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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
PSW Staff 09/01/09 03:48 PM, 0 CommentsThe ongoing Coldplay Viva La Vida concert tour has all band members utilizing Sensaphonics custom earphones and Sennheiser wireless systems. Further, all four band members upgraded from the classic ProPhonic 2X-S to the Sensaphonics 2MAX. “Most of the backline crew also have Sensaphonics IEMs,” says Monitor Engineer Chris Wood. “We have found the drivers to be very reliable. I can’t recall having a problem in the eight years we have used them.” A few wedges can still be seen on… View this story
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Monday, August 31, 2009
PSW Staff 08/31/09 06:30 PM, 0 CommentsTo commemorate its 15th anniversary, Meyer Sound Germany will host an industry-wide open house event at its headquarters in Montabaur on October 9 and 10. The audio-focused program will bring together touring, installation, and event production professionals, and will highlight a range of technical presentations and discussion panels on the hottest topics in the professional audio business, such as the emerging IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) networking standard. A highlight of the day’s events will be a demonstration of the… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/31/09 11:17 AM, 0 CommentsThe 2009 No Doubt Summer Tour, which culminated in August with a show at the Neal S. Blaisdel Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, was supported by sound reinforcement courtesy of Sound Image of Escondido, California, which provided JBL VERTEC line arrays. The 2009 No Doubt Summer Tour reunited one of the most successful rock groups of the 1990s, whose 1995 release Tragic Kingdom has sold more than 16 million copies to date. In recent years, No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani… View this story
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Friday, August 28, 2009
PSW Staff 08/28/09 02:20 PM, 0 CommentsGrammy nominated and platinum-selling artists Jonas Brothers, with ongoing world tour shows across the Americas and Europe, are making use of Sennheiser’s new 2000 Series wireless equipment and Sennheiser HSP 4 headsets. Last year, The Jonas Brothers used a Sennheiser G2 rig but now the tour has upgraded to the new 2000 Series components. Joe Jonas sings into a wireless Sennheiser SKM 2000 handheld mic, whereas Nick and Kevin Jonas each sing into Sennheiser’s HSP 4 headsets. The headsets, together… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/28/09 11:06 AM, 0 CommentsIn Howard Community College’s Smith Theater in Columbia, Maryland, a typical day might include everything from theater and film to lectures and meetings, with the occasional live concert thrown in as well. With inputs ranging from a single voice up to 56 inputs and outputs that might be mono, stereo or full surround sound, it was critical that this multifunctional space have a sound system with maximum flexibility and sonic clarity. The college chose an Allen & Heath iLive-112 digital… View this story
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
PSW Staff 08/27/09 11:16 AM, 0 CommentsWill Allen Airshows present a series of breath-taking loops, hammerheads, spins, stalls, and other aerial maneuvers - all while Allen, known as the “Flying Tenor”, sings the national anthem of the United States and, occasionally, the anthem of Canadian live from the cockpit of his Decathlon (a two-seat fixed conventional gear light airplane). The aerobatic routine has been choreographed to harmonize with the cadence and crescendos of the anthems as Allen performs solo, with keyboard accompaniment emanating from terra firma.… View this story
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Monday, August 24, 2009
PSW Staff 08/24/09 10:11 AM, 0 CommentsNovation is now shipping the new SL Mk II range of controller keyboards featuring Automap 3 technology. With seamless support for Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic, Nuendo, Cubase, Sonar, DP, RTAS, TDM, VST, AU plugins and software instruments, the new SL Mk II is the most powerful controller on the market for any modern recording and performance set up. The SL Mk II features over 70 controls including touch-sensitive faders and ringlet rotaries, backlit switches, and pads all tightly linked… View this story
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Kevin Young 08/21/09 03:53 PM,After Michael Prowda made the decision to get into live sound he never looked back. “I had no expectations at the time,” he said. “I just wanted to do it. It was like I was driven to be successful.” Based on that comment, it’s no great surprise that the Syracuse, NY-born monitor engineer counts running among his favorite off stage activities. He brings the kind of discipline and perspective to his work that’s essential to anyone who takes pleasure from… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/21/09 12:43 PM, 0 CommentsMeyer Sound has announced its international education schedule for August to October 2009, with seminars to be held in Mexico City; Toronto; Los Angeles; Montabaur, Germany; Seville and Madrid, Spain; Duivendrecht, Netherlands; and Osimo Stazione, Italy. Some seminars will be taught in the local languages, including Spanish and German, and others will be interpreted in real time by qualified translators. The upcoming seminars will cover core audio principles encompassing sound system design and alignment, line array theory, equalization, delay, and… View this story
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
PSW Staff 08/19/09 11:09 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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