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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
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03/04/09 04:21 PM,
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Spectr Audio is joining forces with Taycor Financial, a premier equipment leasing and financing company, to offer its customers a comprehensive leasing program. In addition, the company is also offering a free product shipping program. Under the new leasing program, clients and dealers will now be able to take advantage of the Dealer Direct System - a web-based program that makes the application process secure and fast. Clients can apply online, with limited personal information, and received approval for financing…
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
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03/03/09 08:16 AM,
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Arvest Ballpark, the 6,500-seat ballpark in Springdale, Arkansas for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, the Texas League/Double-A affiliate for the Kansas City Royals, features PA system headed by EAW MK2300 and MK5300 Series loudspeakers backed by EAW KF750 high-output point source loudspeakers with the company’s proprietary V4 Technology. The system was installed by Springdale-based Commercial Audio Systems (www.comaudsys.com) and specified by Gary White of Dallas-based AV systems consultant WJHW (www.wjhw.com). The facility was named 2008 Ballpark of the Year by ballparks.com,…
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Monday, March 02, 2009
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03/02/09 10:21 AM,
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Spectrasonics has released Stylus RMX version 1.7 with “Time Designer,” which intelligently transforms RMX audio loops into different time signatures and features the ability to “Groove Lock” the feel of any groove to another - all in real time. Time Designer also lets the user create instant pattern variations with smart algorithms based on musical rules, and to ‘simplify’ any RMX groove in a musical manner. Version 1.7 is also the first 64-bit native software release from Spectrasonics, includes all…
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Friday, February 27, 2009
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02/27/09 08:53 AM,
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Doug Rogers, founder of the EastWest software instrument company, has purchased and re-opened the recording studio located at 6000 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the site of historic recordings by a who’s who of the last four decades, from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra through The Beach Boys to Green Day and Madonna. In the process of restoring the facilities to their former glory and relocating EastWest’s operations to the complex, Rogers outfitted the three principal control rooms with soffit-mounted ATC…
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Keith Clark
02/27/09 07:40 AM,
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Rat Sound Systems recently joined the L-Acoustics K1/KUDO Pilot Program with select other companies like Firehouse Productions, Sirius, and Black Box, and as a result, took delivery of a stadium-sized sound reinforcement system primarily comprised of 48 new K1 enclosures, 16 K1-SB subwoofers, 16 LA-RAK touring racks loaded with LA8 amplified controllers, and 24 SB28 subs. The Pilot Program was created to provide advance field proofing of the new K1 flagship line source array enclosures for stadium and festival tour…
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
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02/26/09 01:46 PM,
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Berkleemusic has announced upgrades to Pro Tools 8 for many of its online Digidesign courses, including Pro Tools 101, Pro Tools 110, Mixing & Mastering with Pro Tools, Producing with Pro Tools, and Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason. The Spring Term begins April 6, 2009. Berkleemusic.com is the online continuing education division of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, and the exclusive online provider of Digidesign’s Pro Tools 101 and 110 curriculums. Close to 4000 students from over 60…
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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02/25/09 07:27 AM,
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JBL Professional has introduced the new Control 25AV-LS loudspeaker, designed for applications where the music playback loudspeaker system also serves as the life safety system. The Control 25AV-LS (and the Control 25AV-LS-WH in white) is UL listed under UL1480/UUMW as a Fire Protective Signaling Speaker, and is based on the successful Control 25AV loudspeaker. Like the Control 25AV, Control 25AV-LS features a 60-watt multi-tap transformer with 8-Ohm bypass, InvisiBall mounting and a magnetically shielded woofer. “Because we were able to…
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Dave Gunness & Stephen Siegel
02/20/09 12:22 PM,
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The coaxial approach developed for the new Fulcrum Acoustic TQ install CX/DX loudspeaker products may look familiar, but there are a number of technical innovations which differentiate these from their predecessors. Like the legendary Altec 604, the CX/DX coaxial driver uses an integrated compression driver and woofer assembly. The similarity ends here. The basic design approach of most modern, high performance coaxial drivers is to mount a compression driver to the rear of a woofer, with the exit of the…
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
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02/19/09 12:21 PM,
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Rocky Mountain Production Services recently selected a Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing console to solidify the sound reinforcement system at General Motors Place, home to the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. The venue’s audio system is designed to enable console operation from any one of three locations around the arena, including the game position on the 300 level, the concert and special event position on the zero level and any office location throughout General Motors Place. “We chose the…
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