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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
PSW Staff 08/19/09 10:09 AM, 0 CommentsThe recent sixth-annual Univision “Premios Juventud” awards show utilized Sennheiser’s wireless technology to recognize the U.S. Hispanic youths’ top recording artists, movie stars, sports figures and pop culture icons. Over 80 wireless channels were used for the podium mics and most of the monitoring. Stylized performances from long-time favorites and up-and-coming celebrities punctuated the announcements, with reggaeton star Alexis y Fido performing with a pair of chrome-customized Sennheiser SKM 5200 wireless mics. “Whereas most awards shows feature performances that include… View this story
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Kevin Young 08/19/09 10:01 AM, 0 CommentsIt’s hardly rare to hear the words “major motion picture event” applied to a summer film. Visually stunning or not, whether it’s the latest Hollywood biopic, all-star comedy or action adventure, the phrase is attached to big budget summer flicks so permanently and casually that we hardly take notice. In the case of director Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s environ-epic “Home”, however, that phrase actually rings true… Produced by Luc Besson and backed by PPR, a French holding company that specializes in some… View this story
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
PSW Staff 08/18/09 03:13 PM, 0 CommentsPeabody Award-winning radio personality William “Bill” McGlaughlin has been named Keynote Speaker for the upcoming 127th AES Convention. The long-time host and music director of American Public Media’s popular Saint Paul Sunday public radio program McGlaughlin is a highly regarded broadcaster, educator, composer and conductor. In making the announcement, Convention Chair Agnieszka Roginska remarked, “While the focus of our conventions are largely technical in nature, we are delighted to provide our attendees with an opportunity to enjoy a discourse by… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/18/09 01:56 PM,Pop music superstar Gloria Estefan swept into the U.K. in late July, headlining at the Summer Pops Music Festival at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, on a concert tour that is intended to be her last, also covering Latin and South America plus European festival dates. Clair Brothers Audio is supplying the tour with both a Midas XL8 live performance system and Klark Teknik DN9696 hard disc recorder. By the time the tour arrived in Liverpool, FOH engineer Mark Dowdle had clocked… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/18/09 11:06 AM, 0 CommentsBritain’s Top of the Pops (TOTP) has been a BBC institution since 1964, broadcast weekly until 2006 and occasionally as one-off specials in the following years. The latest TOTP special, broadcast on BBC2 earlier in 2009, featured performances from Franz Ferdinand, Flo-Rida, Oasis, Take That, Tom Jones, James Morrison and more, live from BBC’s Studio 4, as part of this year’s Comic Relief charity fundraising special. Aside from the significance marked by convergence of these great artists, a TOTP revival… View this story
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Monday, August 17, 2009
PSW Staff 08/17/09 11:35 AM, 0 CommentsThe annual July 4th concert performance at the Ft. Wayne campus of Indiana/Purdue University featured four local acts capped off by nationally known country singer Jo Dee Messina and a spectacular finale featuring the Ft. Wayne Symphony Orchestra performing in tandem with choreographed fireworks. To accommodate all of the performers, Sticha Bros, who’d been contracted for the event by Northern Productions of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, set up a larger 60- x 60-foot stage next to a smaller 60- x… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/17/09 10:28 AM,Mackie describes the HD1531 as a “15” High-Definition Powered Loudspeaker System”. Yep, it’s got a 15” woofer, and it’s a three-way system, and it’s powered. Now what’s all this about being “High Definition”? I suppose I could try to explain it, but it might be easier if you just go here (pdf) and get the Mackie explanation. The ordinary every-day non-HD attributes of this powered loudspeaker include 900 watts of power with an 1800 watt peak. Power is divided 700/100/100… View this story
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
PSW Staff 08/11/09 02:42 PM, 0 CommentsThe Minnetonka Performing Arts Center, located at Minnetonka (Minnesota) High School, has a new sound reinforcement system thanks to Electronic Design Company (EDC) of Shoreview, Minnesota. The center, a joint operation between the City of Minnetonka and the school district, recently underwent extensive remodeling, including a new sound system for the “Art Center on 7,” a 680-seat proscenium theater headed by NEXO GEO line arrays in a left-center-right (LCR) and subwoofer configuration. Bryce Larson of Art Center on 7, explains,… View this story
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Monday, August 10, 2009
PSW Staff 08/10/09 08:22 AM, 0 CommentsBosch Communications Systems Division has announced the release of IRIS-Net V2.1.1 software offering new features developed for both live audio and installation markets. Additions such as two-, three-, four-, and five-way FIR-Drive DSP blocks for NetMax make it easier to take full advantage of the performance that Electro-Voice FIR-Drive processing and hardware technology offer. The newly added Scene Manager provides a new level of customization for control and recall of DSP parameters within EV NetMax. Additional User Controls and DSP… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/10/09 06:56 AM, 2 CommentsWhen planning the upgrade from analog to digital for its Studio 12 in Montreal, CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s national public broadcasters, found that a 48-channel Solid State Logic C200 HD digital console with two SSL MORSE Stage Boxes was just what they needed for the new all-digital mission of the network. The C200 HD will be used for live to Pro Tools production and post production for radio and television presentations of music performances. “We needed to replace our old analogue console,… View this story
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