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Wednesday, November 18, 2009Live Concerts In Surround? Despite Some Obstacles, It Can Indeed Be Done
Michael Miles 11/18/09 10:55 AM, 0 CommentsAbout 15 or so years ago, I went to a rock concert at a stadium in Chicago. Having heard this band’s best-recorded music on some excellent small systems, including high-end four-channel setups, I looked forward to this concert with great anticipation. They were known for having elaborate and advanced concert setups. I expected many stacks of loudspeakers and amazing “big, immersive” sound along with a huge video display. Unfortunately, the outcome proved just the opposite - talk about disappointing! It… View this post
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Calle 13, Juan Gabriel Dominate 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
PSW Staff 11/18/09 10:00 AM, 0 CommentsCalle 13, a Puerto Rican alternative/urban hip-hop duo and Shure endorser, dominated the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards by winning all five categories in which they were nominated. The awards show, televised to more than 12 million viewers on Univision, took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The show featured a total of 15 live performances by some of the biggest stars in Latin music, the vast majority of whom used Shure microphones for their vocals… View this post
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Monday, November 16, 2009Rent-All Takes DiGiCo SD Consoles On Tour With Guus Meeuwis
PSW Staff 11/16/09 04:36 PM, 0 CommentsIn a departure from his recent stadium tours, Meeuwis’s current appearances to promote his NW8 CD, recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios, are in theatre-sized venues across Holland, where engineers Michiel Lukassen (monitors) and John van Heertum (FOH) are finding the DiGiCo duo the perfect solution. TM Audio, DiGiCo’s distributor in The Netherlands sold the consoles to Rent-All, the production company behind the current tour. “The Meeuwis crew used to be committed analog guys,” says Jaap Pronk of TM Audio.… View this post
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Fireflight On Tour With D.A.S. Audio Aero System
PSW Staff 11/16/09 03:49 PM, 0 CommentsRunning sound for the touring concert crowd is a tough business—set up early, mix the show, tear everything down, move to the next location, and repeat it all over again. When you consider this routine frequently also involves lighting equipment, backline (instruments), and possibly even staging, you begin to appreciate why roadies don’t know where they are half the time. One thing the road crew doesn’t need is a temperamental sound reinforcement system. That’s why Waverly, OH-based JSL Productions, who… View this post
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Sugarland Tours With More Than Three-Dozen Channels Of Sennheiser Wireless
PSW Staff 11/16/09 03:40 PM, 0 CommentsSugarland, the multi-award-winning country music duo comprising Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, and their band have been touring around the U.S. throughout the summer with more than three-dozen channels of Sennheiser wireless vocal microphone, personal monitor and instrument systems. The band’s live engineers are enthusiastic about Sennheiser’s exemplary sound quality and performance, of course, but it’s Sugarland’s use of the unique Command option on the SKM 5200 RF handheld vocal mics that has them most excited. “It’s a cool feature… View this post
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Sunday, November 15, 2009Audio-Technica Provides Microphone Solutions At The 2009 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards
PSW Staff 11/15/09 02:02 PM, 0 CommentsAudio-Technica is celebrating its 16th year of supporting the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards by providing an extensive selection of vocal and instrument microphones for its annual awards show. The 43rd Annual CMA Awards aired live in 5.1-channel surround sound Wednesday, November 11th, on the ABC Television Network from the Sommet Center in Nashville, and featured over 250 Audio-Technica microphones, including hard-wired mics and Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF wireless systems. The CMA Awards presentation is recognized as Country Music’s… View this post
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Friday, November 13, 2009Firehouse Deploys Crown & JBL For 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts
PSW Staff 11/13/09 07:42 AM, 0 CommentsRed Hook, New York-based Fire House Productions provided JBL VERTEC line arrays with Crown I-Tech HD power amplification for live sound reinforcement at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts in late October. The event took place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden with proceeds from the show going to benefit the Rock and Roll Foundation. Over the course of the two nights performers included Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Stevie Wonder, Simon &… View this post
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Thursday, November 12, 2009Grammy Winner Lucinda Williams Touring With Neumann KMS 105 Microphone
PSW Staff 11/12/09 11:36 AM, 0 CommentsMonitor engineer Seth Kendall utilized a Neumann KMS 105 microphone for the vocals of three-time Grammy winner Lucinda Williams on her recent tour of Europe, and will be continuing the practice on Williams’ upcoming “30th Anniversary Tour”. When paired with a Sennheiser ew 300 IEM G2 wireless personal monitor system, Kendall can deliver fatigue-free monitor mixes that, in his words, “absolutely sparkle.” While serving as a systems engineer for Clair Brothers, Kendall had the opportunity to hear dozens of capsules… View this post
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009Smash Mouth Performs Teen Concert Using NEXO & Yamaha Supplied By Gand Concert Sound
PSW Staff 11/11/09 03:36 PM, 0 CommentsSet on the Barrington (Illinois) High School football field in late September, musical act Smash Mouth participated in a teen motivational event that culminated in a performance in front of a crowd of 3,000, with tje sound reinforcement system and support by Gand Concert Sound, based north of Chicago. Joe Perona mixed front of house using a Yamaha M7CL digital audio console while Aaron Patkin mixed monitors on Yamaha PM5D-RH. Eight NEXO GEO T 4805s were used per side with… View this post
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Technotrix And Martin Audio Stay Busy Marching Across The Midwest Of The U.S.
PSW Staff 11/11/09 02:12 PM, 0 CommentsBourbonnais, Illinois-based TECHNOTRIX kept very busy this summer providing audio systems for Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park and the Illinois State Fair, utilizing Martin Audio line arrays to help provide concert-quality sound in these very different environments. At Lollapalooza, TECHNOTRIX was responsible for the BMI stage and Perry’s World, a 270-degree, nearly-in-the-round showcase for leading DJs from around the world. The main challenge at Perry’s World was getting even coverage in the round without overloading the stage with bass. As… View this post
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