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Thursday, February 12, 2009
PSW Staff 02/12/09 01:47 PM, 0 CommentsOne of iTunes’ top-rated podcasts is Music for Midnight (www.music4midnight.com), produced weekly by Ohio-based music aficionado Austin Beeman. The show regularly ranks in the top 10 music podcasts and top 50 overall. Music for Midnight is a half-hour showcase of independent and non-mainstream down-tempo electronica, soft rock and jazz, distributed through the San Francisco-based Personal Life Media network. Beeman relies heavily on his AT2020 USB cardioid condenser microphone from Audio-Technica, noting, “I use the 2020 USB to record my own… View this story
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
PSW Staff 02/10/09 08:41 AM, 0 CommentsAt the recent Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, the sound reinforcement systems for pregame and halftime performances, as well as several sound systems for related events, featured Yamaha digital consoles. ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA, supplier of audio production services to the Super Bowl, chose two Yamaha PM5D consoles for the system serving Raymond James Stadium for the big game, featuring performances by Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson. The halftime show received an assist by long-time Bruce Springsteen sound company… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Line Array • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
PSW Staff 02/03/09 03:25 PM, 0 CommentsSennheiser has launched a roadie competition - the Sennheiser StageMeister Contest at www.sennheiser-stagemeister.com - which offers entrants the opportunity to accompany a touring band as a roadie. The competition is supported by Sennheiser subsidiaries and partners around the globe, who will provide practical training for the winners. The competition, launched at the 2009 Winter NAMM show, first searches for a roadie from the USA and Canada before focusing on entrants from Europe during the second round in April. The band… View this story
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Friday, January 30, 2009
PSW Staff 01/30/09 01:15 PM, 0 CommentsHip-hop icon Kanye West had a successful tour across Europe in late 2008, making stops in Brussels, Rotterdam, Manchester, and at London’s massive O2 Arena. After supporting West on previous tours with Meyer Sound systems, London-based Canegreen provided a multifaceted Meyer Sound MILO and MICA line array system for the rapper’s latest shows. Working alongside West’s FOH engineer Horace Ward, systems tech Dan Seal used Meyer Sound’s MAPP Online Pro acoustical prediction program to plan out the system configuration and… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Measurement • Processor • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Thursday, January 29, 2009Fletcher’s NAMMservations (Or How I Went To Winter NAMM ‘09 And Learned About Drum Stick Free Zones)
Fletcher 01/29/09 04:56 PM, 0 CommentsDay 1 Dateline: ANAHEIM, CA, USA - So I was a day late in showing up for NAMM… which isn’t necessarily a bad thing because this is pretty much an annual event akin to the Bill Murray film “Groundhog Day” (where the same nonsense happens day after day until the lead role “gets it right”). Late or not, I arrived to find the same vendors of “custom” (in other words, off the rack) guitar pick guards… The same drum companies… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • Feature • Business • Sound Reinforcement • Studio
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