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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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07/20/11 04:43 PM,
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Recording industry veteran Rafa Sardina recorded and mixed tracks for Lady Gaga’s recent album, Born This Way, using JBL LSR28P studio monitors. Sardina is an 11-time Grammy-winning producer, mixer and recording engineer, whose credits include projects with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Shakira, Mariah Carey, Dr. Dre, Beyoncé, Sheryl Crow and Macy Gray. Sardina worked with producer Fernando Garibay on Born this Way at The Mix Room in Burbank, California. According to Sardina, JBL LSR studio monitors have become an integral…
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07/20/11 08:38 AM,
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Community Professional Loudspeakers is introducing two new high-performance monitors to its M-Class Series, the MX8 and MX10. Handling 300 watts and 500 watts respectively, the 8-inch MX8 and 10-inch MX10 use Community’s proprietary co-axial driver units, meaning that all sound emanates from the same point source. A proprietary Tru-Phase conical high frequency waveguide eliminates the transition anomalies that occur in most square and rectangular horns, enhancing phase and frequency response performance while also reducing feedback, improving intelligibility and delivering uniform…
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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07/19/11 08:38 AM,
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In 1991, a group of Harvard University students joined together to create a new Model United Nations experience, inviting 300 college and graduate students to join together and participate in conferences and debate on pressing international issues. Two decades later, the annual WorldMUN conference has grown to become a week-long event, with more than 2,200 college and graduate students from more than 65 nations attending the 2011 conference in Singapore. This year, Singapore-based Mastana Entertainment provided audio and video systems…
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07/19/11 06:58 AM,
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Delta Sound deployed an L-Acoustics KUDO line arrays for a one-day VIP event during the 2011 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium. The football-themed event was hosted by Wembley’s corporate hospitality sector, Club Wembley on behalf of UEFA. Wembley Arena was converted into a large VIP suite for the event, with the main arena blacked out with backdrops covering the seating area and a stage along one side of the venue. This configuration effectively turned the room sideways and…
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Friday, July 15, 2011
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07/15/11 06:04 PM,
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In his role as director of R&D for Danley Sound Labs (DSL), Tom Danley has found a home for his unique talents that offers him more freedom to indulge his passion for invention and problem solving than ever before. But although the Gainesville, GA-based company is Danley’s professional home, he does most of his work from the northern Illinois suburb where he was born and raised. When he was growing up, Danley says, the area was far less developed. “Not…
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07/15/11 12:58 PM,
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Located in Mt. Crawford in west central Virginia, Southard Audio is a regional sound company that during its 30-plus years in business has made the move from local events to large arena-sized shows. Two major initiatives have powered this expansion: a long-term cooperative partnership with Richmond-based Soundworks, and a mutual reliance on Turbosound Flex Array loudspeakers. “Our relationship with Turbosound goes back more than 20 years,” notes founder and president Mike Southard. “When it was time to expand into a…
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
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07/14/11 05:05 PM,
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EAW has introduced the VF Series, consisting of five models of VFR 2-way full-range loudspeakers, two VFS subwoofers, and three VSM stage monitors. The VF family of products represents a new approach from EAW, combining a hybrid of portable and install features in one package. The VF Series can be considered an update to EAW’s VR and FR Series with enhanced transducer technology and performance. The consistent construction opens up a number of configuration possibilities spanning the VFR and VFS…
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07/14/11 03:47 PM,
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The new apex multi-purpose venue in Bury St Edmunds, located in the county of Suffolk, England, and owned and operated by St Edmundsbury Borough Council, is now equipped with Martin Audio W8LM mini line arrays as part of its permanent technical infrastructure. After the installation was completed last year by Northern Light, technical manager Tim Carr noticed that with an increasing number of amplified rock and folk concerts starting to appear on the upcoming program of events, a conventional left/right…
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07/14/11 01:43 PM,
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In the world of sound system design and installation, there’s an old adage that states, “Your system is only as good as the weakest component in the signal chain.” This is especially true of a sound system’s loudspeakers. They are the last link in the chain and are directly responsible for communicating everything that’s been done to the signal along the way. One thing’s for sure: if your church audio system sounds lousy, the listening audience will automatically shift their…
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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07/13/11 04:14 PM,
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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems in conjunction with Gordon College and its Chapel in Wenham, Massachusetts will host a NEXO seminar on Wednesday, July 27. Yamaha and NEXO specialists will be demonstrating and explaining, in an “open house” format the GEO S-12 loudspeaker array, NS-1 Room Calculator Software, NXAmp 4x4 multi-channel, networkable Amp/Controller, RS15 Ray Sub, as well as the new 45N-12 Line Monitor. The seminar, which is open to all audio professionals, will begin at 3 PM, presenting and listening…
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