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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Rational Acoustics To Host Smaart Training Classes In Tulsa, Barcelona
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01/20/10 07:46 AM,
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Rational Acoustics, owners of Smaart and specializing in professional training in sound system optimization, has announced upcoming Smaart training classes to be held in Tulsa, OK on February 2-4, and in Barcelona, Spain on February 9-11. The Tulsa session will offer the standard three-day training format, and will be taught by Harry Brill, Jr. Days one and two will be the Fundamentals and Applications classes, and day three will be the Advanced Practicum class. Registration is open and available immediately…
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Duran Audio To Launch Odeon Software Interface At Upcoming Integrated Systems Europe Show
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01/12/10 04:23 PM,
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Duran Audio BV has recently teamed up with Danish company Odeon A/S to create a unique interface between Duran Audio’s Digital Directivity Analysis software (DDA) and Odeon Room Acoustics software. This new interface allows sound system designers the ability to carry out their loudspeaker system designs (using AXYS loudspeaker products) in DDA; within the DDA environment the critical “beam steering” parameters of Intellivox and Target arrays can be set and modeled, using statistical methods. Once they are satisfied with the…
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Sennheiser Offering RF Coordination Services For Vancouver Winter Olympics
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01/12/10 01:25 PM,
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Sennheiser Canada, in a coordinated effort with Sennheiser Germany, announces the opening of an RF/equipment service and sales facility in conjunction with the upcoming XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The facility will offer assistance to radio and television broadcasters from all corners of the globe using Sennheiser technology that requires frequency coordination and equipment service. Broadcasters will be able to purchase Sennheiser’s new 2000 Series wireless systems as well. Sennheiser’s 2010 Olympic RF coordination facility will open…
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Rational Acoustics Posts Upcoming Dates For International & U.S. Smaart Training Classes
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01/07/10 02:51 PM,
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Rational Acoustics, owners of Smaart and specializing in professional training in sound system optimization, has announced an upcoming slate of Smaart training classes to be held in Mexico, Venezuela, England and the U.S. The sessions in Mexico and Venezuela will be led by Sonotribe Audio Consultants, while the others will be presented by long-time Smaart guru Jamie Anderson of Rational Acoustics. Go directly to specific course outlines: Smaart Fundamentals Smaart Applications Smaart Practical/Advanced User The full Rational/Smaart Training Schedule page…
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
LJ Productions Introduces Speaker Beeper, A Loudspeaker Driver Tester & More
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12/12/09 10:00 AM,
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The new Speaker Beeper from LJ Productions provides quick, accurate loudspeaker driver component testing, instantly and easily. The Speaker Beeper allows audio professionals to ensure that all drivers are functioning correctly, and it also can be used for checking the wiring between locations for accuracy, indicating cables that are fully engaged and working properly. This eliminates having to rely on lengthy testing or “best guesses”. The Speaker Beeper can also instantly review vertical and horizontal coverage throughout a venue. The…
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Monday, December 07, 2009
Meyer Sound M’elodie Line Arrays Bolster Adelaide Convention Centre
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12/07/09 10:33 AM,
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With its recent addition of a Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeaker system, the Adelaide Convention Centre has become an even more attractive events venue for Australia’s largest industry gatherings. The centre took top honors at the 2009 South Australian Tourism Awards in the category of Meetings and Business Tourism and silver in the Qantas Award for Excellence in Sustainable Tourism, and in November reported a new attendance record at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Haematology Society of Australia…
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
An Introduction To The New Smaart Version 7 Test & Measurement Platform
Jamie Anderson
12/01/09 02:24 PM,
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What’s new in Smaart Version 7? Everything. Smaart v7 test and measurement software is a completely new code base developed from the ground up. We have been able to reconsider, revise and improve all areas of the program – from the program’s fundamental architecture through to the details of the control interface. The changes to Smaart extend far beyond the application itself. One of the most exciting new features of Smaart v7 is our company, Rational Acoustics, which is made…
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Rational Acoustics Announces Completion Of The Purchase Of Smaart Product Line
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11/17/09 03:23 PM,
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Rational Acoustics LLC has just announced that it has completed the purchase of the Smaart brand product line from Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW). Concluding a deal that was initiated nine months ago; Rational Acoustics is now the sole owner of the Smaart brand and has title to all names, trademarks, code bases and assets for the complete suite of past, current and future versions of Smaart software. Rational Acoustics Chief Operating Officer Karen Anderson comments, “This is a huge milestone.…
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Monday, November 02, 2009
Rational Acoustics Appoints Woods Engineering As Official Smaart Instructors
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11/02/09 02:27 PM,
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Rational Acoustics has appointed Woods Engineering Services and Technologies, S.L. as official providers of Smaart Training Classes for Europe. Founded in 1999 by James Woods and expanded in 2008 with the addition of José Manuel Martin and Javier Isequilla, Woods Engineering provides audio system design, operation and analysis services for a wide variety of clients throughout Europe. Prior to founding Woods Engineering, Woods was Senior Project Manager with MAVCO, Miami; Technical Director at Twin Cam Audio in Barcelona, Meyer Sound…
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
d&b audiotechnik Releases New Version (v1.8) Of R1 Remote Control Software
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10/27/09 08:34 AM,
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d&b audiotechnik has released the latest version of its R1 Remote control software, v1.8, allowing a system design to be created, its performance predicted with d&b ArrayCalc, and the final system configuration applied either offline or onsite within R1 and then manipulated remotely. The whole menu of DSP control can be applied down to an individual d&b amplifier channel, groups of loudspeakers or the complete system. At the touch of a button, the System Check device diagnostics enable detailed monitoring…
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