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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
PSW Staff 09/02/09 11:19 AM, 0 CommentsBeginning next week (September 9), Avid will travel across the Americas to demonstrate the newest member of its Digidesign VENUE family of live sound consoles, the Digidesign VENUE SC48, an excellent tool for small to mid-sized houses of worship, clubs, corporate A/V companies and touring companies. In a series of local events, registered attendees will receive two hours of hands-on training from veteran live sound engineer and Digidesign Market Manager Robert Scovill. Scovill will instruct in the features and benefits… View this story
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Mark Frink 09/01/09 09:24 AM, 1 CommentThis time in Real World Gear we look at the big guns - large format line arrays, those with 12-inch and larger woofers. Line arrays are modular, multi-way enclosures arrayed in vertical columns, with their cabinet’s geometry optimized to provide full-frequency transducer coupling from one enclosure to the next along the height of the array. This is achieved at lower frequencies with cone transducers forming a column from one cabinet to the next, at frequencies where the distance between their… View this story
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PSW Staff 09/01/09 07:31 AM, 0 CommentsThe 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… View this story
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PSW Staff 09/01/09 06:20 AM, 1 CommentCAD Professional Microphones and Astatic Commercial Audio Products are re-branding as CAD Audio to expand the company’s product offerings across several markets, optimize the efficiencies of its sales and distribution channels, and streamline its marketing, PR and promotional efforts. The company’s original roots can be traced back to the Astatic Corporation, established in 1931 in Conneaut, Ohio by two radio engineers dedicated to the development of a static-free or “Astatic” microphone. The company evolved into Astatic Commercial Audio products, which… View this story
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Friday, August 28, 2009
PSW Staff 08/28/09 10:06 AM, 0 CommentsIn Howard Community College’s Smith Theater in Columbia, Maryland, a typical day might include everything from theater and film to lectures and meetings, with the occasional live concert thrown in as well. With inputs ranging from a single voice up to 56 inputs and outputs that might be mono, stereo or full surround sound, it was critical that this multifunctional space have a sound system with maximum flexibility and sonic clarity. The college chose an Allen & Heath iLive-112 digital… View this story
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
PSW Staff 08/27/09 05:12 PM, 1 CommentThe Fillmore Charlotte, a 20,000-square-foot venue at the North Carolina Music Factory’s entertainment complex in Charlotte, North Carolina’s Fourth Ward neighborhood, stays true to the tradition of the original Fillmore theaters. The venue, which opened this past June with Georgia acoustic rocker Corey Smith headlining, has the Fillmore’s trademark red velvet draperies, ornate chandeliers, custom lighting and vintage concert posters. The building, once a historic Charlotte manufacturing site, was reinvigorated by Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter, with Soundcraft… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/27/09 10:16 AM, 0 CommentsWill Allen Airshows present a series of breath-taking loops, hammerheads, spins, stalls, and other aerial maneuvers - all while Allen, known as the “Flying Tenor”, sings the national anthem of the United States and, occasionally, the anthem of Canadian live from the cockpit of his Decathlon (a two-seat fixed conventional gear light airplane). The aerobatic routine has been choreographed to harmonize with the cadence and crescendos of the anthems as Allen performs solo, with keyboard accompaniment emanating from terra firma.… View this story
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
PSW Staff 08/26/09 07:15 AM, 0 CommentsFor the second year, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, along with Shure and Martin Professional, will be offering product training for church technicians and musicians enhanced insight into audio, musicianship, lighting, recording, and media presentation. The Worship Arts Technology Summit (WATS) will be held September 14–16, 2009 in Muskegon, Michigan at one of the most beautiful Christian conference centers in the nation – The Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conference Center on the shores of Lake Michigan. All skill levels are welcome… View this story
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
PSW Staff 08/25/09 02:24 PM, 0 CommentsThe Christian Life Assembly (CLA) Church in Langley, British Columbia is a tech-savvy multi-campus congregation that offers both media streaming and podcast downloads of its services from its website. When the church began an extensive upgrade of its facilities last year, a new sound reinforcement system for its 1,500-seat sanctuary was high on its list of priorities. The new system is headed by three EAW KF730 compact line arrays, SB730 compact line array subwoofers and SB1000z large-format subwoofers supporting program… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/25/09 07:16 AM, 0 CommentsThe Southern Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, BC (Canada), recently hosted a live performance by legendary comic Bill Cosby on a Friday night and a high-energy rock concert called “Hot Summer Nights” the following Saturday, with both performances handled by the same sound reinforcement system headed by Martin Audio line arrays, loudspeakers, monitors, amplifiers and processors. Local audio provider Northwest Global Entertainment of Kelowna, BC, was confident in the capabilities of the system to provide premium audio quality for the… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Amplifier • Consoles • Digital • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • Subwoofer
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