Lectrosonics. McBoyle, who specializes in system specification, consultation, and sound design, discussed the challenges… View this story
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Monday, December 15, 2008
12/15/08 03:11 PM, 0 CommentsAtlas Pro Audio, a retailer, distributor, and manufacturer of professional audio equipment, has been appointed sole worldwide distributor for Burgin McDaniel Design, a Texas manufacturer of boutique analog audio gear. Nathan Eldred, CEO of Atlas Pro Audio, stated, “We are looking forward to working very closely with designers Kevin (Burgin) and Travis (McDaniel) and, given their track record, expect some really great things from them.” A following has already developed for their debut product, the Komit, a 500–series compressor/limiter which… View this story
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Mark Frink 12/10/08 02:35 PM, 0 CommentsGetting the call to mix monitors for Jessica Simpson earlier this year was my surprise birthday gift from FOH engineer Monty Lee Wilkes. Following a cross-country flight early the next morning, I was programming a Yamaha PM5D at Center Staging in Burbank for the debut performance of Jessica’s country music show at Country Thunder that weekend in Wisconsin. Jessica is as beautiful inside as out, a hard-working girl from Texas whose gift to audio is a dedication to her craft… View this story
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Wednesday, November 05, 200811/05/08 09:53 AM, 0 CommentsThe Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday (November 4) to allow technology companies like Google, Microsoft, Dell, and Motorola to produce “white spaces” devices that will use the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum now being used by wireless microphone systems. Final text of the rules is not yet available, but the order is purported to greatly reduce the amount of clear spectrum available for use by professional audio and communications equipment. The Commission adopted certain important elements of Shure’s recent wireless… View this story
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Monday, August 18, 2008
08/18/08 04:33 PM, 0 CommentsIn addition to hosting events at its headquarters in Lake Forest, California, and its other Southern California locations in San Clemente, Irvine, and Corona, Saddleback Church sponsors events at a number of regional campus churches. The church utilizes StageGear cases and other products to transport and haul its expensive equipment in trucks and trailers and hauling it to the wide assortment of venues. “We use many different StageGear cases,” observes Saddleback technical director Greg Baker, who oversees the church’s audio,… View this story
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Friday, August 15, 2008
PSW Staff 08/15/08 01:36 PM, 0 CommentsA number of leading Nashville-based music interests told the Federal Communications Commission today that allowing millions of wireless devices to operate in the same spectrum as wireless microphones without failsafe protections would be a “catastrophe.” United in one voice, the music interests said they are “disturbed” by manufacturers who are anxious to produce new television white space devices and, in the process, are pushing the FCC to “discount – even overlook” the poor performance prototype technology platforms have had in… View this story
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