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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
In Profile: Veteran Mix Engineer Kevin Elson & His Work On The Current Kelly Clarkson Tour
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02/10/10 04:44 PM,
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Question: How did you get your start in the business? Kevin Elson: I played in bands in junior high and high school, and then started doing sessions. I did my first sessions, playing keyboards with Lynyrd Skynryd, when I was 16 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. I had been playing in a band that was the beginning of 38 Special. The singer, Donnie Van Zant, had a brother, Ronnie, who sang with a band called One Percent, and that band became…
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Euphonix Brings Flexibility To’ Westlake Village Studios For Winter Olympics Programming
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02/10/10 04:32 PM,
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For the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Universal Sports at the Olympic Games, will deliver five hours of live daily news and information using the Euphonix audio mixing system and a high-performance digital router to at its Westlake Village Studios in California, as well as remote production sets in Vancouver and Whistler. “We’re thrilled with the technology behind the Euphonix systems and look forward to providing our viewers with an entertaining and informative look at the Winter Games through the eyes…
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Updated! Video Joins Our Comprehensive Coverage Of The 2010 Winter NAMM Show
Keith Clark
02/10/10 03:47 PM,
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Welcome to ProSoundWeb’‘s editorial coverage of the people, happenings and new products at the recent 2010 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim. And what a show it was! Be sure to check back regularly as our new product coverage continues. NEW! Check out more than 40 videos detailing new products making their debut at the show. Product/Show Reports Mark Frink’s Top New Sound Reinforcement Products At Winter NAMM 2010 Barry Rudolph’s Top New Recording Products At The 2010 Winter NAMM Show…
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Metric Halo ULN-2 +DSP At Heart Of Both Studio & Live Systems For Female Vocalist JES
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02/10/10 08:10 AM,
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A Metric Halo ULN-2 +DSP FireWire interface with mic-pre, A/D/A converter, and digital signal processing capabilities, forms the basis of the home vocal production studio of female vocalist JES, singer of Motorcycle’s “As the Rush Comes,” which held the number one position on Billboard’s “Hot Dance Airplay” chart and is the fourth most-played dance song of the decade. The Metric Halo ULN-2 +DSP played a big role on the upcoming new release from JES entitled “High Glow” (Black Hole Recordings,…
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Monday, February 08, 2010
Updated! New Videos Join Barry Rudolph’s Top Recording Products At The 2010 Winter NAMM Show
Barry Rudolph
02/08/10 03:51 PM,
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NEW! Check out more than 40 videos detailing new products making their debut at the show. “Enthusiastic” was the overarching feeling at the show as most manufacturers experienced good to great traffic flow at their booths from super-interested buyers and others. If sales were off in 2009 you couldn’t tell it by the company-packed Halls A through C. Only Halls D and E had noticeably more empty floor space than last year. Some companies were conspicuous by their absence. Notably…
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Ashly Audio Names Todd K. Smith As Western Regional Sales Manager
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02/08/10 03:14 PM,
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Ashly Audio continues to grow and support its expanding product line of cost-effective, network-ready digital signal processors and amplifiers with the addition of Todd K. Smith to the position of western regional sales manager. Based in Colorado and reporting to John Sexton, national sales manager, Smith will oversee and expand markets west of the Mississippi for Ashly Audio. Smith comes to Ashly with more than 15 years sales experience in the pro audio industry, and has won sales awards, including…
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Roland Systems Group Releases Software Updates For M-400 And M-380 V-Mixers
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02/08/10 01:09 PM,
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Roland Systems Group (RSG) has released software updates for their popular digital mixing consoles – the M-400 and M-380 V-Mixers. V-Mixer software update Version 2.1 for M-400 and Version 1.1 for M-380 add S-4000M functionality as well as a number of user-requested features. The V-Mixer is one of the four components of the V-Mixing System that also includes digital snakes, personal mixers and multi-channel recording. In addition to user interface enhancements, new key features include: • Control and configuration of…
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Released & Available: New Version Of StagePlotPro For Macintosh (v2.0)
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02/08/10 09:26 AM,
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StagePlotPro v1.0 introduced the stage plot that actually resembled the band’s setup, graphics that were obviously mics, drums, or amplifiers, arranged on the stage where the band wanted them, numbered according to an input list that was right there on the same page. Monitor mixes were described and each monitor on the stage had a mix number. Text was added by typing into a text field and dragging it to the stage. StagePlotPro 2.0 greatly expands on the capabilities of…
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
Firewire Device Hierarchy: Does It Really Matter?
Kyle P. Snyder
02/07/10 07:40 PM,

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FireWire: it just sounds fast, doesn’t it? At the very least, it certainly sounds faster than USB. Perhaps that was Apple’s intention when they sat down with Sony, Texas Instruments, and many others to create an amazingly accessible data transfer specification that conjured up the image of reliability ease of use within the minds of users. However, if FireWire has one flaw, it’s that it’s too easy to use. What do I mean? Let’s compare the connectors for USB and…
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
METAlliance Certifies Millennia HV-3R 8-Channel, Remote-Control Microphone Preamp
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02/04/10 12:29 PM,
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Millennia Music & Media Systems has had its new HV-3R eight-channel microphone preamplifier certified by the Music Engineering and Technical Alliance (METAlliance). The HV-3R employs the same HV-3 mic preamp circuit found in their popular HV-3C and HV-3D units, while gain control is achieved via ultra-quiet, proprietary techniques. MIDI and Ethernet are the HV-3R’s primary remote protocols and MIDI interface allows plug-and-play compatibility with Pro Tools systems. John La Grou, Millennia Founder and President, remarks, “It was critical that the…
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