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Sunday, June 19, 2011
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06/19/11 02:45 PM,
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The Soundcraft Si Compact range expands with the release of the Si Compact 32, capable of delivering 40 inputs to mix, while maintaining the DSP functionality of its smaller brothers. The Si Compact features 14 main buses (all with dynamics, delays and BSS graphic EQs), four matrix buses, four dedicated FX buses, and four full-time Lexicon effects engines. It also offers a range of option cards to interface with other systems, such as Aviom, CobraNet, AES/EBU and MADI. All Si…
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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Founded in 1963, the Boston Ballet has become one of the leading dance companies in the world. Under the leadership of artistic director Mikko Nissinen and executive director Barry Hughson, the company maintains an internationally acclaimed repertoire and the Boston Ballet School, the largest ballet school in North America. The Boston Ballet recently upgraded its audio system, including the installation of a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixing console. Talamas Broadcast Equipment of Newton, MA provided the Soundcraft Vi1 console in time…
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
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German sound engineer Martin Stoll has purchased a Soundcraft Si Compact 24 digital console to add to the growing inventory of his production company, Bavarian-based Eggs & Bulbs GmbH. Already a Vi6 user, the experienced sound man has been involved with the Schule für Rundfunktechnik (School for Radio Technology), which was set up in Nuremburg, since as far back as 1985. Seven years later he formed Martin Stoll Audio Production, which was renamed Eggs & Bulbs in 1997, and is…
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
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It’s every singer/songwriter’s dream to have the opportunity to show the world why their original songs and natural talent warrant a record deal. Bravo’s “Platinum Hit” recently premiered on TV screens across the nation featuring a variety of Harman AKG microphones for contestants to utilize while writing, recording and performing original works for weekly challenges. The cast of 12 energetic, talented up-and-coming musicians, world-renowned singer/songwriter and host “Jewel” and head judge Kara Dioguardi worked and recorded in state-of-the-art recording and…
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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01/18/11 10:30 AM,
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The new Si Compact 16 is the latest member of the Soundcraft Si Compact Series of digital consoles, and it made its debut at the recent 2011 Winter NAMM show. Keith Watson, Harman marketing director for mixers, states, “We’ve had a fantastic reaction to the 24-fader model launched at PLASA in September. Being 19-inch rack mounted, the Si Compact 16 is our response to massive demand from our clients in live sound including houses of worship, installed systems, theatres and…
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Thursday, January 06, 2011
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The Cinematic Orchestra recently performed a large-scale concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall with the London Metropolitan Orchestra that required the use of Soundcraft Vi6 and Vi1 consoles at front of house and a Soundcraft Vi4 for the monitor mix. The Cinematic Orchestra is a British jazz and electronic group whose music, as its name indicates, is expansive in scope, employing live electric and acoustic instruments, turntables, samples and electronic elements. The group has scored a number of films and…
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Friday, December 24, 2010
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As part of a current restoration, the Moscow Conservatory has purchased a Studer Vista 9 digital console for recording, post-production and broadcast from its Great Hall, as well as a Soundcraft Vi1 digital console for multipurpose use, including at front of house when required. The Moscow Conservatory was founded in 1866 by famous Russian musician Nikolai Rubinstein. It has established itself as one of the world’s most renowned institutions of musical education. In 1940, it was named after the great…
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Entering its sixth performance season, the $64 million DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame campus recently upgraded its former audio system in the Leighton Concert Hall and now hosts a Soundcraft Vi4 digital console with BSS Soundweb London digital signal processing. After many demos with the Vi4 and several other consoles, the center’s technical crew unanimously agreed on bringing the Vi4 to Notre Dame. “The Vi4 was the perfect investment for the center’s transition to digital…
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Friday, September 10, 2010
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The new Soundcraft Compact Stagebox for Vi and Si consoles offers a high density of I/O connections in only 4U of rack space. The modular unit offers as standard 32 mic/line inputs, 8 line outputs, 8 channels of AES/EBU outputs and 2 expansion slots for standard Studer D21m I/O cards. The D21m is the I/O architecture for Studer as well as Soundcraft digital mixing systems and allows connection to most popular digital formats, including CobraNet, AVIOM A-Net16 Ethersound ADAT and…
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Thursday, September 09, 2010
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09/09/10 04:13 PM,
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The new Soundcraft Si Compact Series is a power-packed range of digital consoles that brings the company’s digital mixing platforms to a very affordable price level for tour sound, corporate event, house of worship and theatre applications, among others. With full DSP functionality built-in to a small-footprint chassis, the Si Compact provides up to 40 inputs to mix in 3 frame sizes, the smallest of which is also rack-mountable. Motorized faders with patented Soundcraft FaderGlow operate on two layers, but…
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