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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
PSW Staff 02/08/12 01:11 PM,The Indiana Department of Labor today cited concert and event production company Mid-America Sound Corp. of Greenfield, IN with three safety violations in the collapse of an outdoor stage at the Indiana State Fair last August just prior to a show by the country band Sugarland. Seven people died and 58 were injured after the stage collapsed when a gust of wind toppled equipment that hung over the stage. CBS News also reports that Mid-America Sound Corp. has been issued… View this story
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
PSW Staff 03/10/11 09:00 AM, 0 CommentsTomcat USA is proud to announce they were an Executive Producer of the 2011 Region 6 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) that took place recently in Amarillo, Texas. Hundreds of students came from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and New Mexico to participate in the festival. Design, Technology and Stage Management students had an opportunity to showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents. “Tomcat is honored to support the Kennedy Center American College Theatre festival… View this story
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
PSW Staff 03/03/11 07:40 AM, 1 CommentTomCat has announced that their 18TH Annual Truss, Hoist & Rigging workshops were a great learning experience for more than 60 students that came from across North America to receive training on truss, chain hoists, rigging, fall protection and automation with our team of world class instructors. The hands on training took place through classes, live practice sessions, as well as after class discussions with the instructors and TomCat’s staff, including a guided tour of TomCat’s factory. The participants also… View this story
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
PSW Staff 08/18/10 09:33 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: A buddy and I recently went to a party in a large warehouse. For some reason (the “tech” said sound coverage) they hung the loudspeakers from the overhead beams. Now, the beams looked moderately strong and secure, but there wasn’t any mounting hardware on the enclosures, and they just hung the speakers with chain from the handles. My point is, I volunteer at a church and when we upgraded our PA a few years ago… View this story
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Monday, May 10, 2010
PSW Staff 05/10/10 07:34 AM, 0 CommentsThe crane carries a universal message of peace, only fitting as the more than 100,000 visitors who attended this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were greeted by a giant representation of the elegant bird. Spanning its wings 150’ and standing a towering 45’ high, the white aluminum origami-style crane was one of the festival’s main attractions at an event known for its stunning visual art as much as its eclectic music. Created by Crimson Collective, a group of… View this story
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
PSW Staff 08/05/09 12:25 PM, 0 CommentsVMB is pleased to announce the availability of Rainbow electro-acoustical prediction software for the company’s loudspeaker systems that provides horizontal as well as vertical modeling. Windows-based Rainbow allows simulation of complete systems, such as a main large format array complemented by a smaller delayed array and front-fills. Thus its library of loudspeaker systems includes not only the company’s self-powered line array modules with built-in inclinometer (LX-V8 and LX-F6 with accordion-folded ribbon HF driver), but also models from its PHASE or… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/05/09 11:27 AM, 0 Commentsd&b audiotechnik has introduced the Ti-Series, a collection of loudspeaker systems and hardware fittings specially targeted to address an extremely wide range of small- to medium-sized installation applications. The new Ti-Series is outfitted with many of the innovative technology developments featured in the company’s T-Series loudspeakers. The series comprises the Ti10L line array loudspeaker and Ti10P point source loudspeaker, with the Ti subwoofer completing the package. The unobtrusive rigging hardware allows aesthetic integration, whether ground supported or flown and there… View this story
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
PSW Staff 07/30/09 05:12 PM, 0 CommentsReflecting the exponential growth of live sound as an increasingly significant component in the health of the pro audio industry, 127th AES Convention Live Sound Co-Chairs Henry Cohen and Mac Kerr have devised a broad program of critical events designed to keep the “Road Warriors” fully on top of their game. Presentations run the gamut from an assessment of the White Spaces issue to innovations for meeting the increasingly urgent need for compliance with the Green Movement. Live sound programs… View this story
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