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Thursday, April 22, 2010
PSW Staff 04/22/10 09:58 AM, 0 CommentsIn preparing for the 2010 summer tour season, Rat Sound needed to add some new equipment to its inventory. Starting the season doing five stages at the Coachella festival and with several arena tours booked, the company is poised for a big summer. “We’re seeing demand we haven’t seen in several years,” notes company president Dave Rat. “This will definitely be our strongest year ever.” One area of need was a new digital mixing console. “Knowing our client requirements, we… View this story
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
PSW Staff 04/01/10 02:32 PM, 0 CommentsWhen taking about great live sound, Harry Connick Jr. is often one of the first artists mentioned. With a large all-acoustic band that includes strings, brass, reeds, bass and drums in addition to his own acoustic grand piano, Connick routinely delivers an outstanding sonic experience, and requires great fidelity in the monitor system as well. Production manager Ted Jonas of Jonas Productions has been working with Connick since 1995, when he started as the artist’s monitor engineer. “I’m an old… View this story
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
PSW Staff 03/17/10 01:01 PM, 0 CommentsA major dividing line between ‘old school’ and modern touring is the use of digital audio. Insistence on an analog desk is a mark of particular kind of commitment, denoted by a forbidding “NO DIGITAL DESK” notation on the band’s rider. Many engineers for bands in these situations rely on Midas mixing consoles, including Doug Short. “Nothing but a Midas will do,” declares Doug Short, FOH engineer for Megadeth. “I’ve tried just about every digital console on the market, and… View this story
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
PSW Staff 02/11/10 03:11 PM, 0 CommentsGerman rental company Padco has supplied a Midas PRO6 for a spectacular European tour by Queen Esther Marrow and the Harlem Gospel Singers. The tour, which moved through Denmark, France, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, ended in Belgium at the end of January. Putting the system through its paces on this brilliantly vibrant show was German Front of House Engineer Werner Schmidl who, by his own admission, didn’t get to choose the audio equipment on this tour. “As someone who was… View this story
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
PSW Staff 11/24/09 12:54 PM, 0 CommentsA Midas PRO6 live audio system is being used for a new production of “Cats the Musical,” which has opened in Johannesburg. The PRO6 was specified by Mark Malherbe from Prosound, which has also provided the audio equipment for the show. “The previous production of Cats in South Africa in 2001 used an analog console, and I wanted to use this opportunity to not only go digital but to get the PRO6 into the country,” says Malherbe. Prosound’s involvement in… View this story
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
PSW Staff 07/15/09 03:20 PM, 0 CommentsCommunications company drpgroup has purchased the first Midas PRO6 digital console to be sold into the British corporate events market. Established almost 30 years ago, drpgroup has grown into one of Europe’s largest and most experienced fully integrated communication and presentation organizations. Until four years ago, all equipment was dry-hired, but the company has undertaken a concerted investment program, building up a state-of-the-art inventory to which the PRO6 is the latest addition. drpgroup took the decision to purchase the PRO6… View this story
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Monday, July 06, 2009
PSW Staff 07/06/09 08:08 AM, 0 CommentsMidas and Klark Teknik have brought U.K. product distributorship in house, with Rob Hughes, previously employed by Shuttlesound to handle the brands, joining Midas and Klark Teknik to continue his role as U.K. sales consultant. “With the U.K. being one of the most influential markets in concert touring, it warrants direct access to the factory,” says Hughes. “With this move, U.K. customers will have the direct support of not only me, but also Karl Brant and his service team, technical… View this story
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
PSW Staff 06/23/09 07:14 AM, 0 CommentsEffective 1 July 2009, the newly formed Midas Consoles North America has been appointed as the exclusive distribution channel for Midas and Klark Teknik in the U.S. and Canada. Based north of Los Angeles (in Agoura Hills, CA), Midas Consoles North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of JAM Industries, is a new, brand focused, distribution company dedicated to the sales and after sales support of Midas and Klark Teknik products in the world’s largest single market. “This is a huge… View this story
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
PSW Staff 06/09/09 09:25 AM, 0 CommentsU.K. rental company SSE has supplied a Midas PRO6 live audio system for Maximo Park’s sell-out U.K. academy tour, with a Klark Teknik DN9696 was used to record all shows, including support bands, which were also mixed on the PRO6. FOH engineer Huw Richards had used an XL8 for orchestral concerts in the past, but this was his first time on a PRO6. “What I love about this board more than anything is the feel of it: it’s like Midas… View this story
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
PSW Staff 05/28/09 10:13 AM, 0 CommentsA sound reinforcement system providing by Britannia Row and featuring dual Midas PRO6 digital mixing systems was utilized for the recent two week U.K. tour by Paolo Nutini. The PRO6s were used by Nutini’s Front Of House Engineer Graham ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson and Monitor Engineer Tom Howat, who was also mixing support band The Panics plus additional support acts appearing on the tour. Because the tour consisted mainly of smaller promotional gigs, the entire control system had to fit into a… View this story
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