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Thursday, April 04, 2013
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04/04/13 10:55 AM,
SurgeX International has announced the free availability of a new white paper, Power and Grounding for Audio and Video Systems: A White Paper for the Real World - International Edition. Authored by Jim Brown of Chicago’s Audio Systems Group, the 43-page document was commissioned by SurgeX International to serve consultants and IT/AV system integrators as a core guide on the proper implementation of 120/230-volt AC power platforms with correct connection, distribution and grounding practices. The document has been published for…
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
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03/28/13 01:35 PM,
Soundcraft is taking its popular “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) training to the upcoming Prolight + Sound 2013 in Frankfurt. Hosting the sessions will be Harman’s Gert Sanner, front of house engineer for Deep Purple for many years, and freelance engineer Mathias Lunau, who has worked with Peter Maffay, Howard Carpendale, Matthias Raul, Klaus Lage and most recently finished the Echo winning Tabaluga Musical Tour. Sanner and Lunau will provide formal training and demonstrations on the new Soundcraft Si Expression consoles…
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Monday, March 25, 2013
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03/25/13 09:27 AM,
If you missed Avid’s live webinar earlier this month—“The Commercial Edge At Abbey Road Studios”—it’s now available for free viewing in HD video on the Avid website. Go here to register and view the video. In the webinar, host Tony Cariddi of Avid and Simon Campbell, Chris Bolster, and Paul Pritchard of Abbey Road Studios explain how Pro Tools|HDX and a new approach helped reposition the studio for success. More specifically, the webinar addresses: —The technical and business challenges the…
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
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03/14/13 11:11 AM,
Hong Kong-based Max Production Ltd, one of the first adopters of Martin Audio MLA and MLA Compact line arrays in the Far East, recently underwent full technical training. Following the recent purchase of an MLA Compact 24, both Martin Audio regional application support engineer Chris Pyne and technical training manager Martyn (Ferrit) Rowe went to Max Production headquarters in Sha Tin district to carry out the intensive 3-day training course afforded to all Martin Audio MLA network partners. The course…
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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03/12/13 11:19 AM,
Soundcraft is presenting its popular “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) series at the upcoming NAB 2013 Show in Las Vegas. Hosting the sessions will be Ken Newman, front of house engineer for Barry Manilow and owner of Newman Audio. He has also mixed live sound for Chris Isaak, Anita Baker, Stevie Nicks, Liza Minnelli, Paul Anka and other top performers. Newman will provide formal training on the Soundcraft Vi Series consoles while discussing his experiences working with Soundcraft equipment. Participants will…
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Thursday, March 07, 2013
Teri Hogan
03/07/13 05:47 PM,
Any time a group of production professionals congregates to chat, the conversation invariable turns to the topic of labor. That’s when the griping and complaining begins. It seems that less-than-stellar stagehands are an epidemic - at least to hear all of the talk about it. Our sound company has nothing but excellent experiences with stagehands because we chose to do address this issue head on. We do business with several labor companies in our general region, and developed a training…
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013
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03/05/13 04:30 PM,
The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) Mass Notification & Emergency Communications (MNEC) Symposium will be a featured track on May 9, during the PSA-TEC conference in Westminster, CO. This event will include a keynote address by Michael Mulhare, director of office of emergency management at Virginia Tech. Recent changes to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 72, along with other various standards, established new requirements for intelligible emergency communications systems. These changes provide a business opportunity for audio and security…
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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02/13/13 10:39 AM,
Award-winning engineer/producer Ryan Hewitt and top studio designer Hanson Hsu are presenting hands-on studio education with Studio Prodigy | Master Class Series, the ultimate experience in professional audio mentoring. Attendees hear everything in a ZR Acoustics Virtuoso Environment as chart-topping engineers, artists and producers reveal their studio techniques and applications—in a real studio. The Studio Prodigy series opens with a full-day master class on “Hybrid Mixing Techniques,” led by Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Avett Brothers, blink-182 ) at…
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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02/12/13 12:08 PM,
The San Francisco offices of Delicate Productions recently conducted an in-depth three-day training session for the Martin Audio MLA Compact loudspeaker system. Attended by 12 top-tier Delicate touring and regional engineers along with notable independent engineers and facility owners interested in MLA technology, the session had a practical mission, according to general manager George Edwards. “We currently own an inventory of MLA and MLA Compact enclosures,” Edwards explains, “and we feel that any product with this level of depth and…
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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01/15/13 01:19 PM,
InfoComm is offering a new, member-developed resource to provide owners, consultants and integrators with comprehensive verification criteria to determine if the AV system achieves the client’s objectives and is performing in accordance with the system design. The Audiovisual Systems Performance Verification Checklist, which features 162 criteria, was developed in a consensus building manner over the last year, by a global panel of subject matter experts representing the entire industry. The list is available for free download here. “By creating and…
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