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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
PSW Staff 08/11/10 03:42 PM, 0 CommentsBilled as “The World’s Largest Music Festival” with 11 stages running for 11 days, Summerfest in Milwaukee had another successful summer run with leading acts such as Gavin DeGraw, Public Enemy, Skillet, BB King, The Roots, and Uriah Heep, among others. Clearwing Productions, the premier production provider for Summerfest for over 15 years, supplied Martin Audio LE700 monitors at four of the 11 stages––the US Cellular Stage, Briggs Stage, Rock Stage (Harley Davidson), and Miller Lite Oasis–– during the run… View this story
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
PSW Staff 08/05/10 09:54 AM, 0 CommentsSir Gant recently purchased a pair of PMC TB2S-A MkII active reference monitors for his personal production facility, Elegant Musicworks. The seasoned producer/arranger/composer – aka Dean Gant – recently toured Europe with Al Mckay’s Earth Wind & Fire Experience as keyboard player. “These TB2S-A’s are the monitors,” Gant states. “I can hear much more sonic detail on my PMC monitors and they sound the same at all playback levels. I don’t need to push levels, but can if I need… View this story
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010
PSW Staff 08/03/10 05:06 PM, 1 Comment“I recently purchased a really good (expensive) set of studio monitors for my studio, but I still find that my mixes sound drastically different as I listen to them on other systems. What am I missing?” While the studio monitors themselves are probably the single greatest cause of this problem, there are a number of other related factors that can have a significant impact. We’ll address three of them here. 1) Acoustic Treatment: It’s safe to assume that the decisions… View this story
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
PSW Staff 07/29/10 03:04 PM, 0 CommentsCash Money Records recently took delivery of a new Studio Tour Bus from Vulcan Coach Corporation for its touring artists that is outfitted with a built-in recording studio that includes a pair of Genelec 1038B tri-amplified monitors as the main monitoring system, augmented with a pair of 7070A active subwoofers. Cash Money Records is home to artists such as Birdman, Lil Wayne, and Drake. The new studio has a rear monitoring wall loaded with Genelec 1038B’s, as well as a… View this story
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Dan Laveglia 07/07/10 11:36 AM, 0 CommentsA recent assignment placed me behind a monitor console once again. It had been a while since I stage-mixed on a regular basis, so I enjoyed the change of scenery. But this end of the snake presents a very different challenge from a front of house mix or a system engineering position. Here, the fruits of my labors were not intended for the masses, but rather, were tailored to specific individuals and each of his or her needs, wants, desires…… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Study Hall • Concert • Consoles • Engineer • Interconnect • Loudspeaker • Microphone • Mixer • Monitoring • Processor • Stage • Technician -
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
PSW Staff 05/26/10 02:47 PM, 0 CommentsThe 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival not only included live performances, but live webcasts as well. At Coachella’s Mojave Stage, Ian C. Charbonneau of Le Mobile Remote Recording relied on JBL LSR2328 studio monitors to mix a roster of top artists for live webcast. During the Festival’s three days, the Mojave Stage hosted performances by 30 acts, including Devo, Grizzly Bear, Imogen Heap, Julian Casablancas, Shooter Jennings and Les Claypool. “When you’re mixing live from 10 AM to… View this story
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
PSW Staff 05/12/10 11:04 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: We’re starting to have some contemporary music at my church and I’m helping with the sound. For our sound system we’re using a regular stage setup with speakers on stands. Everything is working ok so far but I had a question about monitors. Is it true that placing smaller PA speakers behind the main speakers facing the worship team a better solution than using floor monitors? A: In the simplest terms, no. Properly placed floor… View this story
Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Study Hall • Audio • Education • Engineer • Loudspeaker • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • System • Technician -
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
PSW Staff 04/14/10 09:00 AM, 0 CommentsNew England-based Sunrise Pictures has established itself as a leading film production company with the help of JBL’s LSR monitors. Based in Middletown, Connecticut, Sunrise Pictures portfolio of film projects includes independent feature films, television commercials and short films. Taylor Warren, owner of Sunrise Pictures, has grown the company on the strength of his connection with the filmmaking community in the region. “I have cultivated relationships with filmmakers in the area and their challenges, as is the case with any… View this story
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Friday, April 09, 2010
PSW Staff 04/09/10 11:22 AM, 0 CommentsThree-time Grammy-winning mastering engineer Gavin Lurssen added the finishing touches to both the score for the Pixar animated feature Up and the theme song from Crazy Heart and pieces at Hollywood-based Lurssen Mastering using a system consisting of three-way active ATC SCM150ASL monitors. Lurssen explained the philosophy that guides his work, “A great piece of music never gives you the impression that someone sat down to write it. It is as if it always existed. A great recording is the… View this story
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Friday, March 19, 2010
PSW Staff 03/19/10 04:25 PM, 0 CommentsADAM Audio has announced that their new AX-Series monitors are slated for introduction at Prolight + Sound 2010 in Frankfurt. The AX-Series monitors from ADAM Audio feature the company’s X-ART tweeter, new woofers and amplifiers, and re-designed speaker cabinets. Following ADAM’s A and SX-Series monitor systems, the AX Series includes four high performance systems. These range from the ultra-compact A3X to the larger A5X, A7X and A8X systems. The X-ART tweeter is more efficient and handles higher SPLs along with… View this story
Filed in: Recording • News • Amplifier • Analog • Audio • Loudspeaker • System
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