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Monday, July 26, 2010
Dave Dermont
07/26/10 05:34 PM,
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There are advantages to getting older. Years of learning something new at every gig add up to that thing we call experience. You remember how well the first Soundcraft console you ever used responded to your touch. You recall, despite its simple interface and lack of things to tweak, how great the reverb of a Lexicon PCM-60 sounded. Another advantage to getting older is that the gear you lusted after as a youngster becomes affordable. The downside of this can…
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
PSW Staff
01/23/10 08:52 AM,
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Electro-Voice has added to the ZX loudspeaker family with the new ZXA1, self-powered version of the popular ZX1 compact two-way loudspeaker. Launching at Winter NAMM 2010, ZXA1 is powered by an 800 watt amplifier module derived from EV’s tour-class Tour Grade Series – amplifiers with audio quality and reliability proven at the very highest levels. ZXA1’s lightweight, super-durable molded enclosure ensures it looks as good as it sounds, incorporating a professional-grade 8-inch woofer and 1-inch titanium compression driver. Features: •…
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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10/14/09 07:17 AM,
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Electro-Voice EVA (line array) and EVF (front-load) loudspeakers, both new lines that launched this past summer, were recently chosen to head up a sound system upgrade project at Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church in Fall City, WA. This system upgrade was specified by Jeff Sanderson and Todd Gathany of Onpoint Designs and installed by leading regional sound company Morgan Sound. The system also features EV’s latest XCS312 cardioid pattern subwoofers. “Our EV rep Kevin Johnson (Left Coast Marketing) introduced us to…
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
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10/01/09 04:11 PM,

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Editor’s Note: We just received the following note from Thomas Hansen at Bosch. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Monte Wise, Systems Applications Specialist, Pro Sound, for the Bosch Communications Systems Division. Monte was an expert, a true professional. Monte’s ‘golden ears’ were second to none in the pro audio industry, and he helped perfect thousands of sound systems across the Americas, making friends everywhere he went. A model for others, Monte’s care for…
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Monday, September 28, 2009
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09/28/09 04:16 PM,
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Electro-Voice has announced the release of new LAPS V2.2A, the company’s line array modeling and design program. LAPS is an essential tool for sound system designers who use EV line array loudspeakers. Using LAPS, a designer can quickly enter an array design and assess its performance. LAPS can model a full sound system, including main arrays, secondary arrays such as delays and front-fills, and subwoofers. After the final system design is chosen, LAPS provides full rigging specifications. LAPS includes comprehensive…
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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09/22/09 08:30 AM,
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NLFX Professional recently installed an extensive new sound system headed by Electro-Voice components at Creekside Christian Fellowship, a church located southeast of Houston, Texas. With the help of EV’s IRIS-Net remote-control and supervision software, NLFX continues to monitor the performance of Creekside’s new system from its offices nearly 1,500 miles away in Bemidji, Minn. NLFX’s Travis Scharn described the project: “Creekside is really in the first of three stages of completion. At this point the main, 450-seat worship space acts…
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
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09/17/09 10:00 AM,
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Oxford, Alabama-based Sound Solutions recently completed one of the first house of worship installations of the new Electro-Voice EVA compact line array at Center of Hope Church in Anniston, Alabana. Balancing audio quality with efficiency and a host of unique, user-friendly features, EVA is the line array offering from the first generation of EV’s “EV-Innovation” family of installation-dedicated loudspeaker systems, stemming from the largest R&D project in the company’s 80-year history. EVA was selected to upgrade the sanctuary sound system…
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Monday, August 10, 2009
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08/10/09 08:22 AM,
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Bosch Communications Systems Division has announced the release of IRIS-Net V2.1.1 software offering new features developed for both live audio and installation markets. Additions such as two-, three-, four-, and five-way FIR-Drive DSP blocks for NetMax make it easier to take full advantage of the performance that Electro-Voice FIR-Drive processing and hardware technology offer. The newly added Scene Manager provides a new level of customization for control and recall of DSP parameters within EV NetMax. Additional User Controls and DSP…
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Friday, August 07, 2009
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08/07/09 11:47 AM,
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Crossword Christian Church in Riverside, California recently upgraded its sound reinforcement capability on a large scale replacing the systems in its sanctuary, courtyard, and children’s wing with an assortment of Electro-Voice equipment from CBC Technical of Murrieta, California. Crossword’s new sanctuary system includes five EV Phoenix PX2152 loudspeakers in a flown left-center-right configuration (including a central cluster of three), with two Phoenix EV PX2181 subwoofers on the ground at stage left and right, as well as Dynacord VL262s compact double-six-inch,…
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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07/28/09 08:09 AM,

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Patriot Place, with the help of Warwick, Rhode Island-based Ambient Sound, recently specified a new Electro-Voice sound system for “Rock the Plaza” events at the 1.3 million square-foot shopping, dining, and event destination adjacent to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, home of the NFL’s New England Patriots. The new system has provided a significant upgrade to the popular “Rock the Plaza” outdoor concert series, a weekly showcase for local musicians that runs from April to October each year. Prior to…
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