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Wednesday, January 16, 2013Fostex Introduces TH-900 Professional Headphones & HP-A8C DAC/Amplifier
PSW Staff 01/16/13 01:47 PM,Fostex has introduced the TH-900 dynamic headphones and the HP-A8C 32-bit DAC/headphone amplifier, sold separately but optimized to work together. The TH-900 headphones include specially engineered driver unit with a 1.5 tesla magnetic circuit that allows the unit to achieve significantly wider range, as well as the company’s proprietary “Biodyna” 50mm biodynamic diaphragm for purity of sound reproduction. The headphones are crafted with Japanese Cherry Birch housings, which offer a rigid and extremely dense texture that creates a robust acoustic… View this post
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Monday, January 14, 2013Argosy Debuts New Line Of Spire Speaker Stands For Studio Monitors
PSW Staff 01/14/13 07:05 PM,Argosy Console has debuted the new line of Bioacoustics-enhanced Spire Speaker Stands, which provide an attractive and stable solution for studio monitor isolation. Two models are offered in the line—the Spire 420i with a height of 42 inches, and the Spire 360i, which is 36 inches tall. The Spire Stands, which are comprised of 5/4-inch powder-coated substrate for stability and resilience, offer a modern design with die-cut side panels and beveled edges to present high-tech look and feel. The patented… View this post
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Friday, January 11, 2013High Standards: Concert Sound For Joe Jackson And The Bigger Band
Kevin Young 01/11/13 03:48 PM,Joe Jackson is best known to many for a string of breakthrough pop-rock/New Wave hits that began with 1979’s “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” but the British singer, songwriter, and composer (and five-time Grammy Award nominee) has explored a variety of musical styles over his stellar career. His latest tour is no exception; a series of live shows in the U.S. and Europe in late 2012 featured both reinterpretations of his own material and selections from his latest… View this post
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013Church Sound: 10 Tips For Improving The Monitor Mix Prior To Sunday
Kent Margraves 01/09/13 01:05 PM,Provided by Sennheiser. The worship mixer’s job is executed in the mix position during worship, but its success is mostly established outside the mix position, prior to worship. 1. Know The Music Beforehand Get whatever rehearsal music media is available to the worship team for review (legally). Learn the arrangements by listening during the week. Not only will your mixes come together quicker for each song, you’ll also anticipate things like guitar solos or false endings before they happen—not… View this post
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Monday, January 07, 2013Fostex New 2-Way Powered Studio Monitors Now Available
PSW Staff 01/07/13 12:14 PM,Fostex has announced that the PMO.3, the company’s first 2-way powered studio monitor, is now shipping. Offered in three color styles that include gray, white and classic black, the PMO.3 combines a dedicated 3-inch LF fiberglass cone woofer and 3/4-inch HF silk dome tweeter drivers together with a built-in class D amplifier. Compact in stature, yet efficient and robust in accuracy, the PMO.3 system fits well into any home studio environment. The versatile color options and elements such as a… View this post
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Friday, January 04, 2013VUE Audiotechnik h-Class Loudspeakers Join Brian Setzer Tour
PSW Staff 01/04/13 02:25 PM,Sound engineer James “Jimbo” Neal recently selected a pair of VUE Audiotechnik h-15 active loudspeakers for the final leg of the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s Christmas Extravaganza tour. Neal’s objective was to augment the existing Sound Image stage monitors with a compact, high-output side fill system. “I’ve used many different configurations for side fills over the years, but have always struggled to achieve sufficient coverage and sound quality from a compact footprint,” explains Neal. “My contact at Sound Image recommended that… View this post
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012DiGiCo Consoles Chosen To Head Two Systems At New Stavanger Concert Hall
PSW Staff 12/18/12 07:45 AM,The Stavanger (Norway) Symphony Orchestra has spent the past 14 years wishing for a new home that it could truly call its own, and in September, that wish finally became a reality with the opening of the new Stavanger Concert Hall. The world-class venue, designed by Oslo architects Ratio Arkitekter to host all types of cultural events, includes two halls that both have DiGiCo consoles for mixing the amplified sound. Each of the two halls—one for orchestral music, the other… View this post
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Monday, December 17, 2012Allen & Heath Launches OneMix Personal Monitoring App For iLive
PSW Staff 12/17/12 07:40 PM,Allen & Heath has launched iLive OneMix, the latest addition to a family of control options for the iLive digital mixing system. OneMix is an iPad app that gives musicians wireless control of their personal monitor mix. Derived from the iLive MixPad app, OneMix locks control to a single Aux mix, providing instant access to a customized easy-to-use monitor mix environment. Multiple iPads can be set up by an Admin user to give numerous musicians personalized monitor control without affecting… View this post
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Friday, December 14, 2012Church Sound: Evaluating Our Abilities And Starting Fresh In The New Year
Gary Zandstra 12/14/12 04:31 PM,I’m not rally a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, primarily because when I make them they tend to last about 1 - 2 weeks. However I do like to take the opportunity at this time of year to re-evaluate, re-focus and re-energize what I’m doing in anticipation of the coming new year. As I do this for 2013 and reflect upon over a quarter of a century of experience of doing live production in some fashion or another, I… View this post
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Thursday, December 13, 2012VUE Audiotechnik Loudspeakers Prove A Great Fit For Norway’s avon
PSW Staff 12/13/12 08:03 PM,Trondheim- and Oslo-based avon is one of Norway’s most sought after AV design and installation teams, having built a solid reputation for tackling a broad variety of jobs with varying degrees of size and complexity. The company recently auditioned the new loudspeaker systems from VUE Audiotechnik, with avon co-founder Edgar Vaan Lien hoping to find a versatile solution that would keep pace with his increasingly diverse clients. “With such a broad customer base, it’s important that we stay apprised of… View this post
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