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Thursday, July 29, 2010
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07/29/10 08:28 AM,
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A-Designs Audio announces that Musicians Institute on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles will be hosting a free event known as “Ask The Mixers” starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25. Sponsored by A-Designs, Pearlman Microphones, Pete’s Place Audio and Ronan’s Recording Show, the evening will bring together a panel of five professional engineers from the L.A. area who will share their insights into the craft and business of mixing music. A question and answer session with the audience will…
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
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The current tour by Green Day sees the band utilizing Telefunken Elektroakustic M80 dynamic microphones for all vocals and various instruments, while at Ocean Way Recording to record the album “21st Century Breakdown,” all of Billie Joe Armstrong’s vocals were recorded with his new Telefunken U-47 and all of Mike Dirnt’s vocals used the new company’s new ELA M 251. Both large diaphragm tube microphones are manufactured in the meticulous reproduction of masterpiece microphones of the past. “The M80s are…
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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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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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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07/29/09 01:10 PM,
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Two of rock’s most legendary performers, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, recently reunited to tour North America, with premier rental firm Sound Image supplying JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays powered by Crown Audio amplifiers for the high-profile project. Industry veteran and Clapton’s longtime live sound engineer Robert Collins handled mixing duties at front of house. A sell-out reunion date at New York’s Madison Square Garden last year paved the way for the 2009 “Two Legends, One Live Experience” tour, which…
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Friday, July 10, 2009
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Euphonix recently played host to back-to-back audio industry events celebrating the achievements of hi-end film studios in both Los Angeles and London. On June 25 in Los Angeles, Euphonix and Todd-AO threw a party at the legendary Todd-AO Hollywood film studios celebrating the grand re-opening of the facility’s two newly renovated Stage 1 and 2 dubbing theaters, each featuring a dual-operator Euphonix System 5 digital audio mixing console. This brings the total of Euphonix film mixing consoles at Todd AO…
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Monday, June 15, 2009
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The 20th Annual “Time For Heroes” Celebrity Carnival featuring Disney recording artist Miley Cyrus and several Hollywood luminaries at the Wadsworth Theater/Westwood VA Grounds raised over $3.1 million for the fight against pediatric AIDS, hosted by the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation and sponsored by Disney. LA Sound of Canoga Park, California provided audio for the event, with Owner-President Richard Ralke serving as System Engineer, assisted by band FOH Engineer Paul David Hager, who mixes Miley and the Goo Goo…
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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Fairlight has tapped Audio Agent to lead the company’s exclusive dealer network in North America for its post-production, broadcast and recording products. Audio Agent, a professional audio sales and marketing service, is working closely with Fairlight to implement a comprehensive market facing dealer network to provide customers with high-level sales and support services. Fairlight’s dealers will be featuring all products from the Fairlight family such as the Constellation, Xynergi, and Pyxis MT. “Fairlight is the only company in the market…
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
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06/04/09 09:22 AM,
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Clear-Com Communication Systems CellCom digital wireless intercom systems were recently implemented for crew communications at two Universal Studios Hollywood attractions - the popular Terminator 2: 3Dand WaterWorld shows. Three CellCom systems with 22 beltpacks are deployed for crew members responsible for pulling off daily displays of pyrotechnic explosions, daring stunts and other bare-knuckle spectacles. Prior to CellCom, the company had a third-party wireless system that utilized a portion of the RF spectrum that would have rendered it inoperable once the…
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Monday, June 01, 2009
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06/01/09 10:19 AM,
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Euphonix has announced that Todd-AO, one of the world’s leading audio post production companies, has installed two dual-operator Euphonix System 5 digital audio mixing systems at their Hollywood facility. Both of the new Euphonix System 5 consoles have 80 faders, include over 400 DSP channels and come with EuCon Hybrid that enables the console to control not only the Euphonix DSP channels but also external ProTools HD DAWS that are installed on Stage 1 and Stage 2 of Todd-AO Hollywood.…
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Friday, May 22, 2009
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05/22/09 08:24 AM,
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More than 15,000 rock fans recently converged on Tucson Electric Park for KFMA Day, the radio station’s annual music festival, with this year’s event featuring metal icons Korn as the headliner joined by rising metal bands such as Hollywood Undead, Escape the Fate, Amberlin, Red, as well as several local bands. Soundwave Audio of Tuscon provided sound reinforcement and support for the festival, with owner Mark Pacheco noting that his company was asked to supply “complete audio not just for…
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