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Thursday, January 29, 2009
PSW Staff 01/29/09 10:30 AM, 1 CommentOrlando, FL-based Total Entertainment Productions utilized Lectrosonics wireless microphone and instrument systems for the recent “Word Out” Festival Battle Of The Bands, an Orlando-area festival featuring live performances by 15 bands. Total Entertainment Productions, headed by Ted Morgan, supplied the Lectrosonics gear for all performers as part of its role as the live sound reinforcement supplier for the event. Morgan also performed house mix duties throughout the festival. “To help expedite changeovers,” said Morgan, “the musicians simply carried their guitars… View this story
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Monday, January 26, 2009
PSW Staff 01/26/09 02:32 PM, 2 CommentsRenowned sound engineer Bruce Swedien is sharing his hard-won expertise with the next generation of engineers in his master class, “Critical Listening with Bruce Swedien.” The recipient of five Grammy Awards and a leading architect of the contemporary pop aesthetic, Swedien is credited as engineering innumerable modern classics, including albums by Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, and Paul McCartney. He is well positioned to improve the perspective and technique of students, and does so with the help of Sennheiser and Neumann… View this story
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
PSW Staff 01/13/09 04:59 PM, 0 CommentsThe price of all new Drawmer equipment has been dropped by 25 percent in the U.S. All of Drawmer’s lines, including the MX Series, the ‘60s series, the Pro Series, the Digital Series, and the Signature Series, are included in the price reduction. These products will be on display at the TransAudio Group booth (#6849) at the Winter NAMM ‘09 Show in Anaheim. “It’s a point of pride that Drawmer still manufactures all of its equipment in the UK, as… View this story
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Friday, January 09, 2009
PSW Staff 01/09/09 04:23 PM, 0 CommentsJan Frederick Christoph Meyer (aka “Freddy”) is the newest member of the Meyer Sound European Technical Support team. “I am happy about becoming a part of the Meyer Sound family and joining the European Tech Support team,” says Freddy. “I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to participate in many different productions with Meyer Sound’s versatile and reliable gear. This experience will allow me to support Meyer Sound customers and provide the level of service the company is known… View this story
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Christopher Lyons 01/08/09 04:48 PM,In November, the Federal Communications Commission released the full text of its Second Report and Order approving the use of the “white spaces” – the TV channels that are not actually occupied by a broadcast station – by unlicensed consumer wireless devices. The FCC now refers to these as “TV Band Devices” or “TVBD’s”. The 130-page document provides details of the technical, operational, and regulatory requirements that the new devices will be subject to. The FCC’s attention to the needs… View this story
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Friday, January 02, 2009
PSW Staff 01/02/09 10:36 AM, 0 CommentsSAE Institute, provider of pro audio and multimedia education worldwide, is incorporating Euphonix MC Control and MC Mix media controllers into 25 SAE Institutes across four continents. The SAE Institute audio curriculum includes training on the world’s leading digital audio workstations to help prepare students for real world production situations. Euphonix Artist Series media controllers offer comprehensive control over Pro Tools, Logic Studio and many more software applications, providing SAE with considerable flexibility in integrating MC Control and MC Mix… View this story
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Mark Frink 12/31/08 12:35 PM, 0 CommentsThis year is the tipping point for digital consoles in regional and festival sound reinforcement. Discussions of sound quality aside, the benefits of digital consoles – consistency, repeatability, recall and automation – force users to adopt the new way and the advantage it brings to live events where the same console is not dragged from one gig to the next. Vendors contemplating the purchase of a console must ask themselves who will be using their new mixing board, who the… View this story
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
PSW Staff 12/30/08 04:01 PM, 0 CommentsTouring in support of their most recent album, Accelerate, R.E.M. selected Oxnard, California-based Rat Sound to handle sound reinforcement requirements, with Brett Eliason serving as FOH engineer and George Squiers handling monitor mix honors. Clair Brothers sublet two Midas XL8 digital mixing consoles (for house and monitors) to Rat Sound for the tour. “We pushed for the Midas consoles,” Eliason notes, adding, “Having the Midas preamps at the front end and a true 24-bit, 96 kHz digital resolution were the… View this story
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