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Tuesday, May 14, 2013Beach Boys Tour With New TELEFUNKEN M80 “Woody” Mics
PSW Staff 05/14/13 12:11 PM,For The Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary world tour and continuing engagements, the band has chosen the M80 dynamic microphone from TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik in the new “Woody” faux oak finish. The first 15 mics off the handmade assembly line went out on the 50th Anniversary world tour and were signed by the band to raise funds for their favorite charity, The Surfrider Foundation. Additional “Woody” mics are still on the road for continuing Beach Boys engagements. TELEFUNKEN’s artist liaison Jason Scheuner… View this post
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Allen & Heath ME Mixers Used For Leading Dutch Singer
PSW Staff 05/14/13 12:01 PM,Dutch PA company, SoundWorks, supplied 28 Allen & Heath ME-1 personal monitor mixers for iconic singer, Lee Towers, who recently hosted concerts over several nights at the New Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam. Monitor engineer, Jens Koolwijk, managed audio design on the project, and tested several personal monitor systems before selecting ME. van Koolwijk commented: “The decision was an easy one - ME just works like clockwork! There’s no hassle, it’s easy to set up, and the audio quality is sublime.”… View this post
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Martin Professional MAC Viper Party At Carnaval Mazatlan
PSW Staff 05/14/13 11:33 AM,Luminica Gdl of Guadalajara, Mexico, was one of the first rental companies in Mexico and Latin America to invest in Martin Professional’s MAC Viper Profile and had the fixtures out on one of the Carnival season’s more festive events in February, Carnaval Mazatlan. Lighting designer Luis Ernesto Armenta Jiménez has used Martin products since he started in the industry as a programmer and incorporated the new 1000 W Martin fixtures into his lighting design for the festival. “I chose to… View this post
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Monday, May 13, 2013How Do You Know What Sounds Good?
Karl Winkler 05/13/13 04:41 PM,Most of us feel that we know good sound when we hear it. We also have tools to help us analyze the properties of sound, and we’ve learned to interpret those measurements and equate them with good and bad. But I find it fascinating that sometimes even when things measure “poorly,” we say that it sounds good anyway. Or, conversely, sometimes the measurements look spectacular but “there’s just something wrong.” The challenge is defining what actually constitutes “good” sound, and… View this post
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DPA Microphones Opens New China Office
PSW Staff 05/13/13 01:49 PM,Following a record year for sales in the Asia and Pacific regions, DPA Microphones hopes to continue its success by opening a new regional office in Hong Kong, China. Headed by Ken Kimura, DPA APAC general manager, the new office signals DPA’s commitment to its partners and customers by acting as a hub for sales, marketing and after-sales service. The office will also enable the company to expand its sales network and develop new business channels in market sectors. The… View this post
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The Music Industry Gathers To Remember Phil Ramone
PSW Staff 05/13/13 11:48 AM,With those in attendance underscoring the breadth and depth of a remarkable career in music, family and friends of multiple Grammy Award-winning music producer Phil Ramone came together in New York City on May 11, 2013, to celebrate and honor his amazing life. Ramone, who passed away on March 30, 2013, was most noted as an inspired record producer, crafting recordings that have sold into the hundreds of millions of copies for artists including Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra,… View this post
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Friday, May 10, 2013Meyer Sound Constellation Helps Performing Arts Center Combine Several Halls Into One
PSW Staff 05/10/13 01:12 PM,When planning its new performing arts centre, the Mansfield, Tex., school district faced a dilemma. Though it was determined that both a large auditorium and a smaller performance hall would be ideal for its range of events, their budget could not justify building and maintaining multiple spaces. A solution was soon found in the multi-use Cunningham Performance Hall of the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts, which utilizes a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system to provide the ideal acoustics… View this post
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Engineer Luiz Mazzei Uses Waves At FOH For Brazilian Band Capital Inicial
PSW Staff 05/10/13 12:32 PM,Luiz Mazzei, a talented engineer both in the studio and at front-of-house, is currently using Waves SoundGrid platform and an assortment of Waves Audio plugins as FOH engineer for Brazilian rock veterans Capital Inicial. Luiz Mazzei has been a user of Waves plugins in the studio since 2001. Since the introduction of SoundGrid and other products designed for live sound, Mazzei has been able to do what he had always envisioned: “I always felt like I was missing out by… View this post
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Thursday, May 09, 2013Return To Form: Reinforcing The Special Energy Of The Black Crowes
Greg DeTogne 05/09/13 05:19 PM,The Black Crowes have returned with this year’s Lay Down With Number 13 tour, emerging triumphantly fit and in full fighting form from an “indefinite” hiatus announced in April, 2010 that put performances on hold in the U.S. after the band played San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium later that year. Now, with the band’s fourth live album, Wiser for the Time, released in March of this year as a digital download and 4-record vinyl set, timing was never better for the… View this post
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Canadian Duo Uses Yamaha CL Digital Console On International Tour
PSW Staff 05/09/13 03:35 PM,A Yamaha CL3 digital audio console with two Rio3224-D racks has been provided by Gearforce of Coquitlam, BC, Canada for front of house mixing by Scottie Baldwin on the international tour by Canadian duo Tegan and Sara. Robert Nevalainen, president of Gearforce, says that the CL line represents a leap forward in audio quality. “Yamaha managed to retain the Centralogic interface that so many engineers love, and the company has such market penetration, that it just made sense,” he notes.… View this post
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