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  • Monday, October 04, 2010
    dBTechnologies K300 Chosen For Hearing Tests By Spanish Medical Centres
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    PSW Staff 10/04/10 08:00 AM, 0 Comments
    Loudspeaker manufacturer dBTechnologies has announced that the K300 has been chosen by hearing health specialists, GAES to form part of the precision hearing test which is carried out at its many hearing centres around Spain. Chosen for their large frequency response and optimum linearity, each of the GAES medical centres will be equipped with two K300 loudspeakers, with a view to rolling out the use of the dBTechnologies boxes across the world. “As new clinics are opened and older speakers… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Installation • Loudspeaker • Signal • Software • System • Audio

  • Allen & Heath Releases The Xone DB4 Digital DJ Mixer
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    PSW Staff 10/04/10 07:32 AM, 0 Comments
    Allen & Heath has unveiled the Xone:DB4, a fully digital, high performance DJ mixer with a unique Quad FX Core DSP engine. The DB4 provides 4 FX BPM Loop record engines with channel EQ filters. Other key features are multi-channel USB audio with MIDI, analogue and digital I/O, input source matrix, easy to read OLED display screen, and USB for recalling user set ups. The heart of the Xone:DB4 is the powerful Quad FX Core DSP engine, enabling each channel… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Product • Consoles • Digital • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Friday, October 01, 2010
    Cadac Ships Their First Compact Console, The LIVE1
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    PSW Staff 10/01/10 01:20 PM, 2 Comments
    Cadac has announced that the LIVE1, which was designed, developed, and manufactured in the UK, will ship in November. The delivery of the first LIVE1 series consoles to dealers and distributors in the first week of next month, marks the UK’s leading heritage mixing console manufacturer’s move beyond its traditional high-end musical theatre and live sound production markets. LIVE1 is a full Cadac console that incorporates the company’s analogue engineering heritage within a lightweight, compact, affordable design. Available in 16,… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • Church Sound • News • Poll • Product • Analog • Consoles • Installation • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Symetrix Jupiter Chosen For Birmingham Courthouse
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    PSW Staff 10/01/10 10:40 AM, 0 Comments
    Headquartered just outside the bustle of Birmingham in Hueytown, Alabama, Data Plus Communications LLC offers a range of integration and installation services for private, commercial, and government establishments. To avoid spreading its technicians thin, Data Plus Communications turns to technologies that leverage the power of specialization with forward-thinking interfaces that don’t require specialized workshops to understand. The use of Symetrix’ new Jupiter series of “zero-learning curve” audio signal processors is an excellent case in point. Data Plus Communications recently installed… View this post
    Filed in: AV • News • Poll • AV • Business • Digital • Processor • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System

  • AERO.file And Linear Acoustic Win Big At IBC2010
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    PSW Staff 10/01/10 09:20 AM, 0 Comments
    The new AERO.file from Linear Acoustic was in the spotlight for much of IBC2010. A panel of broadcast engineers judged the AERO.file worthy of Broadcast Engineering’s Pick Hit Award. It was also honored by TV Technology Europe magazine editors with a STAR Award. “File-based customers began to realize that loudness scaling alone was not enough.” “When we combined AERO.qc processing with RadiantGrid transwapping and TrueGrid transcoding technologies, we knew we had a winner,” said Linear Acoustic President Tim Carroll. “Apparently… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Digital • Processor • Studio • System • Audio

  • API Announces The Delivery Of Norway’s First 1608
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    PSW Staff 10/01/10 08:15 AM, 0 Comments
    API has announced the delivery of the first API 1608 console in Norway. The desk arrived in the country through API’s newest representative, ProLyd AS, and was placed in the Oslo-based Livingroom Studios. According to George Tanderø, engineer/mixer at Livingroom Studios, acquiring the console is “a dream come true.” “I wanted a console that had modern routing and monitoring facilities that would give me a large, super solid, ‘punchy’ sound straight out of the box,” Tanderø said. “Having used both… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Analog • Consoles • Digital • Installation • Mixer • Signal • Studio • System • Audio

  • NEXO & Yamaha Helps Christ Church Create A Contemporary Worship Environment
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    PSW Staff 10/01/10 07:45 AM, 0 Comments
    In 1969, W.R. Lowe and his wife established Christ Church in West Monroe, Louisiana with 21 attendees at the first service. This year, and 30 years after it was established, the church is celebrating the recent completion of a new 43,000 sq. ft. campus expansion including a state-of-the-art 1,200-seat contemporary worship center. Christ Church hired American Audio, Inc. to design and install the audio, lighting, and acoustic systems at the new facility. “The church wanted to be able to join… View this post
    Filed in: Church Sound • News • Poll • Amplifier • Installation • Interconnect • Loudspeaker • Mixer • Monitoring • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Daking Sound Makes Audio Examples Of Gear Available
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    PSW Staff 10/01/10 07:25 AM, 0 Comments
    It has been said that describing the “sound” of a particular piece of gear is like dancing about architecture. Recognizing that there may be some truth in that, the TransAudio Group website now contains a reference page for Daking signal processing equipment that allows visitors to listen to high-quality (24-bit, 48 kHz) recordings made with Daking mic pres and compressors. “It’s one thing to describe a ‘sound’ in words, but it’s a poor substitute for actually listening,” said Brad Lunde,… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Analog • Processor • Signal • Studio • System • Audio

  • Thursday, September 30, 2010
    Yamaha Integrated Audio System Chosen By IAO Theater
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    PSW Staff 09/30/10 02:06 PM, 0 Comments
    Opened in1928, the IAO Theater in historic Wailuku Town on the Hawaiian island of Maui recently underwent a complete system upgrade. Featuring a Yamaha integrated audio system the project was a vast improvement over the antiquated equipment the theater had been using for 50 years. The IAO Theater was once the main entertainment venue for all of Maui, known for hosting movie premieres, live stage acts including such stars as Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, and major community events. In… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Digital • Installation • Interconnect • Loudspeaker • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Lectrosonics Chosen For Location Sound By Joe Knauer
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    PSW Staff 09/30/10 12:00 PM, 0 Comments
    When your business is capturing sound in some of the world’s toughest locales, such as the jungles of Nicaragua or on the slopes of Mount Everest, there is usually only one chance to get it right. Considering the perilous working conditions—for both man and machine—these are not the places for temperamental electronics. That’s precisely why location sound engineer Joe Knauer relies on his arsenal of Lectrosonics wireless microphones. Joe Knauer and his four associates operates Joe’s Location Sounds, a firm… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Digital • Microphone • System • Wireless • Audio