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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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11/26/08 03:52 PM,
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Greater Atlanta’s 12Stone Church recently expanded its Lawrenceville campus with a new state-of-the-art, 2,600-seat worship center, a 600-seat high school worship center, a 300-seat middle school worship center, and two additional 150-seat worship centers for grade-schoolers and pre-schoolers. The stadium-style main auditorium features a thrust stage with seating that bends an astounding 220-degrees to accentuate 12Stone’s engaging services. In addition to expanding their facilities, 12Stone expanded their already impressive array of Sennheiser gear and now boast twenty-five wireless microphone and…
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Monday, November 24, 2008
11/24/08 06:39 PM,
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Similar to American Idol, the hit U.S. show, Latin American Idol is a reality television show that enjoys a huge following. Just like its U.S. counterpart on many other levels, the program provides contestants with an opportunity to achieve superstardom, showcases celebrity guests, and uses the judge’s stand as a pulpit for lively and spirited discourse that sometimes extends into the audience as well. On the surface, one might easily construe that the only difference between the shows is that…
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11/24/08 06:28 PM,
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For the 15th consecutive year, Audio-Technica has supported the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards by providing an extensive selection of vocal and instrument microphones for its annual awards show. The 42nd Annual CMA Awards aired live in 5.1-channel surround sound Wednesday, November 12th, on the ABC Television Network from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and featured over 250 hard-wired and wireless Audio-Technica microphones. From backline vocal and instrument mics to frontline wireless systems for leading country artists such as…
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11/24/08 05:56 PM,
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For the students, faculty, administrators, and others who routinely found themselves onstage before the student body and members of the local community at the Bedford North Lawrence Performing Arts Center, the quality of the facility’s sound reinforcement system was a sore subject. Speakers and performers alike routinely experienced RF (radio frequency) interference, excessive dropouts, and poor sound quality as they struggled with the antiquated wireless microphone system. After determining this unfortunate state of affairs had existed for far too long,…
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11/24/08 03:45 PM,
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Audio-Technica expands its award-winning SpectraPulse Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless microphone system with the mtu201 XLR Desk Stand Transmitter. The mtu201 is optimized to work with any of Audio-Technica’s 29 Engineered Sound® gooseneck microphones with 3-pin XLRM-type output, ideal for such applications as podiums, boardroom tables and other situations where a gooseneck is preferred over a boundary-type mic. The mtu201 provides phantom power to the microphone and features a programmable touch-sensitive switch (for push-to-talk, push-to-mute or toggle operation) and 9-hour rechargeable…
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11/24/08 09:57 AM,
Sennheiser has issued a statement following the recent ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding proposed “white space” consumer devices, noting that “the sky will not fall after February 17th” - the date for digital TV conversion. The statement also addresses several specific aspects of the new rules, including safeguards that are intended to protect wireless microphone systems, and notes a customer support program the company has put into place to help customers/wireless users clarify wireless usage in addition…
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
11/13/08 05:23 PM,
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BarlowGirl’s Million Voices fall tour started in September, with the sisters/rock trio set to step out through mid-November in support of How Can We Be Silent, their third release since debuting on the Christian music scene in 2004. Beyond their music is their ministry, and to that end, the group has successfully blended both to the tune of nine Dove Awards nominations and several other industry accolades and honors. Onstage, the sisters — Alyssa, Rebecca, and Lauren Barlow — have…
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
11/05/08 09:53 AM,
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The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday (November 4) to allow technology companies like Google, Microsoft, Dell, and Motorola to produce “white spaces” devices that will use the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum now being used by wireless microphone systems. Final text of the rules is not yet available, but the order is purported to greatly reduce the amount of clear spectrum available for use by professional audio and communications equipment. The Commission adopted certain important elements of Shure’s recent wireless…
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Monday, November 03, 2008
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11/03/08 01:08 PM,
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Broadcast groups and networks have filed an Emergency Request with the FCC urging the agency to follow its own standard practice and seek comment on a technical report released last week by the Commission’s Office of Engineering and Technology. The report, which details interference test data for several prototype ‘white space’ devices, contains findings conclusively demonstrating that unlicensed devices relying solely on spectrum sensing threaten the viability of clear TV reception. “Simply put, until two days ago, it has been…
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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10/28/08 01:16 PM,
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Shure has delivered a new, alternative White Spaces Proposal to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding Docket 04‐186. In a company communication issued late yesterday (October 16, 2008), the company stated, “The time is now for anyone interested in the future of quality professional wireless audio to communicate to all of the FCC Commissioners that the Shure proposal is the minimum acceptable proposal to continue their operations without serious disruption. “The FCC Test Report has been released and a vote…
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