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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
06/01/11 03:39 PM,Founded in 1941 as the Plaza Movie Theater, this proud old theater has been a San Marcos landmark for decades, doing stints as a live theater, cinema, restaurant and live music venue. In 2008 the building shut down and began to further deteriorate, another classic example of urban neglect. Earlier this year the grand old dame was rescued from neglect and, after a $2.4m restoration project, was reborn as the Texas Music Theater. The renovation included new flooring, new décor,… View this story
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Friday, April 29, 2011
PSW Staff 04/29/11 02:45 PM, 2 CommentsThe National Theatre of Costa Rica (Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica) is one of the country’s most beloved buildings, brimming with cultured operas, concerts, and dance, and it now features a new high-end sound reinforcement system carefully integrated within its historic infrastructure. Located in the central section of San Jose, the National Theatre opened to the public in 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust. Since then it has hosted many of the great theatre companies of… View this story
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PSW Staff 04/29/11 12:35 PM, 0 CommentsFor Page Daniel Wireless Sound, the ability to deliver wireless microphone systems of all sizes is key to their theatrical clients’ success. Be it a relatively small setup of half a dozen transmitters and receivers to augment an existing setup or a full scale wireless deployment upwards of forty pieces, the equipment’s sound quality, reliability, and ease of use are the key ingredients that constitute success. For Page Daniel, owner/operator of Page Daniel Wireless Sound, those three ingredients translate to… View this story
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
PSW Staff 04/21/11 11:02 AM, 0 CommentsThe New World Center is the new Frank Gehry-designed home of the New World Symphony, which being under the artistic direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. The Center is a unique educational environment that prepares gifted graduates of distinguished music programs for leadership positions in orchestras and ensembles around the world. For sound reinforcement, this performing arts space recently invested in wireless microphone technology from Lectrosonics. Pro Sound & Video was selected to handle the project. Working from a design penned… View this story
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mike Wireless 03/24/11 02:38 PM,One of the topics that I’ve seen poorly understood, and even deliberately used to mislead people, is the issue of wireless microphone transmitter power and the effects said power has on system performance. Let’s start with the basics: all things being equal, more transmitter power = more range for the system, but not in a linear way. In broad terms, when discussing analog wireless systems, the receiver wants to see a signal from a transmitter that is at least about… View this story10 Comments
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Monday, December 20, 2010
PSW Staff 12/20/10 08:25 AM, 0 CommentsCurrently running through December 18th at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row in Times Square, Dreamlight Theatre’s production of The Extraordinary Ordinary is a new musical by Scott Burkell (book and lyrics) and Paul Loesel (music). The show follows a year in the life of six friends - Karen, Kate, Sam, Joey, Bev, and Zach. It is a show about choices… discovering who you are and deciding what’s important in life. It reminds us all about the joys of living… View this story
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Monday, December 06, 2010
PSW Staff 12/06/10 01:20 PM, 0 CommentsProsonic AVL, a design/build firm that provides audio, video, and lighting for the installation market, recently sold a D.A.S. Audio Aero system to Nashville, TN-based Jet Productions, the company contracted to provide sound and lighting for the show “Cheaper To Keep Her”. The system, which consists of twelve D.A.S. Audio Aero 12A 2-way, mid-high line array elements and four LX-218A high performance powered subwoofers was purchased specifically for the touring musical. Ensuring quality sound for the show was a major… View this story
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Friday, December 03, 2010
PSW Staff 12/03/10 11:51 AM, 0 CommentsAs Atlantic Canada’s largest professional theatre, the Neptune Theatre produces six shows a year running between September and July for its 500-seat proscenium main stage, the Fountain Hall. The renowned organization also produces world-class theatre in its Studio and operates a theatre school. Recognizing the importance of clear audio quality the organization recently took delivery of a new wireless microphone system from Lectrosonics. Joe Micallef is the Neptune Theatre’s sound coordinator. Now in his third season with the Company, Micallef… View this story
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tom Young 09/16/10 03:03 PM, 0 CommentsA well-designed main/primary loudspeaker system is expected to provide clear and intelligible sound to the entire audience. Over the years our industry has benefitted from a steadily growing selection of types and configurations of primary loudspeakers to do this; they possess the specific characteristics (performance and physical) that we need in our base inventory, or for a given project, or to solve a specific problem. Many of these varied types of products are also available over a wide range of… View this story
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
PSW Staff 09/14/10 12:55 PM, 0 CommentsWhen Theatre at the Mill, a newly built, 400-seat performance arts venue located in the Belfast metropolitan area, needed a reliable way to monitor sound for its premiere production, a staging of the hit musical Sweeney Todd, it new Aviom A-16II Personal Mixers would play a major role. The reliability and ease-of-use of the Aviom gear has proven to be the ideal solution. Supplied and installed by Production Services Ireland (PSI), the equipment helped see Theatre at the Mill through… View this story
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