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Friday, May 17, 2013CAD Expands New Sessions Headphones With Custom Colors
PSW Staff 05/17/13 03:24 PM,New CAD Audio Sessions MH510 professional headphones are now available in a range of new custom colors. Based on numerous requests from artists, producers and users, the new Sessions MH510GD phones in gold/white are now available. These will be followed by custom colors such as chrome/white, high tech gray/white and pink/white. Sessions phones are also currently available in black, white/red, black chrome and black/orange. Sessions phones offer a wide frequency response (10Hz – 24kHz) with extended lows, smooth mids and… View this post
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Thursday, May 16, 2013VUE Announces EASE Focus 2 And SystemVUE Software
PSW Staff 05/16/13 05:23 PM,With the al-4 Subcompact line array now shipping, VUE Audiotechnik has further revealed a technology roadmap that will bring immediate enhancements to the al-4’s capabilities while also foreshadowing broader technology initiatives to be unveiled at the upcoming InfoComm show in Orlando. Specifically, VUE has licensed a complete suite of acoustic measurement and modeling software from Berlin-based AFMG Technologies. Included are EASE Focus 2, SysTune, and AFMG’s FIRmaker technology. “As the undisputed leaders in acoustic measurement and room modeling, I’m tremendously… View this post
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Can Award-Winning Recordings Be Made In A Home Studio?
Bob Buontempo 05/16/13 04:41 PM,To begin with, there are many things that you cannot do in a home studio. A competent recording of a live band - still the mainstay of the recording industry - is usually impossible in your bedroom. Fitting an orchestra in there is also challenging. And even though the topic of this piece is whether award-winning (i.e., Grammy) music can be conceived, recorded and mastered in a home studio, there’s nothing to indicate that any such recordings actually have been.… View this post
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Powersoft Rocks The Red Carpet Stage At Billboard Latin Music Awards
PSW Staff 05/16/13 10:46 AM,Powersoft and Hollywood, FL-based professional audio and lighting company Sound Media rocked the red carpet at the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards, presented by State Farm and broadcast live on Telemundo on April 25. Sound Media provided audio, including Powersoft K10 and K2 amplifiers, for the show’s red carpet stage, which featured live music performances between interviews with the many celebrities arriving for the awards presentation at the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center. The red carpet arrival show included live… View this post
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013Allen & Heath ME Mixers Used For Leading Dutch Singer
PSW Staff 05/14/13 12:01 PM,Dutch PA company, SoundWorks, supplied 28 Allen & Heath ME-1 personal monitor mixers for iconic singer, Lee Towers, who recently hosted concerts over several nights at the New Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam. Monitor engineer, Jens Koolwijk, managed audio design on the project, and tested several personal monitor systems before selecting ME. van Koolwijk commented: “The decision was an easy one - ME just works like clockwork! There’s no hassle, it’s easy to set up, and the audio quality is sublime.”… View this post
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Thursday, May 09, 2013Return To Form: Reinforcing The Special Energy Of The Black Crowes
Greg DeTogne 05/09/13 05:19 PM,The Black Crowes have returned with this year’s Lay Down With Number 13 tour, emerging triumphantly fit and in full fighting form from an “indefinite” hiatus announced in April, 2010 that put performances on hold in the U.S. after the band played San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium later that year. Now, with the band’s fourth live album, Wiser for the Time, released in March of this year as a digital download and 4-record vinyl set, timing was never better for the… View this post
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Church Sound: Setting Up The Monitor Mix To Avoid A Sound Check Disaster
Michael Hill 05/09/13 03:19 PM,Provided by Sennheiser. Ever have problems with stage volume that’s just too loud? Combating sound issues from performers who can’t hear themselves play - much less think - can be tough. How many times have you pulled down the master faders to (-) infinity at front of house, and the sound coming off the stage was still so loud you knew you were going to get a visit from the head deacon or usher before the first chorus? Or how… View this post
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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… View this post
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013In The Studio: The Artistic Elements of Recording Production
Dr. William Moylan 05/08/13 03:57 PM,The audio recording process has provided the creative artist with a very precise control over the perceived parameters of sound (through a direct control of the physical dimensions of sound). This control of sound is well beyond that which was available to composers and performers before the advances of recording technology. The potential of controlling sound in new ways has led to new artistic elements in music, and has led to a re-definition of the musician and of music. While… View this post
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013IsoAcoustics ISO-L8R130 Isolation-Enhancing Monitor/Loudspeaker Stand Now Shipping
PSW Staff 05/07/13 01:55 PM,IsoAcoustics has announced that the new ISO-L8R130 isolation-enhancing stand, designed for small studio monitors as well as desktop and bookshelf loudspeakers, is now shipping. The new ISO-L8R130 shares all the features found in the company’s ISO-L8R155 and ISO-L8R200 stands, including patented “floating” architecture for audio image stabilizing. The new stand measures 5.1 inches wide and 6 inches deep, and comes with tubing to configure it to 2.5 inches or 7.5 inches in height. It also includes two sets of adjustor… View this post
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