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Monday, April 13, 2009
Keith Clark
04/13/09 03:49 PM,
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I don’t much like the increasingly salacious nature of media, and try to take a different path here on PSW, but I’d be remiss in not reporting that legendary music producer Phil Spector has just been found guilty of second-degree murder. Spector was charged with murdering actress Lana Clarkson at his Los Angeles-area mansion in 2003. He was originally tried in 2007, but the jury could not come to a unanimous verdict, which resulted in a mistrial and subsequent retrial.…
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Friday, March 27, 2009
PSW Staff
03/27/09 08:26 AM,
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The ARX Systems DI Plus RC Direct Box in now available in North America from Distributor Olsen Audio Group. Based on the company’s popular DI Plus Direct Box Series, the new DI Plus RC Direct Box offers a redesign and updated circuitry and packaging. It comes with an internal long life NiMH rechargeable battery that can be charged off either the phantom power on the mic line, or via the 12V DC input, removing battery “throw away” as an issue.…
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Friday, March 06, 2009
PSW Staff
03/06/09 03:13 PM,
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Christian Archives is a new, free web service (www.christianarchives.org) that provides churches with an extremely easy and convenient way to upload and archive their digital sermon files online, while also providing convenient 24/7 access to those files to other member churches as well as individual members from the worldwide Christian community. Both churches and individuals are eligible for membership, and the process of becoming a member and immediately utilizing Christian Archives is simple, with the sign-up area accessible from the…
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Friday, February 27, 2009
PSW Staff
02/27/09 08:53 AM,
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Doug Rogers, founder of the EastWest software instrument company, has purchased and re-opened the recording studio located at 6000 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the site of historic recordings by a who’s who of the last four decades, from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra through The Beach Boys to Green Day and Madonna. In the process of restoring the facilities to their former glory and relocating EastWest’s operations to the complex, Rogers outfitted the three principal control rooms with soffit-mounted ATC…
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
PSW Staff
02/25/09 07:27 AM,
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JBL Professional has introduced the new Control 25AV-LS loudspeaker, designed for applications where the music playback loudspeaker system also serves as the life safety system. The Control 25AV-LS (and the Control 25AV-LS-WH in white) is UL listed under UL1480/UUMW as a Fire Protective Signaling Speaker, and is based on the successful Control 25AV loudspeaker. Like the Control 25AV, Control 25AV-LS features a 60-watt multi-tap transformer with 8-Ohm bypass, InvisiBall mounting and a magnetically shielded woofer. “Because we were able to…
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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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Friday, January 16, 2009
PSW Staff
01/16/09 01:34 AM,
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The long-awaited Cranesong Egret, on display at the 2009 Winter NAMM show, is a highly flexible workstation back end. It contains 8 channels of high quality D/A converters and a stereo line level mixer with color options to help bring analog summed digital mixes to life. The stereo mixer has a level control, a aux send which is post level control, a color control, and a pan control on each channel. Each channel also contains an analog/digital source button, and…
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