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Friday, May 04, 2012NSCA Presenting Digital Marketing Boot Camp In Las Vegas
PSW Staff 05/04/12 02:02 PM,The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) is hosting a two-day boot camp featuring keynote speaker, Scott Klososky, from the 2012 NSCA Business & Leadership Conference (BLC). The boot camp will be held June 11-12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. Coming off of the most popular BLC, of which many topics centered around social media and marketing techniques, this boot camp will provide strategy-based curriculum on social and digital marketing strategies for marketing professionals and senior executives.… View this post
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Thursday, May 03, 2012Transcending Tech: A Conversation With Ethan Winer, Author Of “The Audio Expert”
Keith Clark 05/03/12 05:18 PM,The Audio Expert, a new book by Ethan Winer, exhaustively covers a plethora of important technical aspects of audio. But it goes much further, discussing and explaining the relationship between audio and a wide range of closely related factors. In short, it challenges you to think, to seek a deeper understanding. Just released by Focal Press (and available here), I received an advance copy and have had a hard time putting it down. Winer, who has worked with audio for… View this post
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NAMM Announces Activities Of Sixth Annual National Wanna Play Music Week May 7-13
PSW Staff 05/03/12 06:40 AM,Once again, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is calling on all aspiring musicians to pick up a musical instrument and play during its sixth annual National Wanna Play Music Week (May 7-13, 2012). “People spend too much time regretting the fact that they don’t already play a musical instrument, when it’s as simple as picking up an instrument and playing for the pure enjoyment of it,” says Joe Lamond, president and CEO of NAMM. “National Wanna Play Music… View this post
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012In The Studio: Mic With Your Ears, Not Your Eyes
Bruce A. Miller 05/02/12 03:46 PM,This article is provided by BAMaudioschool.com. Often, a young engineer will start to position microphones based on what they see done by others or read in a magazine. Sometimes they experiment and move the mics to see if the sound improves, but usually once someone ends up with a mic setup they like they stop trying to improve it. There are certain standard approaches that have been successful, but even these approaches should never be considered “etched in stone”. … View this post
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Why Quiztones Belongs In Your Studio Or Classroom As A Training Tool
Kyle P. Snyder 05/02/12 01:41 PM,This is a review of Quiztones, frequency ear training apps for Mac & iOS from Audiofile Engineering. As engineers, we all have particular strengths and weaknesses. Some are musically gifted and play multiple instruments, while others naturally take to composition. However, what about the most basic of skills - our hearing? Unless you have absolute pitch or synesthesia, we’re all playing with the hand dealt to us a birth. The only thing we can do is hone our auditory perception.… View this post
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The Audio Expert: Audio Fidelity, Measurements, And Myths—Part 1
Ethan Winer 05/02/12 10:21 AM,Here we present a portion of a chapter in the new book “The Audio Expert” by Ethan Winer, published by Focal Press. ———————————- “Science is not a democracy that can be voted on with the popular opinion.” — Earl R. Geddes, audio researcher In this chapter I explain how to assess the fidelity of audio devices and address what can and cannot be measured. Obviously, there’s no metric for personal preference, such as intentional coloration from equalization choices or the… View this post
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012TC Furlong Inc. To Host Yamaha CL Chicagoland Launch Tour
PSW Staff 05/01/12 11:15 AM,Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. and TC Furlong Inc. will host a mini-demo tour featuring the new Yamaha CL Digital Console Series, May 1-2, at three separate Chicago-area sites. Yamaha Systems Application Engineer, Kevin Kimmel, Regional District Manager, Mike Eiseman, and TC Furlong staff will be on hand to demonstrate the new console. All events are free of charge and open to audio professionals are welcome. Dates and location of events are: Tuesday, May 1—2:00 PM-8:00 PM, TC Furlong Inc.,… View this post
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Monday, April 30, 2012Meyer Sound Appoints Jason McCarrick As Education Program Coordinator
PSW Staff 04/30/12 04:24 PM,Meyer Sound has appointed Jason McCarrick to the position of education program coordinator. Based at the Meyer Sound Nashville office at Soundcheck, he will assume the responsibilities for scheduling and coordinating seminar and webinar events, handling program logistics, and assisting in creating educational content. McCarrick replaces Mac Johnson, who has been promoted to Constellation project manager at the company. Reporting to Meyer Sound education manager Gavin Canaan, McCarrick’s responsibilities also include supporting Nashville manager and touring Llaison Lee Moro in… View this post
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Friday, April 27, 2012Size Matters: Observations On Loudspeaker Directivity
Bruce Main 04/27/12 11:46 AM,Trap boxes and line arrays get all the attention. And that’s no surprise - they’re big and loud, and dare I say it, glamorous. But the truck rarely rolls without a complement of two-way loudspeakers sporting a 12-inch or 15-inch woofer and a horn. Whether its monitor wedges, drum fill, front fill or just “speakers on sticks,” small 2-way boxes do many of the everyday jobs that make up a typical sound reinforcement day. We take the performance of these… View this post
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Soundcraft Mixing With Professionals Coming To New York & Pennsylvania Featuring Monty Lee Wilkes
PSW Staff 04/27/12 10:24 AM,Soundcraft is continuing its “Mixing with Professionals” program this May with new dates in New York City and Reading, Pennsylvania. Veteran front of house engineer Monty Lee Wilkes will host the workshops, scheduled for May 8 and 9. The first session is scheduled for May 8 at Dale Pro Audio in New York City, continuing on to Sigmet Corporation’s headquarters in Reading on May 9. Each day will feature two identical sessions (9 am—noon or 2 pm—6 pm). Wilkes has… View this post
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