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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
PSW Staff 09/01/09 02:48 PM, 0 CommentsThe ongoing Coldplay Viva La Vida concert tour has all band members utilizing Sensaphonics custom earphones and Sennheiser wireless systems. Further, all four band members upgraded from the classic ProPhonic 2X-S to the Sensaphonics 2MAX. “Most of the backline crew also have Sensaphonics IEMs,” says Monitor Engineer Chris Wood. “We have found the drivers to be very reliable. I can’t recall having a problem in the eight years we have used them.” A few wedges can still be seen on… View this story
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Friday, July 31, 2009
PSW Staff 07/31/09 07:21 AM, 0 CommentsThe planning and construction of Northwood Baptist Church’s new worship center in North Charleston, South Carolina, took nearly four years – and the church couldn’t be happier. “It took a little longer than we had originally hoped, but the patience paid off,” admits worship pastor Michael Bell. “But by taking the time to get it right, we got way more than we ever thought we could have. Our new Allen & Heath iLive-T console is a perfect example.” Design-build integrator… View this story
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Monday, July 20, 2009
PSW Staff 07/20/09 09:27 AM, 0 CommentsThe recent seventh annual Revelstoke Music Festival brought blues, rock, acoustic, Latin and World Music artists together in a sylvan outdoor setting on the Columbia River near the Selkirk Mountains and Glacier Pass in southeast British Columbia, with Northwest Global Entertainment (NWGE) of Kelowna, BC providing focused, high quality audio for the outdoor venue with a wide range Martin Audio system components. The eclectic musical lineup including Donald Ray Johnson, Nuna’Y, Red-Eye Empire, Kyemara, Valdy, Rick Garvin, Blind Spot, Ghost… View this story
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Monday, July 06, 2009Dual Allen & Heath iLive Consoles Bridge Broadcast, Live Sound Across Church Campuses And Continents
PSW Staff 07/06/09 12:43 PM, 0 CommentsChrist’s Church of the Valley in San Dimas, CA, has been growing steadily in recent years, making a switch to digital audio mixing a virtual necessity. With multiple locations, six weekend services, and a broadcast component that includes live streaming and re-broadcast in New Zealand and Australia, the number of audio paths has increased far beyond the capabilities of conventional analog. To meet these needs, this evangelical contemporary church selected two Allen & Heath iLive consoles – an iLive-176 for… View this story
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PSW Staff 07/06/09 06:14 AM, 0 CommentsBritish indie rockers Doves are currently headlining their first world tour in four years in support of their latest and fourth outing, Kingdom of Rust. Front of House Engineer Paul Ramsay specified a DiGiCo SD7 digital console for the U.K./Ireland bigger venue shows and a DiGiCo SD8 digital console for the smaller club tour in the U.S. Meanwhile, Monitor Engineer Ian Barton has been using an SD8 for the entire tour run. As a result of the band’s streamlined transportation… View this story
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Bruce Main 06/26/09 09:21 AM, 0 CommentsSummer is here, and a good many of us are out working those “mud and dust” shows, fairs and festivals. We get to clean amplifier filters on a daily basis, put wedges into garbage bags to keep them dry, mix with visqueen draped over the console (also to keep it dry). And, we’ll have a shop vacuum at front of house as well as the monitor “beach.” That said, the toughest aspect to deal with when doing shows in the… View this story
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Keith Clark 06/12/09 12:20 PM, 2 CommentsA recent poll here at ProSoundWeb asked, “The one thing I’d like to see the return of, or at least more of, in sound reinforcement is…” Response choices included tube electronics, rotary faders, loud/distorted audio, wired-only microphones, and wedges only (no IEM). Oh, and the winner: none of the above, which garnered almost 50 percent of the vote. Number two was tube electronics getting more than 20 percent, with number three being wired-only mics at about 15 percent. I was… View this story
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
PSW Staff 06/11/09 12:35 PM, 0 CommentsEAW has unveiled the new MicroSub stage subwoofer, the latest addition to the company’s MicroWedge Series of stage monitor products. The single-15-inch enclosure is a high-quality, high-volume, ultra-versatile stage and small venue subwoofer, designed to address the unique environment of onstage low frequency demands. The MicroSub can be configured and interlocked in a huge range of different combinations – by itself, with other MicroSubs or with other MicroWedge units. Small pads and recesses are located on its sides, top and… View this story
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
PSW Staff 06/09/09 12:56 PM, 1 CommentThe tenth annual (2009) Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival saw hundreds of performers across five stages, with a wide range of artists including Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, The Cure, The Killers and hip hop pioneers Public Enemy, among many others. It was followed by the growing Stagecoach Country Music Festival, held on the same beautiful desert location at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, CA (east of Los Angeles) and featuring top country artists such as Kenny Chesney, Kid… View this story
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
PSW Staff 06/03/09 07:01 AM, 0 CommentsTwo Yamaha PM5D-RH digital consoles are heading up audio production for the second season of Can You Duet , a performance-based reality TV series from the producers of American Idol that is taped at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville and shown on Country Music Television (CMT)/ One of the PM5D-RH is utilized with the house system, and the other is for monitors. In addition, Kooster McAllister’s Record Plant Remote rig, with dual Yamaha DM2000 digital consoles, is used for… View this story
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