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Friday, July 09, 2010
PSW Staff 07/09/10 09:05 AM, 1 CommentProvided by Sweetwater. 10. Frequent occurrences of hard feedback If you say “ouch” after that last feedback squeal, chances are your speakers were hurt too! Using the speakers after they have probably been damaged makes it worse. 9. Improper bi-amplification: crossover too low or tweeter amp too high Always check your speaker specs for the best crossover points when bi-amping. 8. Not enough speaker systems for SPL requirements or proper coverage Instead of using higher wattage with the same… View this story
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
PSW Staff 03/04/10 09:00 AM, 0 CommentsSan Antonio event production company World Audio & Lights recently teamed up with “Dinosaur George”, George Blasing to create a traveling dinosaur exhibit. “Our objective was to create and launch a touring concept from ground up,” states CEO of World Audio & Lights Bob Doiron. Stepping outside the usual event production duties, World Audio & Lights provided sound and lights, visual setting, operations, ticketing, marketing and sponsorships for the tour. Doiron with assistance from World Audio & Lights Marketing and… View this story
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
PSW Staff 09/08/09 05:10 PM, 0 CommentsHome of the Canadian football BC Lions and site of several events in the upcoming 2010 Winter Games, BC Place is the dominant sports and entertainment complex in Vancouver. The owners, BC Pavilion Corporation, recently contracted Western Pacific Enterprises GP, one of the largest installers in the region, for a complete upgrade of the luxury suites that ring the stadium. As described by Jan Petersen, Data Division Manager for Western Pacific, the comprehensive project involved “55 suites with 118 loudspeakers,… View this story
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Friday, August 28, 2009
PSW Staff 08/28/09 10:06 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 05:12 PM, 1 CommentThe Fillmore Charlotte, a 20,000-square-foot venue at the North Carolina Music Factory’s entertainment complex in Charlotte, North Carolina’s Fourth Ward neighborhood, stays true to the tradition of the original Fillmore theaters. The venue, which opened this past June with Georgia acoustic rocker Corey Smith headlining, has the Fillmore’s trademark red velvet draperies, ornate chandeliers, custom lighting and vintage concert posters. The building, once a historic Charlotte manufacturing site, was reinvigorated by Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter, with Soundcraft… View this story
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
PSW Staff 08/25/09 09:55 AM, 2 CommentsA group of industry-leading audio/video (A/V), consumer electronics and silicon companies today (August 25, 2009) announced the launch of AVnu Alliance. AVnu is an industry forum dedicated to enhancing professional-quality audio/video by promoting emerging IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) networking standards for a broad range of markets including professional AV and consumer electronics. The founding members of the AVnu Alliance include Broadcom Corp., Cisco Systems., Harman International, Intel Corp., Samsung Electronics, and Xilinx In addition to the founders, Avid Technology,… View this story
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Monday, August 17, 2009
PSW Staff 08/17/09 12:45 PM, 0 CommentsA significant evolution of ADAM Audio’s S-Series, the new SX-Series reference monitors feature completely redesigned transducers, drivers and electronics to enable exceptionally transparent reproduction. All ADAM SX-Series monitors feature the new X-ART tweeter, which provides 4 dB higher efficiency, an increased maximum sound pressure level of 3 dB, and an expanded frequency response of up to 50 kHz. Other new components include an ultra-low distortion broadband A/B amplifier with 1 MHz internal bandwidth, perfectly matched to the X-ART tweeter for… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/17/09 10:28 AM,Mackie describes the HD1531 as a “15” High-Definition Powered Loudspeaker System”. Yep, it’s got a 15” woofer, and it’s a three-way system, and it’s powered. Now what’s all this about being “High Definition”? I suppose I could try to explain it, but it might be easier if you just go here (pdf) and get the Mackie explanation. The ordinary every-day non-HD attributes of this powered loudspeaker include 900 watts of power with an 1800 watt peak. Power is divided 700/100/100… View this story
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Barry Rudolph 08/13/09 07:19 PM, 1 CommentThe single rack-space Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 is part of the Saffire line of Firewire audio/MIDI interfaces that all feature innovative control, routing and, for the 40, latency-free direct monitoring. The Focusrite Saffire 40 stands out from other manufacturer’s units chiefly because of its superior analog front end, solid digital conversion system, unique feature set, and the unit’s seemingly endless universality. With its flexible analog and digital I/O capabilities it acts as the “nexus” of your DAW studio. This is… View this story
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PSW Staff 08/13/09 07:04 AM, 0 CommentsCaméléon has opened its first ecologically-built store in Europe on 10,000 square meters of shopping space, at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Belgium. The professional audio spec was put together by Brussels-based TV Connections Image & Sound, using 150 QSC loudspeakers and over 4 km of cable, with the QSC Audio BASIS platform meeting the control, zone splitting, monitoring and processing needs of amplification and loudspeaker systems over an Ethernet network. All the QSC equipment was supplied by AED Import & Distribution, the… View this story
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