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Monday, June 17, 2013Record Number Of Attendees Connect At InfoComm 2013
PSW Staff 06/17/13 05:48 PM,Last week’s InfoComm 2013 show in Orlando attracted 35,126 professionals attending from more than 110 countries, representing a 2.5 percent increase in attendance over InfoComm 2012. “InfoComm is the ideal place to make AV purchasing decisions, connect with contacts and learn principles that will boost your effectiveness,” says David Labuskes, CTS, RCDD, executive director and CEO, InfoComm International. “The marketplace strongly supports the InfoComm show, and we are grateful for the attendee support and for the innovative exhibitors who are… View this post
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InfoComm Honors Dr. Joseph Kramer With 2013 Adele De Berri Pioneer Of AV Award
PSW Staff 06/17/13 03:21 PM,At the just-concluded InfoComm 2013 show in Orlando, InfoComm International announced that Dr. Joseph Kramer has been honored with the Adele De Berri Pioneer of AV Award. Since founding Kramer Electronics more than 30 years ago, Kramer has fostered many audiovisual technology innovations that impacted users in various ways. His innovations have improved the jobs and lives of designers, installers, and users by giving them simplified installations and greater functionality at lower costs. With a presence in 23 countries… View this post
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Transform Your Mind: Chapter 3 Of White Paper Series On Transformers In Audio Now Available
PSW Staff 06/17/13 11:10 AM,Chapter 3 of PSW’s ongoing free white paper series in now available. (Get it here.) Entitled “Anatomy Of A Transformer,” chapter 3 provides an in-depth look at how transformers are designed and built, including numerous proprietary processes and specialized machines it takes to produce transformers of the highest quality. The series of papers is authored by Ken DeLoria, senior technical editor of ProSoundWeb and Live Sound International (and founder of Apogee Sound). The white paper series is presented by Lundahl,… View this post
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Sunday, June 16, 2013Riedel Establishes New U.S. Office & Training Center In Burbank, CA
PSW Staff 06/16/13 03:01 PM,Riedel Communications has opened a new facility in Burbank, CA, to address increasing demand for the company’s product range. In addition to providing space for more inventory and sales personnel, the new facility includes a training room in which customers and partners can get hands-on experience with Riedel equipment and software. “As a rapidly growing number of U.S. production companies turn to Riedel solutions, our Burbank facility gives us the ability to provide both new and existing customers with a… View this post
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013Church Sound: Key Questions To Ask In Assessing Your AV Systems
Dale Alexander 06/11/13 09:01 AM,The process of accurately assessing the systems and related factors at any church can be tricky business, and in particular, at an existing church. The key in every situation is to make a candid and complete assessment of the entire facility and equipment, taking into account many other important (and related) factors as well. There are so many variables to be considered, but it all starts with determining where the church currently is right now both in its system usage… View this post
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DiGiCo/Group One Launch Master Series Training Seminars Providing Educational Resources
PSW Staff 06/11/13 06:35 AM,Working in conjunction with its U.S. distributor Group One Limited, DiGiCo recently launched a series of educational training seminars — “DiGiCo’s Master Series: From Power On to Expert” — focused on showcasing the current line of SD Series systems. Full Sail Live, the award-winning school for entertainment media located in Orlando, FL, hosted the inaugural seminar, facilitated by DiGiCo/Group One’s top audio trainers, national sales manager Matt Larson and technical sales & support Ryan Shelton. More than 90 were in… View this post
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Monday, June 10, 2013Church Sound: Getting Our Heads Around The True Cost Of Systems
Tom Walter 06/10/13 01:11 PM,As the only “audio guru” in my subdivision, I regularly field a variety of questions ranging from product reviews on brand-name table radios to “are these guys ripping me off?” When I interface with the architectural design community, I get the same questions in addition to one more: “How much will the cost be for a sound system for this particular space?” Most often, the conversation focuses on church venues, and as this information is not yet available from construction… View this post
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Friday, June 07, 2013PreSonus StudioLive Comes To Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts
PSW Staff 06/07/13 06:44 AM,Since opening its doors in 1996, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) has become one of the leading performing arts schools in the UK. Founded by Mark Featherstone-Witty and Sir Paul McCartney, the school emphasizes a multifaceted and holistic approach to training in the arts. “Our view is that every student should attain some knowledge of all the individual disciplines that make a performance possible,” explains Jon Thornton, Director of LIPA’s School of Sound Technology. “While they study their chosen… View this post
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Thursday, June 06, 2013How Do You Set Sound System Gain Structure?
Chuck McGregor 06/06/13 06:01 PM,Realistically, audio signals at or near the noise floor of a system are not useful because the signal will not be significantly louder than the noise. Therefore, some minimum usable level must be assumed below which the electronic noise is considered objectionable. A signal to noise ratio of 20 dB is considered minimally acceptable for good intelligibility. For a high quality system 30 dB would be a better figure to use. Using this value, the range from this minimum signal… View this post
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Lectrosonics Announces New ASPEN Certified Dealer Program
PSW Staff 06/06/13 09:53 AM,Lectrosonics recently launched the ASPEN Certified Dealer Program, created with the goal of ensuring higher standards of technical expertise when deploying the company’s ASPEN Series products. The program is a three-fold initiative designed to help integrators gain the technical expertise necessary to ensure top-quality AV system deployments. ASPEN dealer certification constitutes the following requirements: 1) Someone on staff at the AV integration firm must have successfully completed Lectrosonics’ ASPEN Factory Training Program. 2) The AV integration firm must have at… View this post
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