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Monday, July 20, 2009
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07/20/09 09:27 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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Monday, July 13, 2009
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07/13/09 06:13 AM,
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Sacramento Production Services (SACPS) provided sound reinforcement for the recent three-day Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, which featured a host of top roots music talent from around the globe, including King Sunny Ade, Sly & Robbie, Femi Kuti (Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti’s oldest son), Junior Reid, The Heptones, The Abyssinians and many more. The main challenge for the SACPS crew––Keith Wackford (System Tech & Monitors), Dwaine Wise (Front of House) and Rich Stansby (Monitors & Stage Tech)––was accommodating both the…
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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06/23/09 04:18 AM,
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theMovement, a non-denominational church based in San Marcos, California, has chosen the new Soundcraft Si2 digital console as the heart of its sound system upgrade. The church was making the transition into digital for the first time so the sound quality, DSP power and the ease of use were crucial in the decision-making process for the console. “TheMovement church is very familiar with high-tech gear,” reports Chris Matthews, an engineer of over 15 years. “We needed a console that had…
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Monday, June 22, 2009
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06/22/09 09:04 AM,
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Previously available only on DVD, Soundcraft has published its “Guide To Mixing” video series on its own YouTube site. To view the first chapter of the series and to link directly to the Soundcraft YouTube site, go here. All 18 chapters from this successful tutorial may be viewed online, including sections on microphone placement, setting up a mix and monitor mixing. To complement the video tutorials, a PDF text version may be downloaded from the company’s website - www.soundcraft.com. Qualified…
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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06/09/09 07:45 AM,
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Volkswagen India has moved to ramp up its production in that region, with a factory launch at Chakan, outside of the city of Pune, one of India’s most prestigious corporate events of the season. The new $766 million (U.S.) factory, expected to employ 2,500 workers at the plant by the end of 2010, is VW’s 61st in the world. Aman Anand and the events team of G2 Rams contracted Mumbai-based SOUND.COM to handle all technical audio services for the launch…
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
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06/02/09 10:32 AM,
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I have a keen interest in the history of live sound reinforcement, the gear that was used way back when, and the associated advancements of technology. I’m also very interested in new technology, even if the price tag of the cutting-edge stuff means the chances of me using it any time soon are a pipe dream. And, I also like to just hang out and talk shop with other sound guys. A recent event planned by some ProSoundWeb community members,…
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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05/19/09 09:22 AM,
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In a significant audio upgrade project at Thornapple Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the first Soundcraft Si3 digital console sold to a house of worship was recently installed to help deliver better quality sound for the 750 who attend services and participate in ministries every week. The church has been established in the Grand Rapids neighborhood since 1979 and continues to uphold the history of The Evangelical Covenant Church. The church decided to upgrade the audio system after…
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Monday, May 04, 2009
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05/04/09 06:52 AM,
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Outdoor concert goers were recently entertained in Delhi by touring French song and dance troupe Breizh Side Soriou, with the 47-member troupe performed through a Soundcraft Si3 digital console and PA company, Dhawan Electrical Pvt. Ltd of Delhi, also supplying a JBL Professional loudspeaker rig comprising VRX932LA compact arrays and SRX 728S subwoofers powered by Crown IT4000 amplification. The onstage monitor system included JBL SRX 712M’s with JBL SRX 725’s in use for side fill coverage. Yogesh Dhawan, Director of…
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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04/29/09 10:21 AM,
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In one of Asia’s most widely viewed events of the year, SOUND.COM of Mumbai provided JBL Professional VerTec line arrays for the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 pageant in Mumbai. The event, which selects India’s three different finalists for participation in the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth international beauty pageants, was staged at the Andheri Sports Complex for a live audience of 4,000 fashion-industry and global media professionals. This year’s Miss India pageant was broadcast live to more…
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Monday, April 27, 2009
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Following last month’s launch of the compact Soundcraft Si2, Soundcraft has announced a new software revision to include graphic equalizers on the desk and the availability of an offline editor, Virtual Si, for the platform. Si software version 2.0 adds the capabilities to display composite EQ curves on the touch screen for any channel or output, but perhaps more importantly provides a BSS Audio 30-band graphic equalizer on every output (groups, auxes and matrices), which is controlled by the faders…
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