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Monday, April 01, 2013
L-Acoustics K1 Rides High At RodeoHouston
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04/01/13 10:33 AM,
Billed as the world’s largest live entertainment and exhibition event, the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo—with rodeo and concert events known as RodeoHouston—is also one of Texas’ largest charities having contributed more than $330 million to the state’s youth since 1932. This year, the three-week rodeo and concert series at 72,000-seat Reliant Stadium was heard via the largest contingent of L-Acoustics K1 arrays ever deployed, provided by LD Systems of Houston. The concert list included a long list of…
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Friday, March 29, 2013
JBL VTX Line Arrays, Crown VRack Amplification Support “Real Voice, Real Talent” In Thailand
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03/29/13 09:56 AM,
Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand recently drew a huge turnout for Coca-Cola Thailand’s “Real Voice, Real Talent” concert, featuring performances from all 59 contenders of The Voice Thailand television series. For the event, Ten Years After Audio (TYAA) deployed its new JBL Professional VTX line arrays and Crown Audio I-Tech HD amplifiers. The “Real Voice, Real Talent” concert had a large, square stage set up in the middle of the stadium, with loudspeakers and amplifiers on all four sides…
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Harman Pro Names Kent Iverson As Director Of Marketing & Product Development
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03/28/13 06:07 PM,
Harman Professional has named pro audio industry veteran Kent Iverson as director of marketing and product development. He is responsible for all product management and marketing and reports directly to AKG general manager Jürgen Bopst. “Kent Iverson is a creative, dynamic leader who will bring new energy and market focus to our product development and marketing programs,” Bopst notes.” Kent’s experience as a customer, competitor and industry participant will lend depth and purpose to our programs and I look forward…
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Soundcraft Taking “Mixing with Professionals” To Prolight + Sound 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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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
TASCAM Introduces DR-60D DSLR Recorder
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03/27/13 01:38 PM,
The new TASCAM DR-60D is an audio recorder designed for on-set filmmakers and videographers using DSLR cameras. The 4-track solid-state recorder employs high-grade pre-amps and D/A converters combined with a durable but lightweight structure and shape. It will fit snuggly under any camera or into any rig, and record up to 96 kHz/24-bit high quality audio straight to SD/SDHC media. The DR-60D includes two 1/4-inch/XLR locking combo mic/line inputs, 3.5mm stereo mic input, camera in, camera out, line out and…
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Masque Sound Provides Custom Audio Package For Broadway Musical
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03/25/13 10:51 AM,
When Broadway’s newest musical, Kinky Boots, strutted into the Hirschfeld Theatre earlier this month, it earned rave reviews from preview audiences. To bring the show’s music-and-dance-filled score to life for audiences, Sound Designer John Shivers, along with his long-time associate and collaborator, David Patridge, turned to Masque Sound for a custom audio equipment package. Based on the 2005 film and inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots follows Charlie Price, an aspiring young businessman forced to give up his dreams…
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Slash Performs Sold Out Show In Poland With JBL VTX Line Arrays
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03/25/13 10:40 AM,
Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash (featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators) recently played a sold-out show in Poland—at the Spodek in Katowice—with the help of Harman’s JBL VTX line arrays. Promoted by Metal Mind Productions, it was the iconic guitarist’s only show in the country. PROSOUND provided the sound reinforcement with Music Cook providing support and any additional inventory required. The sound design featured hangs of eight VTX V25 fullsize line array elements front-facing on each side of the…
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Check Out The HD Video Of Avid’s Recent Webinar: The Commercial Edge At Abbey Road Studios
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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 21, 2013
Adlib Supplies Sound & Lighting For Cody Simpson Paradise Tour
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03/21/13 10:13 AM,
Leading UK technical solutions specialist Adlib supplied sound and lighting for recent solo shows by rising young Australian pop star Cody Simpson, who took time out from his busy schedule opening for Justin Bieber to perform in the key cities of Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester promoting his first studio album, ‘Paradise’. Adlib was asked by AEG Live to supply full technical production to the shows which played true theatre / concert halls rather than traditional pop-orientated venues. With 4.4 million…
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
dbx Introduces PS6 Power Supply For PMC16 Personal Monitor Controller
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03/19/13 10:13 AM,
dbx Professional has introduced the PS6 power supply for the dbx PMC16 personal monitor controller. The PS6 is a road-worthy power supply that can supply AC power for up to six separate PMC16 units. The PMC16 is remote control designed to give performers the ability to set up and control their own personal mixes of up to 16 channels of audio. Each channel can be tweaked with EQ, panning, stereo width control and effects, including a choice of built-in Lexicon…
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