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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
PSW Staff 03/31/09 11:25 AM, 0 CommentsThe centerpiece of the Cakewalk SONAR V-Studio 700 production system is now available separately as a control surface for SONAR. Matched with SONAR 8 Producer, VS-700C provides an exceptionally deep hardware/software integration, offering fluid control over all aspects of SONAR 8 Producer’s creative, editing, and mixing capabilities, maximizing workflow and productivity. The VS-700C’s dedicated implementation of ACT (Active Controller Technology) dynamically remaps controls based on how the user is working in SONAR. Also, with the press of a button, the… View this story
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PSW Staff 03/31/09 08:17 AM, 0 CommentsEuphonix has announced MC Transport, the latest addition to its line of Artist Series media controllers, bringing speed, resolution and software integration of Euphonix’ high-end controllers to the personal studio. MC Transport ships with a comprehensive set of preprogrammed soft keys for all major audio and video applications that instantly come up whenever each application is in focus. All soft keys, transport controls and numeric keys are also fully customizable, and can be easily programmed for a variety of functions… View this story
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Monday, March 30, 2009
PSW Staff 03/30/09 04:17 PM, 0 CommentsMackie has launched the HD Series High-Definition powered loudspeakers designed expressly for a wide range of professional installed and portable sound applications. The HD1521 two-way and HD1531 three-way incorporate the company’s latest advancements in Class-D amplifier technology, delivering up to 1,800 watts of peak system power. Further, Mackie was a pioneer in “active” electronic, incorporating precision crossovers, transducer time alignment and phase correction circuitry for an optimally tuned system, and HD Series loudspeakers take this even further with the implementation… View this story
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
PSW Staff 03/24/09 08:09 AM, 2 CommentsLOUD Technologies announced today (3/24/09) that it restored production in March for a number of significant EAW and Mackie product lines that were impacted when one of the Company’s contract manufacturers ceased operations in late 2008. Specifically, the company says mass production has resumed on all SKUs (stock-keeping units) of the EAW AX, JF and NTL Series in March. Production also began on a portion of the Mackie VLZ3 Series in March, with the balance of the series entering full… View this story
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
PSW Staff 02/12/09 12:20 PM, 0 CommentsBuilt in 1920s, Hollywood United Methodist Church is a landmark of gothic beauty and reverent peace nestled amid the bustle of the neighborhood’s famous Hollywood and Highland district, just a block away from the Kodak Theater. Its architecture was inspired by Westminster Abbey and has provided the backdrop for Whoopi Goldberg’s “Sister Act,” in addition to hundreds of scenes in other movies. Hollywood UMC has survived all of those shoots without tarnish, and a buffeted foundation has left it undamaged… View this story
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Monday, January 12, 2009
PSW Staff 01/12/09 04:57 PM, 0 CommentsLOUD Technologies has just announced two new contract manufacturing (“CM”) partners and the reallocation of production for certain EAW and Mackie products across its worldwide supply chain to replace capacity lost when the prior CM for those products discontinued operations in December, 2008. Meanwhile, supplies of all other EAW and Mackie products, as well as Alvarez, Ampeg, Crate and Martin branded products continue uninterrupted, as they are manufactured at other LOUD CM partners. “We were already moving to secure alternate… View this story
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Mark Frink 12/31/08 12:35 PM, 0 CommentsThis year is the tipping point for digital consoles in regional and festival sound reinforcement. Discussions of sound quality aside, the benefits of digital consoles – consistency, repeatability, recall and automation – force users to adopt the new way and the advantage it brings to live events where the same console is not dragged from one gig to the next. Vendors contemplating the purchase of a console must ask themselves who will be using their new mixing board, who the… View this story
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Keith Clark 12/29/08 04:43 PM, 0 CommentsFounded in 1994 by Lollapalooza veteran Kevin Lyman, the Vans Warped Tour has now grown to feature as many as 100 bands per stop, spread among numerous stages. This year (2008), North America’s longest running tour traveled to well over 40 different cities, sometimes going from stop to stop for more than a full week without a day off. A few years ago, as part of the Warped Eco Initiative (WEI) to “clean up and green up,” the tour deployed… View this story
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Friday, December 19, 2008
PSW Staff 12/19/08 10:05 AM, 1 CommentA report this week in the Puget Sound Business Journal notes that Loud Technologies (Mackie, EAW, Martin Audio, TAPCO and several other pro audio brands) “said its key Chinese supplier, which makes about a third of the company’s audio and musical products, has stopped making its products.” The supplier is experiencing financial difficulties. The report states that the “products it (the supplier) made represented 35 percent of Loud’s net sales in 2007 and 32 percent for the first six months… View this story
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