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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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06/09/09 08:25 AM,
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U.K. rental company SSE has supplied a Midas PRO6 live audio system for Maximo Park’s sell-out U.K. academy tour, with a Klark Teknik DN9696 was used to record all shows, including support bands, which were also mixed on the PRO6. FOH engineer Huw Richards had used an XL8 for orchestral concerts in the past, but this was his first time on a PRO6. “What I love about this board more than anything is the feel of it: it’s like Midas…
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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05/20/09 08:22 AM,
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Audio-Technica (A-T) has announced that Steve Savanyu, A-T Director, Educational Services, has been awarded status as an Adjunct Faculty Instructor for InfoComm Academy. InfoComm Academy is the educational body of InfoComm International. Savanyu joined Audio-Technica in 2000 and, prior to his current positions, has held the titles of Market Manager, Installed Sound, Broadcast & Theater; and Marketing Manager, Training and Seminars. He formerly owned and operated Stonewood Studios, an audio/video production company in Geneva, Illinois, and he is also involved…
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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05/19/09 08:47 AM,
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ABC Television’s “Dancing with the Stars” program continues to be a ratings juggernaut, pulling in 22.5 million viewers for the premier episode of the reality show’s eighth season in March, and also this season, the show has made a number of refinements to its complement of Sennheiser equipment, with production mixer Evan Adelman adding 11 MKH 8000 Series condensers for coverage of the 18-piece orchestra. Further, two of the new Sennheiser crystallized SKM 5200 RF handheld microphones have also been…
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Monday, April 20, 2009
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04/20/09 11:38 AM,
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AKG announced the release of the redesigned C 3000 condenser microphone, which maintains the popular performance characteristics of the original but with a new sleek finish. “Since 1993, the C 3000 has become a standard for a wide range of applications,” states Thomas Stubics, Product Marketing Manager for Recording and Broadcast at AKG. “The only thing our customer wanted us to change was the appearance so we included AKG’s new Corporate Design, which has also been included on recently launched…
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
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04/08/09 09:11 AM,
At the 2009 ProLight+Sound and Musikmesse in Frankfurt, ASL Intercom BV (Utrecht, Netherlands) unveiled a flexible new digital intercom system designed for critical performance applications, made up of components that include the Master Matrix (DS 4000 M), the 16-channel Speaker Station (DS 1640) and the 2-channel Beltpack (DS 290). By implementing recent advances in core networking technologies, the ASL Digital Intercom System enables greater configuration flexibility while at the same time offering exclusive new features. For example, ASL Digital Intercom…
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
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03/26/09 07:18 AM,
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At the upcoming Musikmesse in Frankfurt, TC Electronic is introducing the BMC-2, a dedicated digital-to-analog converter and monitor control that’s suited for use with digital and analog loudspeakers. The BMC-2 is a self-contained desktop unit and can be operated without a Mac or PC (although it interfaces easily with both), providing instant control of sound levels and switching between three digital input sources – S/PDIF, AES3, TOS and ADAT. It also confirms if inputs are synchronous. The BMC-2 drives one…
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Friday, March 13, 2009
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03/13/09 03:41 PM,
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Sennheiser is launching two new products to enhance its 2020-D-US assistive listening system for installed applications - the new SR 2020-D-US rack-mount transmitter and the L 2021-40 charging unit, both additions to the HDE 2020-D-US stethoset receivers. In addition to assistive listening, the 2020-D-US can also be utilized for visual description and language transmission in conferences, museums, theaters, and houses of worship. The digital system transmits on up to eight license-free frequencies and is ready for operation immediately with minimal…
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Monday, February 23, 2009
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02/23/09 07:25 AM,
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The new House of Blues in Houston, a 43,000-square-foot facility located in the recently opened $200 million Houston Pavilions complex, features a wide assortment of Sennheiser and Neumann microphones. The Houston venue joins the dozen House of Blues establishments (all of which are part of the Live Nation company) in the U.S. to utilize Sennheiser evolution wireless and Neumann wired vocal microphones, evolution instrument mics as well as evolution wireless personal monitoring systems. The equipment list at each House of…
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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02/03/09 05:02 PM,
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Roland Systems Group (RSG) has introduced the RSS M-48 Live Personal Mixer and RSS S-4000D Splitter and Power Distributor, an innovative monitoring solution for live performance and studio applications. Providing performing musicians with very high sound quality and flexibility in their individual stage mix, the M-48 offers control over 40 audio sources that can be easily managed in 16 assignable stereo groups. The playing experience is enhanced with level/pan/solo/three-band EQ on each group, high quality built-in reverb for a more…
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
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01/08/09 03:48 PM,
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KRK Systems has announced the worldwide availability of its highly-anticipated ERGO (Enhanced Room Geometry Optimization), a stand-alone hardware room correction system that corrects recording studio acoustics and is compatible with all recording and monitoring systems. In addition to room correction, ERGO also features: • Focus/Global Correction – Correction for a single listening (focus) position or for an entire room (global) so all listeners can enjoy corrected sound quality • A/B Speaker Controls – Enables or disables the audio being sent…
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