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Monday, May 20, 2013
Extron Fiber Optic RS-232 Inserter Now Shipping
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05/20/13 09:37 AM,
Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new FOX RS 104, a four port RS-232 inserter for long-haul transmission of control signals to remote source and destination equipment over fiber optic cabling. Each port provides a bidirectional fiber optic connection to an Extron FOX Series transmitter or receiver for the insertion and extraction of control data, while maintaining a continuous pass-through link for video and audio. The FOX RS 104 is ideal for use in applications…
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Riedel Earns Sports Emmy Award For Production Of Red Bull Stratos Project
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05/10/13 01:52 PM,
Riedel Communications has been awarded a Sports Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding New Approaches Sports Event Coverage” for the production of the Red Bull Stratos project. As a contributor to the project, Riedel received the award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Science at the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, held May 7 in New York City. In a first-of-a-kind sports production from the edge of space, the Red Bull Stratos project captured aviation pioneer Felix…
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
AVnu Alliance Welcomes New Member Companies To Advance AVB Certification
PSW Staff
05/09/13 04:11 PM,
AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium that certifies Audio Video Bridging (AVB) products for interoperability, has introduced four new member companies: Bose, LG, Arrive Systems, and Revolabs. Standing at 55 global members, AVnu Alliance is a consortium of professional A/V, automotive, and consumer electronics companies working together to drive certification and interoperability of open AVB standards and to enable interoperable platforms. The alliance has recently announced new AVB educational programs and new partnerships, as well as created the AVnu Alliance Broadcast…
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Soundcraft Vi6 Consoles Chosen For Largest Choir Event For Guinness Book Of Records
PSW Staff
05/09/13 11:09 AM,
Soundcraft helped The London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC) into the Guinness Book of Records last weekend when house engineer Raphael Williams and monitor engineer Nikoma Bell specified 96- and 64-channel Vi6 consoles respectively to mix the largest gospel choir ever assembled on a stage. The event was to celebrate LCGC’s 30th anniversary—with a 3-day series of performance and workshops at London’s South Bank over the Bank Holiday weekend. The highlight was the concert at the Royal Festival Hall on the…
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Dalzell & Company Appointed Optocore U.S. Sales Representative For New England, New York
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05/03/13 03:44 PM,
Optocore has announced the appointment of Rhode Island-based David Dalzell & Company as it’s sales representative for New England (CT, RI, ME, MA, NH, VT) and New York (NY, NJ) territories. Dalzell is offering sales and technical assistance in design and implementation for Optocore networking technologies for the company’s three core markets – installation, performance systems. He will work directly with recently appointed U.S. sales manager Allan Nichols (based at the Optocore Nashville office) and North America director Bill Coons…
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Xilica Audio Design Introduces New Dante-Enabled Digital Processors
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05/03/13 10:37 AM,
Xilica Audio Design and Audinate have announced the launch of Xilica’s new Dante-enabled Neutrino and Uno Series digital processor models. Neutrino is an open architecture-drag and drop based DSP while Uno is a hybrid architecture/apps based DSP. Neutrino and Uno digital processors are available in 8x8, 8x16, 16x8 and 16x16 I/O models. Dante enabled models provide an additional 32 channels (16x16) of I/O via Audinate’s Dante network solution. Note that Neutrino and Uno Series Dante-enabled models not available in North…
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
Slick & Seamless: Developing A Live Digital Recording System
Todd Hartmann
05/02/13 03:51 PM,
Choosing an audio console can be likened to a guitarist choosing an ax – it’s the pallet with which one creates. Some engineers have built their mixing techniques around plug-ins while others rely on complex channel grouping or outboard gear. It’s difficult to classify one platform as “better” or “worse” than another, simply because it boils down to one question: does it help produce the best-sounding show possible in the shortest amount of time? In addition, due to the enormous…
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
RCF Introduces AX 8042 Digital Matrix Mixer
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04/16/13 05:12 PM,
The new RCF AX 8042 is a versatile digital matrix mixers designed on a powerful DSP platform, dedicated for install sound and commercial audio applications. It is outfitted with universal mic-line inputs (one can be set as noise detection input), and 6 outputs on 4 lines. With the available processing power, a large number of audio parameters can be set. Moreover, the possibility of linking two AX 8042 to create a 16-input 12-output matrix is available due to the in/out…
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Friday, April 12, 2013
JBL Professional Launches Latest V5 Presets For VTX and VerTec Line Array Loudspeakers
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04/12/13 05:40 PM,
JBL Professional has introduced extended V5 preset support for additional models of its VTX Series and VerTec line array loudspeakers. The new V5 preset release enhances a number of performance attributes of JBL VerTec VT4887A, VT4887 and VT4886 line array loudspeakers and VT4883, VT4882, VT4881A, VT4880 and VT4880A arrayable subwoofers by leveraging the OmniDriveHD linear phase FIR processing capability of Crown Audio I-Tech HD DSP power amplifiers. The new edition of V5 presets includes improvements in horizontal coverage due to…
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L-Acoustics Announces Addition Of New LA4X To Amplified Controller Series
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04/12/13 05:01 PM,
L-Acoustics has announced the addition of the LA4X amplified controller to its amplified controller series. The LA4X is based on a 4 input x 4 output architecture combining the benefits of self-powered loudspeaker packages with the flexibility of outboard DSP and amplification. The loudspeaker management and amplification for L-Acoustics systems can operate in three different connectivity modes. Stéphane Ecalle, L-Acoustics marketing director, says, “With LA4X, L-Acoustics speakers can virtually be considered as powered speakers, at the same time maintaining the…
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