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Friday, February 20, 2009
PSW Staff 02/20/09 03:07 PM, 0 CommentsATK AudioTek of Valencia, California, supplied live audio production for the recent 51st Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center arena in downtown Los Angeles, with a live performance bill featuring considerably more nominees and performers than in the past. Of particular note, more than 50 wireless microphone systems were in use, with frequency coordination provided by Dave Bellamy of Burbank-based Soundtronics Wireless. House Audio Mixer Ron Reaves notes that “there were absolutely no RF failures that I was aware… View this story
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
PSW Staff 02/19/09 02:15 PM, 0 CommentsYamaha Commercial Audio Systems announces the March (2009) availability of the new IMX644 rack mount digital mixer, developed for sound information applications such as conference rooms, banquet halls, lounges and restaurants. The IMX644 features six Euroblock mono inputs each with individual +48V phantom power, four RCA stereo inputs, as well as an additional optical digital input. Outputs consist of two pair of stereo Euroblock connectors and two channels of mono outputs. RCA and optical digital outputs are also available for… View this story
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Friday, February 13, 2009
PSW Staff 02/13/09 01:33 PM, 0 CommentsFull Compass has announced Graceview Baptist Church in Tomball, Texas, as the winner of the “BIG Giveaway” hosted by Full Compass at the WFX Show last November in Houston. At WFX, the Full Compass exhibit space represented a full worship experience. including a functioning performance stage with the latest in audio, video, and lighting effects, with attendees able to register to win an AV equipment package valued at over $60,000. Chris Chapel, Associate Pastor of Praise and Worship at Graceview… View this story
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
PSW Staff 02/12/09 12:20 PM, 0 CommentsBuilt in 1920s, Hollywood United Methodist Church is a landmark of gothic beauty and reverent peace nestled amid the bustle of the neighborhood’s famous Hollywood and Highland district, just a block away from the Kodak Theater. Its architecture was inspired by Westminster Abbey and has provided the backdrop for Whoopi Goldberg’s “Sister Act,” in addition to hundreds of scenes in other movies. Hollywood UMC has survived all of those shoots without tarnish, and a buffeted foundation has left it undamaged… View this story
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PSW Staff 02/12/09 10:38 AM, 0 CommentsYamaha Commercial Audio Systems announced the addition of a new MY series (mini-YGDAI) card to its extensive line of expansion cards with the debut (at NAB 2009) of the MY8-SDI-D De-multiplexer card specifically designed for broadcast applications. HD-SDI (Serial Digital Interface) is a format widely used with HDTV, normally transmitting one channel of uncompressed HDTV video and 16 channels of PCM audio signals (four groups of four channels) along with time code and other related data via a router. The… View this story
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
PSW Staff 02/10/09 08:41 AM, 0 CommentsAt the recent Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, the sound reinforcement systems for pregame and halftime performances, as well as several sound systems for related events, featured Yamaha digital consoles. ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA, supplier of audio production services to the Super Bowl, chose two Yamaha PM5D consoles for the system serving Raymond James Stadium for the big game, featuring performances by Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson. The halftime show received an assist by long-time Bruce Springsteen sound company… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Line Array • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer -
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
PSW Staff 01/21/09 01:10 PM, 1 CommentIn one of the most widely viewed and celebrated civic events in history, Baltimore-based audio systems provider Maryland Sound (MSI) deployed JBL VERTEC line arrays as the main PA system for the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20. The ceremony took place at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., with a crowd of more than 1.5 million onlookers extending two miles from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial on the Potomac River, and along Pennsylvania Avenue to… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • News • Amplifier • Consoles • Digital • Line Array • Networking • Processor • Sound Reinforcement -
Monday, January 19, 2009
PSW Staff 01/19/09 01:45 PM, 0 CommentsSteinberg Media Technologies GmbH presents a major new update to its Cubase Advanced Music Production System and Cubase Studio Music Production System products. Cubase 5 and Cubase Studio 5 offer a host of new capabilities including new beat creation tools, an integrated vocal pitch editing toolset, extended composing features, a convolution reverb as well as many other workflow and technological enhancements, including full support for Windows Vista 64-bit Editions. Cubase 5 and Cubase Studio 5 will be shipping in February… View this story
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Friday, January 09, 2009
PSW Staff 01/09/09 04:59 PM, 0 CommentsYamaha Commercial Audio Systems has introduced the SW1112 subwoofer, the newest member of the company’s Installation Series of loudspeakers. Significantly smaller than other 12-inch-loaded subwoofers, the woofer features a 4-inch voice coil providing very good power handling and response. The SW1112 has a 2,800-watt input capacity with peak 127 dB sound pressure level output. Discrete nominal impedance measures 8 ohms with power ratings delivered at 700W (Noise), 1400W (PGM), 2800W (Max). Discrete sensitivity measures 93 dB. Further, the SW112 has… View this story
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Mark Frink 12/31/08 12:35 PM, 0 CommentsThis year is the tipping point for digital consoles in regional and festival sound reinforcement. Discussions of sound quality aside, the benefits of digital consoles – consistency, repeatability, recall and automation – force users to adopt the new way and the advantage it brings to live events where the same console is not dragged from one gig to the next. Vendors contemplating the purchase of a console must ask themselves who will be using their new mixing board, who the… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • Feature • Product • Slideshow • Consoles • Digital
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