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Friday, July 31, 2009
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07/31/09 01:09 PM,
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Digital Services Recording Studio enjoys a long history of providing a professional recording environment to top artists as varied as The Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, the Houston Symphony, Destiny’s Child and Chamillionaire, to name a few. The studio recently replaced their aging SSL 6000 series console with a new 48-channel Solid State Logic Duality console. The Duality gives the studio SSL’s signature SuperAnalogue sound, while providing on console control of the Pro Tools system. “The studio got a lot of…
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
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07/30/09 11:02 AM,
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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems has appointed Kevin Kimmel to the position of mixer product manager, effective immediately. In his new position, Kimmel will be responsible for product training, the implementation of marketing and support programs, and recommendations for mixer product design from the North American market to the research and development team in Japan. He will report to Marc Lopez, marketing manager, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems. For nearly three decades, Kimmel has been an audio mixer, system designer, recording engineer,…
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Monday, July 20, 2009
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07/20/09 10:27 AM,
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The recent seventh annual Revelstoke Music Festival brought blues, rock, acoustic, Latin and World Music artists together in a sylvan outdoor setting on the Columbia River near the Selkirk Mountains and Glacier Pass in southeast British Columbia, with Northwest Global Entertainment (NWGE) of Kelowna, BC providing focused, high quality audio for the outdoor venue with a wide range Martin Audio system components. The eclectic musical lineup including Donald Ray Johnson, Nuna’Y, Red-Eye Empire, Kyemara, Valdy, Rick Garvin, Blind Spot, Ghost…
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Friday, July 10, 2009
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07/10/09 08:22 AM,
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Turbosound Aspect loudspeakers were utilized to provide sound reinforcement for the Acoustic Tent at the recent 2009 Glastonbury Festival, in support of live performances by a diverse group of artists such as Fairport Convention, Ray Davies, Hugh Cornwell, Georgie Fame, the Penguin Café Orchestra and the London Community Gospel Choir. The system serving the Acoustic Tent, provided by Bristol-based Audioforum and specified and manned by Turbosound Design Engineer Danny Cooklin, was comprised ground stacks of four Turbosound TA-890H, four TA-890L…
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
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07/02/09 10:23 AM,
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Eventide has announced the beta release of v2.3 software update for its PitchFactor pitch and delay stompbox, providing enhancements and features suggested by PitchFactor users from around the world. Effective immediately, registered PitchFactor owners can log on to eventide.com and download the new software directly into their PitchFactor at no cost. The new enhancements include new scales for the Diatonic and Quadravox effects. Users can now select from the following: [MAJ] - Major [min] - Minor [DOR] - Dorian [PHRG]…
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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07/01/09 08:23 AM,
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At InfoComm 2009, NEXO marked its 30th Anniversary, and this is also the first full year of NEXO’s transition to becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation Japan, a partnership that provides customers with complete sound system solutions by utilizing products from both lines. Currently, NEXO’s distribution network extends to over 50 countries, with exclusive representation in the North America by Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems. (YCAS). Since its creation in 1979 by Eric Vincenot and Michael Johnson, NEXO has found…
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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03/31/09 11:17 AM,
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Aviom will be previewing its Pro64 Network Control Application at this year’s Musikmesse/Prolight+Sound in Frankurt, at Hall 8, Stand J41. While the Pro64 Series is designed with a simple, front-panel user interface that makes it possible to design sophisticated networks without PC-based programming, the company is introducing a software control application this year for those users who desire centralized control and status monitoring. With the Pro64 control application, users have remote control of every Pro64 device in a network using…
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
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01/08/09 05:25 PM,
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When Guy Charbonneau first read Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, it almost looked like a My Space Friends List for his Le Mobile remote recording truck. “I did a quick count and realized that Le Mobile has recorded forty-one of them,” says Charbonneau. “Even I found that a bit amazing.” Among the top 20 on the list, Le Mobile has recorded nine: Aretha Franklin (1), Ray Charles (2), Bob Dylan (7), Stevie Wonder (9),…
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Monday, December 15, 2008
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The Awards Committee and the Board of Governors of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) have voted to award K2 Audio Senior Consultant, Ray Rayburn, the society’s Fellowship Award. The award recognizes Rayburn’s contributions to the art and science of sound system design, digital signal processing and routing, and electromagnetic compatibility. Rayburn has been an engineer in acoustics, audio systems, and telecommunications for 40 years, and in addition to designing audio systems for some of the most well-known venues in the…
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
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The city of Albany, Georgia has given a nod to its best-known native son with the opening of a park in his honor. Ray Charles Plaza includes a fountain featuring a life-sized revolving, lighted bronze sculpture of the famed musician seated at a grand piano. The sculpture, commissioned by acclaimed artist Andy Davis, is the centerpiece of a five-acre park featuring piano-key studded sidewalks and loudspeakers playing the master’s music. The sound system, designed by Atlanta-based Lee Sound Design, features…
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