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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
PSW Staff 04/22/09 11:47 AM, 0 CommentsSoundcraft Studer has introduced new Vista software version 4.2, which enhances the sound design and production workflow for cue-based theater productions. The new software provides extended cue list functions including time-based cue recall, MIDI MMC commands for sound FX playback triggers, as well as the introduction of some brand new cue events. Library Events: Characters in a musical or play can now be given any desired library entry (e.g. a special EQ setting) on a cue by cue basis. This… View this story
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
PSW Staff 04/14/09 11:07 AM, 0 CommentsIPR Services of Hacienda Heights, California, recently completed the design and installation of the audio system headed by JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays at the new Club Nokia performance venue in Los Angeles. Club Nokia is part of AEG’s $2.5 billion LA Live complex, located adjacent to the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The venue was designed to showcase emerging music acts, established artists and cultural productions while also providing an appropriate function space for corporate events and private… View this story
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Monday, March 23, 2009
PSW Staff 03/23/09 12:17 PM, 0 CommentsHoused in a historic church, Salt Lake Acting Company premieres new, original plays with bold themes. When it came time to buy a new mixing console, in-house sound maven Cynthia L. Kehr Rees chose the Yamaha IM8-32, an analog board with a straightforward layout and feature set. Kehr Rees, who is a member of United Scenic Artists local 829 and serves as a sound designer, system designer and sound engineer, has had extensive training on Yamaha’s digital consoles, including the… View this story
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
PSW Staff 03/10/09 08:55 AM, 0 CommentsMidas Consoles Benelux has sold a package of equipment including two Midas PRO6 digital consoles, a Venice 160 console and Klark Teknik Square ONE signal processing to Deltion College in Zwolle, the Netherlands. The Deltion College provides around 16,000 young people with vocational training and education per year, and its technology courses include Stage and Events Techniques Training. “This is equipment you won’t yet see in many real-life theatres; a dream come true for every instructor and every student,” says… View this story
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
PSW Staff 03/05/09 04:31 PM, 0 CommentsMexico City’s Auditorio Nacional, honored with the top slot in Billboard’s Touring Awards in 2007 and topping Pollstar’s rankings of theatres and auditoriums by posting total ticket sales of over 995,000, has just implemented a new high-end audio system featuring 60 Meyer Sound MILO line array loudspeakers - the largest MILO system owned by any theatre or auditorium. The Auditorio seats an audience of nearly 10,000 and is the Western Hemisphere’s largest auditorium that is not a religious institution. Size… View this story
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
PSW Staff 02/25/09 08:35 AM, 0 CommentsThree large theatres in Germany have recently installed intercom systems from Riedel Communications. While the State Theatres in Meiningen and Dresden chose Riedel’s Performer 32 intercom matrix/stage management system, a Riedel Artist 64 intercom matrix is used at the opera house in Halle. Next to the Semper Oper, the Schauspielhaus is the biggest theatre in Dresden. Its program consists of classical plays and musical theatre productions. The backbone of the intercom system at the theatre in Dresden is a Riedel… View this story
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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, December 18, 2008
PSW Staff 12/18/08 10:08 AM, 0 CommentsFor the premiere performance of the new Allen Cole musical The Miracle Man at Ryerson University, the sound quality of the wireless microphone systems that would be deployed was a major concern. Peter McBoyle, the Stratford, Ontario-based theatrical sound designer and consultant tasked with ensuring the best possible audio quality for the new Canadian musical, identified what he believes to be better solution, wireless equipment from Lectrosonics. McBoyle, who specializes in system specification, consultation, and sound design, discussed the challenges… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Stage
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