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Thursday, February 12, 2009
PSW Staff
02/12/09 01:47 PM,
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One of iTunes’ top-rated podcasts is Music for Midnight (www.music4midnight.com), produced weekly by Ohio-based music aficionado Austin Beeman. The show regularly ranks in the top 10 music podcasts and top 50 overall. Music for Midnight is a half-hour showcase of independent and non-mainstream down-tempo electronica, soft rock and jazz, distributed through the San Francisco-based Personal Life Media network. Beeman relies heavily on his AT2020 USB cardioid condenser microphone from Audio-Technica, noting, “I use the 2020 USB to record my own…
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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02/10/09 08:41 AM,
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At the recent Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, the sound reinforcement systems for pregame and halftime performances, as well as several sound systems for related events, featured Yamaha digital consoles. ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA, supplier of audio production services to the Super Bowl, chose two Yamaha PM5D consoles for the system serving Raymond James Stadium for the big game, featuring performances by Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson. The halftime show received an assist by long-time Bruce Springsteen sound company…
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Monday, February 09, 2009
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02/09/09 02:37 AM,
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Bardot, a new high-profile club in Hollywood, just opened with a John Lyons designed sound system that features new Prophile loudspeakers from Fulcrum Acoustic. Bardot is a tribute to the glamour of a bygone era, a classic club with a contemporary twist that evokes an “old Hollywood” vibe while catering to music lovers of today. The club sits on the second floor of the Avalon building at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, a spot that first opened in 1927.…
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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12/30/08 04:53 PM,
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Audio Impressions has released its patented virtual instrument technology and high-definition 70-piece DVZ Strings 2.0 sample library Further, the company will be demonstrating this new release version using a $50,000 FAR XM-Range digitally controlled active monitor system at the upcoming 2009 NAMM show in Anaheim, Room #7801. DVZ Strings 2.0 helps produce real-world balance of live musicians in real time without loading or unloading different samples. It is organized into sections that translate directly to fully accurate MIDI mock-ups as…
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
12/11/08 08:52 AM,
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Al Galladoro, a master of the clarinet and saxophone, passed this week at the age of 95. Born in Chicago in 1913, the son of an immigrant, Galladoro picked up his father’s clarinet when he was 5, and by the time he was 14, Galladoro had embarked on an 9-decade career that took him first to New Orleans and then to New York City. Galladoro thrived in an era when music was performed live on stage or broadcast live into…
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