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Friday, February 20, 2009
PSW Staff 02/20/09 09:57 AM, 0 CommentsMetropolitan Bible Church (affectionately called, “the MET”) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada recently celebrated the opening of a new facility headed by a stadium-style sanctuary that can seat over 1,200, with plans already set to expand this space to accommodate a congregation of 2,200. The high-end sound reinforcement system serving the room is headed by Electro-Voice very compact XLD line arrays. After confirming the XLD’s performance with EASE data and working with EV’s tech support team to cross-check details, Wall Sound… View this story
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
PSW Staff 02/05/09 01:24 PM, 0 CommentsMiddle Atlantic Products has announced that it has appointed Pro Tech Marketing as the company’s sales representative for the A/V, Broadcast and MI markets in Arizona and the Rocky Mountain Territory. Commenting on the appointment, Whitt Adams, Western Regional Sales Director for Middle Atlantic Products stated: “Pro Tech Marketing was awarded our line after many rep interviews. They were selected first and foremost because of their people, their excellent territory coverage and their complementary lines to Middle Atlantic Products.” “They… 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 -
Friday, January 09, 2009
PSW Staff 01/09/09 04:23 PM, 0 CommentsJan Frederick Christoph Meyer (aka “Freddy”) is the newest member of the Meyer Sound European Technical Support team. “I am happy about becoming a part of the Meyer Sound family and joining the European Tech Support team,” says Freddy. “I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to participate in many different productions with Meyer Sound’s versatile and reliable gear. This experience will allow me to support Meyer Sound customers and provide the level of service the company is known… View this story
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
PSW Staff 12/30/08 04:01 PM, 0 CommentsTouring in support of their most recent album, Accelerate, R.E.M. selected Oxnard, California-based Rat Sound to handle sound reinforcement requirements, with Brett Eliason serving as FOH engineer and George Squiers handling monitor mix honors. Clair Brothers sublet two Midas XL8 digital mixing consoles (for house and monitors) to Rat Sound for the tour. “We pushed for the Midas consoles,” Eliason notes, adding, “Having the Midas preamps at the front end and a true 24-bit, 96 kHz digital resolution were the… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Slideshow • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Engineer • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer • Technician -
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Nort Johnson 12/23/08 11:23 AM, 2 CommentsIn 1976, I was hired on the local crew to pitch and bail scaffolding and deck for my first stadium show at the historic Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was a July 8 truck tip and the day of the show was July 10. The temperature hovered around 100 degrees for the duration. We erected the monster in the left center field bleachers over the seats where Babe Ruth and Nellie Fox used to tear the hides off of well-greased… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Amplifier • Concert • Consoles • Engineer • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Microphone • Mixer • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer • Technician -
Thursday, December 18, 2008
PSW Staff 12/18/08 03:16 PM, 1 CommentTexas-based tour production specialists LD Systems are currently touring with British superstar soprano Sarah Brightman, providing a concert sound system led by Electro-Voice components. Brightman’s Symphony World Tour is currently on its 48-day/32-city North American leg, with stops including Washington DC, Mexico City, and Toronto. The show boasts stunning new technology that transforms the stage into a variety of fantasy environments, creating a brand new concert experience for the audience. The tour supports “Symphony,” a collection of all-new songs which… View this story
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