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Wednesday, July 14, 2010Sound Devices Recorders Used to Capture The Sounds Of Woodstock For Documentary
PSW Staff 07/14/10 10:00 AM, 1 CommentIn her feature-length documentary Woodstock: Now & Then, which aired on VH1 and the History Channel in commemoration of the three-day festival’s 40th anniversary, two-time Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple focused on the behind-the-scenes elements of the original event and its lingering cultural mark. The film blends never-before-seen film footage and images from Woodstock with new interviews with some of its major players, current performances by some of the musicians who performed there 40 years ago, as well as some… View this post
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010Cakewalk Announces Availability Of Mac Support Update For V-Studio 20
PSW Staff 07/13/10 06:11 PM, 0 CommentsCakewalk has announced immediate availability of a new Mac Support update for the V-Studio 20. The V-Studio 20 Mac Support update enables the VS-20 hardware and Effects Editor to be used with all popular Mac-based recording software titles. The update provides Mac users with all the benefits of recording with the V-Studio 20 COSM guitar and vocal effects; and use of the V-Studio 20 hardware as dedicated universal DAW controller. Additionally, both GarageBand and Logic can be further integrated into… View this post
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Yamaha And Nexo Provide Chicago’s Wit Rooftoop With Sound To Remember
PSW Staff 07/13/10 07:35 AM, 0 CommentsGand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, Illinois recently utilized a Nexo Alpha sound system on the top of the Wit, one of Chicago’s trendiest hotels. The penthouse open-air bar, called Roof, was turned into a rock club with music by 80’s new wave rockers ‘Missing Persons’ and 90’s power pop headliner ‘Letters to Cleo’, whose lead singer, Kay Hanley, is best known for providing the movie voice of Josie in ‘Josie and the Pussycats’. The PA consisted of Nexo Alpha… View this post
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Monday, July 12, 2010Church Soundguy: First Impressions Of The MyMix Personal Monitor System
David McLain 07/12/10 02:23 PM, 3 CommentsI recently had a chance to take a quick preview of the new MyMix personal monitor system. This is the first new personal monitor system I’ve seen in quite a while, and the paradigm is so completely new with MyMix that it took a little bit of time to wrap my head around it. Once I’d made that transition, I was pretty impressed with what I saw. Here’s how it works: Like any personal monitor system, every musician gets a… View this post
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Friday, July 09, 2010Pulling The Drum Mix Together & Putting On The Finishing Touches
Bobby Owsinski 07/09/10 02:29 PM, 0 CommentsThis article is the second in a series on drums, excerpted from Bobby Owsinski’s “The Drum Recording Handbook”. Other articles in the series are available here. Once you’ve miked your individual drums in a way you like, it’s time to listen to the kit as a whole. First, stand about five to ten feet (2–4 m) before the kit and listen acoustically while the drummer plays. Listen to the balance of the kit. Next, go back in front of your… View this post
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Midas Pro6 Selected for US Tour Of Australian Band Jet
PSW Staff 07/09/10 01:55 PM, 0 CommentsThe Australian band Jet is now touring America to support the group’s latest album, Shaka Rock. At front of house is veteran mixer Kyle Chirnside, with Will Burston on monitors. the monitor desk. They have chosen to carry their own front of house console, a Midas Pro6 live audio system supplied by Big Mo Pro in Parsippany, New Jersey for the entirety of the US tour. “I’ve been using the Pro6 for two years now. It’s my console of choice,”… View this post
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Church Sound Files: The Basics Of Using Compressors In Your System
PSW Staff 07/09/10 12:13 PM, 0 CommentsWhat does an audio compressor actually do? Most types of signal processors, such as reverbs, equalizers, and delays, are designed to make an obvious change in the sound. But a compressor’s action is much more subtle; when used properly, most listeners won’t be aware that signal processing is being used. Only if you hear the original dynamic range of a signal and compare it to the compressed version will the effect be noticeable. A compressor/limiter is essentially an automatic volume… View this post
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APB-DynaSonics Consoles Help Make Jazz Festival A Success
PSW Staff 07/09/10 10:56 AM, 0 CommentsOne of 12 at this year’s New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do stage is dedicated primarily to Louisiana music with a mixture of local and national headliners performing zydeco, Cajun, blues and rock music. The acts are presented back to back with very quick set changes. Adding to the challenge were the adverse tropical conditions with torrential rain and a heat index swing from 70º to 105º posed a formidable threat. Said Chris Brown, owner of… View this post
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SSL Duality Installed By Full Sail University
PSW Staff 07/09/10 09:36 AM, 0 CommentsFull Sail University recently installed a 72-channel Solid State Logic Duality SE console as the centerpiece of its new flagship recording studio, the Audio Temple. This installation represents the largest Duality in an educational institution. The expansion was part of the Full Sail Gateway Studios project encompassing a live performance hall, a game production studio and the new, state-of-the-art recording studio. Duality was the console of choice as it best represents the future of the recording industry for Full Sail,… View this post
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Thursday, July 08, 2010An Interview With The Legendary Shelly Yakus
Bruce Borgerson 07/08/10 03:15 PM, 0 CommentsShelly Yakus is one of the true legends of the engineering trade, and his storied career demonstrates the value of an early start. You might even say he was born to record. His father and uncle were co-owners of Ace Recording in Boston, and young Shelly was a studio “rugrat” as far back as he can remember. As a young man, dazzled by the excitement of the New York studio scene, in 1967 Yakus applied for a job as an… View this post
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