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Friday, July 17, 2009
Sony Unveils PCM-M10 Palm-Sized Digital Portable Audio Recorder
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07/17/09 07:29 AM,
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Sony is expanding its line of portable professional audio recorders with the new PCM-M10, a palm-sized compact unit, designed to be a musician’s tool for composing music or recording practice sessions and performances, and even use as a personal music player. The recorder joins Sony’s PCM-D1 and PCM-D50 models to form a family of flexible and rugged portable field recorders for professional sound applications, including live sound, house of worship, theatrical and broadcast journalism. “The PCM-M10 is ideal for budget-conscious…
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Barry’s Toolkit: The Shure 55 Microphone Has Deep Roots, But How Does It Hold Up Today?
Barry Rudolph
06/26/09 04:17 PM,
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How do you review an icon? Often seen in photographs along with iconic people from dictators to heads of state to rock n’ roll stars, the Shure 55 is the most recognized microphone in the world. First produced in 1939, the original Model 55 Unidyne microphone was the first single-element unidirectional dynamic microphone. From its beginnings at that time being a cardioid pattern microphone, its smaller size made it a true classic that was affordable and accessible to all. Then…
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Recent Wireless Technology Series: Inside The AKG DMS 700
Mike Wireless
06/04/09 01:09 PM,
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A number of manufacturers have introduced new wireless microphone systems in the past two years – many of them in response to the changes in the RF spectrum brought about by the FCC. As a result, I thought it would be interesting to provide an in-depth look at a number of these recently introduced systems, beginning here with the AKG DMS 700 digital wireless system, which was announced at NAMM in January of this year. Professional caliber digital wireless systems…
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
System For New Vineyard Church In Duluth, Minnesota Rocks Features Allen & Heath iLive-T
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05/26/09 12:28 PM,
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Work was proceeding normally in the design and construction of the new 550-seat sanctuary for the Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, when something unexpected occurred. Dan Redman, president of Spinnaker Multimedia Solutions (Malvern, PA), audio-video-lighting (AVL) integrator for the project, explains: “Everything had been moving forward nicely when the builder hit bedrock in the foundation causing a delay in the project. About that time, our rep called to say Allen & Heath had announced the iLive-T at the NAMM show.…
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Ashly Audio Names Winners Of Its Sales Representative Awards
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03/24/09 07:18 AM,
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Ashly Audio has announced the winners of its 2008 sales rep awards, presented by National Sales Manager Tom Knesel during the company’s National Sales Meeting at Winter NAMM 2009 in Anaheim. Eakins/Bernstein & Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas, received the coveted “Representative of the Year” award for growing business, exceeding quotas, and maintaining model communication. Norwalk, Connecticut’s Benchmark Audio Sales earned the “Most Improved Territory” award for delivering the biggest improvement over 2007 sales, while upstate New York, Binghamton-based Eaton…
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Barry’s DAW Toolkit: Review Of The Novation Nocturn With Automap 3 Pro
Barry Rudolph
03/18/09 02:02 PM,
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My DAW desktop surface is more crowded than ever---and I’m loving it! I just added the new Novation Nocturn Plug-in Controller to my small army of DAW accessories. As DAW plug-ins become more complex and intense, their GUIs (graphical user interface) have become more jam packed with more parameter controls than ever! And in order to keep their GUI’s screen size to a minimum, the controls and buttons keep getting smaller and smaller. Even though I get new glasses often,…
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Cakewalk Releases Free Updates for SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700
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03/04/09 10:24 AM,
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Cakewalk has announced new, free updates for SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8 Studio, and SONAR V-Studio 700, available as free downloads for registered SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700 customers at www.cakewalk.com/SONAR83 and www.cakewalk.com/VS700_11, respectively. The SONAR 8.3 update adds classic Roland sample content for Dimension Pro and Dimension LE, drum kits for Session Drummer 2, along with new usability enhancements and engine optimizations. The SONAR 8.3 update also addresses performance issues reported by customers after the initial release of…
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Allen & Heath Ships The First iLive-T Digital Mixing System
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02/19/09 10:25 AM,
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Allen & Heath has shipped the first batch of the new iLive-T digital mixing systems. The iLiveT was launched last month at Winter NAMM 2009, and the British manufacturer has been overwhelmed as distributors have placed orders months in advance to cope with demand. “The response to iLive-T has been unprecedented and production is now flat out to fulfill orders,” explains Managing Director Glenn Rogers. “In all my years in the pro audio industry I’ve rarely seen a reaction to…
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Sennheiser StageMeister Contest Offers Chance To Travel With Touring Band
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02/03/09 04:25 PM,
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Sennheiser has launched a roadie competition - the Sennheiser StageMeister Contest at www.sennheiser-stagemeister.com - which offers entrants the opportunity to accompany a touring band as a roadie. The competition is supported by Sennheiser subsidiaries and partners around the globe, who will provide practical training for the winners. The competition, launched at the 2009 Winter NAMM show, first searches for a roadie from the USA and Canada before focusing on entrants from Europe during the second round in April. The band…
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Fletcher’s NAMMservations (Or How I Went To Winter NAMM ‘09 And Learned About Drum Stick Free Zones)
Fletcher
01/29/09 05:56 PM,
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Day 1 Dateline: ANAHEIM, CA, USA - So I was a day late in showing up for NAMM… which isn’t necessarily a bad thing because this is pretty much an annual event akin to the Bill Murray film “Groundhog Day” (where the same nonsense happens day after day until the lead role “gets it right”). Late or not, I arrived to find the same vendors of “custom” (in other words, off the rack) guitar pick guards… The same drum companies…
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