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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
PSW Staff 05/19/09 08:47 AM, 0 CommentsABC Television’s “Dancing with the Stars” program continues to be a ratings juggernaut, pulling in 22.5 million viewers for the premier episode of the reality show’s eighth season in March, and also this season, the show has made a number of refinements to its complement of Sennheiser equipment, with production mixer Evan Adelman adding 11 MKH 8000 Series condensers for coverage of the 18-piece orchestra. Further, two of the new Sennheiser crystallized SKM 5200 RF handheld microphones have also been… View this story
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
PSW Staff 04/21/09 08:48 AM, 0 CommentsBoth Shure and Sennheiser microphones were utilized in abundance at the recent 44th Annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards show, which was broadcast on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. ATK Audiotek provided production for the show, with monitor mixer Michael Parker working alongside Robert Brogden, who handled all of the wireless personal monitor assignments for 16 stereo mixes and 32 receiver packs. Artists utilizing Sennheiser wireless and wired microphones included Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton… View this story
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
PSW Staff 04/15/09 09:46 AM, 0 CommentsThe newly opened Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) was intended, from its conception, to be a space where the arts, technology, and science would challenge and transform each other. The $200 million-plus EMPAC provides world-calss facilities for creative exploration, as well as for research in fields ranging from visualization to immersive environments to large-scale interactive simulations. Officially opened last October, EMPAC operates nationally and internationally, attracting creators from around the… View this story
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
PSW Staff 04/14/09 07:21 AM, 0 CommentsEASTWEST has announced a power-packed upgrade for the popular Quantum Leap SD2 virtual instrument software with SD2 PRO Upgrade, which made its European debut at the 2009 Prolight+Sound-Musikmesse in Frankfurt. “Building on the fantastic response to the SD2, we have created an exciting upgrade package that features a generous combination of new percussion sounds and a collection of the ’best of sounds’ from the SD1 package,” states Quantum Leap producer Nick Phoenix. “We are sure the combination of new additions… View this story
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Friday, March 27, 2009
PSW Staff 03/27/09 12:50 PM, 0 CommentsOdds On Records & Studios is celebrating the grand opening of its $2 million multi-faceted recording facility in Henderson, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas, and featuring both vintage and state-of-the-art gear as the largest duality console in North America, a 96-input Solid State Logic (SSL) Duality. Bobby Ferrari, head of audio production as well as the development and installation of the new facility, is excited about what Odds On will have to offer its clientele. “We’re all about putting… View this story
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
PSW Staff 03/11/09 08:19 AM, 0 CommentsTo enhance the intelligibility of the paging systems within the 86-station Washington Metro rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., all paging announcement microphones have been upgraded to high-end, broadcast-quality Neumann TLM 103s. Washington Metro, or “Metro” for short, has one command and control center in downtown Washington D.C., and a second that is near completion in Hyattsville, Maryland. Within each center, four workstations permit the simultaneous pre-recording of separate pages or, more frequently, simultaneous real-time pages with different content sent… View this story
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
PSW Staff 03/03/09 01:34 PM, 0 CommentsSennheiser and Neumann microphones were utilized for a wide range of live music applications at the recent 81st Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Orchestra mixer Dan Wallin was in charge of all of the live and pre-recorded music. Working in Remote Recording’s “Silver Studio” backstage, Wallin selected Neumann TLM 193, TLM 170 and Sennheiser MKH 8040 wired mics to capture the orchestra. This year, the orchestra, conducted by music director Michael Giacchino, was moved from the… View this story
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Monday, February 23, 2009
PSW Staff 02/23/09 07:25 AM, 0 CommentsThe new House of Blues in Houston, a 43,000-square-foot facility located in the recently opened $200 million Houston Pavilions complex, features a wide assortment of Sennheiser and Neumann microphones. The Houston venue joins the dozen House of Blues establishments (all of which are part of the Live Nation company) in the U.S. to utilize Sennheiser evolution wireless and Neumann wired vocal microphones, evolution instrument mics as well as evolution wireless personal monitoring systems. The equipment list at each House of… View this story
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Monday, January 26, 2009
PSW Staff 01/26/09 02:32 PM, 2 CommentsRenowned sound engineer Bruce Swedien is sharing his hard-won expertise with the next generation of engineers in his master class, “Critical Listening with Bruce Swedien.” The recipient of five Grammy Awards and a leading architect of the contemporary pop aesthetic, Swedien is credited as engineering innumerable modern classics, including albums by Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, and Paul McCartney. He is well positioned to improve the perspective and technique of students, and does so with the help of Sennheiser and Neumann… View this story
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