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  • Friday, April 16, 2010
    Ministry Of Sound Chooses Soundcraft For Dance Room
    Ministry Of Sound's Soundcraft Si2
    PSW Staff 04/16/10 10:00 AM, 0 Comments
    Ministry of Sound London’s Technical Manager Alex Barrand recently commissioned a Soundcraft Si2 digital sound desk for the famous main dance room, The Box. At the PLASA Show last September he was introduced to the Soundcraft Si1 by Harman UK/ROI distributor Sound Technology’s Dave Bradshaw. “There are so many digital desks on the market — but I realised that this was the easiest analogue-to-digital conversion desk money can buy,” commented Alex. Ministry opted for the larger Si2 model due to… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Concert • Digital • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • System

  • Tindersticks Chooses iLive For Tour
    David Millward with the iLive-80 surface at Manchester Cathedral.
    PSW Staff 04/16/10 08:26 AM, 0 Comments
    British indie rock stalwarts, Tindersticks, recently embarked on a European tour to promote their 9th studio album, ‘Falling Down a Mountain’, with FOH engineer, David ‘Milky’ Millward. Millward selected an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system as the FOH console. “I’ve used almost all of the pro digital consoles around, and although a very familiar name to me since I started in the industry, I hadn’t encountered Allen & Heath’s iLive system until now,” explains Millward. “Faced with a… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Concert • Consoles • Digital • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement

  • Prairie Prince Chooses Beyerdynamic For Reinforcement Sound
    Prairie Prince Live with The New Cars and beyerdynamic mics
    PSW Staff 04/16/10 07:54 AM, 0 Comments
    With a never-ending schedule of classic rock gigs drummer Prairie Prince is always on the move. This veteran percussionist is a founding member of both Journey and The Tubes, so he’s always in demand. Wherever he goes, his collection of beyerdynamic microphones is always right behind. “I’ve been using beyerdynamic microphones for the past six or seven years,” Prince says. “It started on tour with Todd Rundgren, who has an endorsement with beyerdynamic. It was hard not to notice how… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Concert • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement

  • Bartlett Microphones Announces The TM-125HP High Performance Boundary Microphone
    Bartlett Microphones TM-125HP
    PSW Staff 04/16/10 07:17 AM, 0 Comments
    Bartlett Microphones is now offering the TM-125HP, the High Performance version of their TM-125 boundary mic. Originally designed for the sound reinforcement of actors in drama or musicals, the TM-125HP is also ideal for recording or broadcasting opera, drama, musicals, solo recitals, and small classical music ensembles. The TM-125HP has 14 dBA self-noise—8 dB less than the TM-125—and a flatter frequency response intended for recording. The TM-125 is well suited to sound reinforcement due to its increased rear attenuation and… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Product • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement • Studio • Audio

  • Thursday, April 15, 2010
    Midas XL8’s Used For Noel Gallager’s Teenage Cancer Trust Appearances
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    PSW Staff 04/15/10 12:45 PM, 0 Comments
    Noel Gallagher has recently appeared in two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Gallagher was flanked by former Oasis bandmates Gem Archer on guitar and Jay Darlington on keyboards, and backed by an eight-piece female orchestra plus the Crouch End Choir. Britannia Row Productions provided a dual Midas XL8 live performance system for FOH and monitors. FOH engineer Dan Lewis had tried out a Midas PRO6 with some Oasis multitracks he’d recorded on… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Consoles • Digital • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • AKG’s Introduces Architectural Microphone Series Online Configuration Tool
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    PSW Staff 04/15/10 10:40 AM, 0 Comments
    AKG has announced it is making its AMS Online Configuration Tool live at the beginning of May 2010. The new tool streamlines the customization process for users seeking to personalize their AMS microphones, and will allow for online selection of over 6,840 customizable settings with an easy to use, interactive website. The website allows for users to customize their microphones based on seven different variables: capsule design, polar pattern, gooseneck length, connector style, printing, color, and accessories. Users will be… View this post
    Filed in: Church Sound • News • Poll • AV • Manufacturer • Microphone • Sound Reinforcement

  • Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Expands NEXO Representative Network
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    PSW Staff 04/15/10 09:28 AM, 0 Comments
    Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. has added two additional manufacturer representative firms to handle sales of NEXO speaker products within North America. Eakins Bernstein & Associates of Lenexa, Kansas will be responsible for NEXO product sales in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and So. Illinois. The company has office locations in St. Louis, Des Moines, and Wichita. “We are very pleased to be working with NEXO and Yamaha,” stated Mike Eakins, President. “All of us at EB&A feel… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Business • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Manufacturer • Sound Reinforcement • Subwoofer

  • DiGiCo SD7T Chosen By Buehne Baden Theatre
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    PSW Staff 04/15/10 08:04 AM, 0 Comments
    Located in the Austrian spa town of Baden, the Buehne Baden Theatre hosts a wide array of productions, from plays, operas and musicals to symphony concerts, big bands and rock concerts. Accommodating these shows is a challenge for the theatre’s sound department, but one which has been significantly eased with the delivery of a DiGiCo SD7T console. A feature of this historic, 1700-seat theatre is its excellent acoustics, so any new Front of House console had to match the quality… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • News • Poll • Consoles • Digital • Installation • Interconnect • Manufacturer • Processor • Signal • Sound Reinforcement

  • Metric Halo ULN-8 Battles For Los Angeles
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    PSW Staff 04/15/10 07:35 AM, 0 Comments
    As production mixer Paul Ledford, C.A.S. recently discovered, a digital audio solution such as Metric Halo’s ULN-8 interface can handle the increasingly more complex demands of a modern-day film shoot better than its analog counterparts. Ledford recently finished work on Jonathan Liebesman’s Battle: Los Angeles, a Sony Pictures movie about a group of U.S. Marines confronting and combating an alien invasion, which placed some unusual demands on the mixer’s location sound cart setup. The multi-camera shoot involved many busy action… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Digital • Engineer • Interconnect • Microphone • Remote • System • Wireless • Audio

  • RTW and TC Electronic Announce Partnership At NAB 2010
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    PSW Staff 04/15/10 07:05 AM, 0 Comments
    RTW and TC Electronic have announced a partnership to develop new audio metering products for professional broadcasting, production, post-production and quality control applications. The new hardware and software products resulting from the collaboration will significantly extend the product portfolios of both companies. “RTW and TC Electronic have both enjoyed decades of success in the professional audio market,” says Andreas Tweitmann, managing director of RTW. “We are proud and excited to collaborate with a company that not only has a stellar… View this post
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