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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Hawaii’s East-West Center Chooses Bosch DCN Next Generation Digital Discussion Systems
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06/10/09 12:43 PM,
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Hawaii’s East-West Center is an internationally renowned conference facility that recently upgraded to Bosch DCN Next Generation digital discussion systems, with the installation by Oahu-based AV specialists The Audio Visual Company (AVCO). The 50-year-old facility was established by the United States Government to promote understanding and education between Asian and Pacific countries and the U.S. The East-West Center continues to work toward these ends on its 21-acre property adjacent to the University of Hawaii’s main campus on the Island of…
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Steinberg Releases Cubase iC iPhone & iPod Touch Controller Application For Cubase 5
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06/09/09 01:29 PM,
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Steinberg Media Technologies has announced the release of its Cubase iC remote controller application, which runs on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch products. Cubase iC provides comprehensive control for Steinberg’s Cubase and Cubase Studio 5.0.1 Music Production Systems and is now available free of charge exclusively through the Apple iTunes Store. “This attractive application is a service to all our Cubase 5 and Cubase Studio 5 customers who own an iPhone or iPod Touch. Cubase iC is a very useful…
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Monday, June 08, 2009
EDIROL Announces Several Updates For R-44 Field Recorder
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06/08/09 07:30 AM,
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EDIROL has announced several updates for the R-44 compact, lightweight field recorder, including new v1.05 software, the ability for users to add effects in Pre Record mode, and updates for the BWF (Broadcast Wave File) marker format, notable with previously recorded data. Further improvements include quicker shutdown times in some modes with SD cards, and a smoother overall workflow helped by minor bug fixes. The R-44 has up to four channels of uncompressed audio available at selectable 16- or 24-bit…
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Recent Wireless Technology Series: Inside The AKG DMS 700
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06/04/09 12:09 PM,
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A number of manufacturers have introduced new wireless microphone systems in the past two years – many of them in response to the changes in the RF spectrum brought about by the FCC. As a result, I thought it would be interesting to provide an in-depth look at a number of these recently introduced systems, beginning here with the AKG DMS 700 digital wireless system, which was announced at NAMM in January of this year. Professional caliber digital wireless systems…
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Universal Studios Hollywood Goes Live With Clear-Com CellCom Digital Wireless Intercom
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06/04/09 08:22 AM,
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Clear-Com Communication Systems CellCom digital wireless intercom systems were recently implemented for crew communications at two Universal Studios Hollywood attractions - the popular Terminator 2: 3Dand WaterWorld shows. Three CellCom systems with 22 beltpacks are deployed for crew members responsible for pulling off daily displays of pyrotechnic explosions, daring stunts and other bare-knuckle spectacles. Prior to CellCom, the company had a third-party wireless system that utilized a portion of the RF spectrum that would have rendered it inoperable once the…
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Buckcherry Guitarist Stevie D. Currently Touring With Lectrosonic IS400 Wireless Instrument Systems
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05/28/09 07:03 AM,
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Buckcherry, the Los Angeles-based hard rock band with a 2006 RIAA platinum, Grammy-nominated album entitled 15, is touring the U.S. and Europe in support of its latest album Black Butterfly, with one of the band’s guitarists, Stevie D., utilizing dual Lectrosonics IS400 wireless beltpack instrument systems with the company’s Digital Hybrid Wireless technology. . Guitar Technician Dean Mitchell, who over the years has worked with artists such as Cheap Trick, Night Ranger, The Doobie Brothers, and Ted Nugent, manages a…
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Savannah College Of Art & Design Equips With Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless Systems
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05/21/09 10:46 AM,
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With more degree programs and specializations than any other art and design university in the U.S., the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) encompasses a dedicated program for sound design students that includes opportunities to work with dialog, sound effects, and foley in a setting that incorporates many of the latest technological advancements. Production of student films approaches 40 projects in a single quarter, so the school’s equipment receives heavy use. Peter Damski, CAS, is Professor of Sound Design…
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Lectrosonics Premiers Octopack Wireless System Receiver Dock & Antenna Coupler
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04/16/09 07:35 AM,
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Lectrosonics will introduce the Octopack wireless system receiver dock and antenna coupler at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas. Designed for use in applications such as film and television production, ENG (electronic news gathering), and documentaries, the new Octopack includes slots for up to four Lectrosonics two-channel SRA or SRA5P Digital Hybrid Wireless receivers—offering up to eight wireless audio channels in a compact, portable configuration. The front panel of the new Octopack accepts the SRA…
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Three Large-Scale German Theatres Install Riedel Communications Intercom Systems
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02/25/09 08:35 AM,
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Three large theatres in Germany have recently installed intercom systems from Riedel Communications. While the State Theatres in Meiningen and Dresden chose Riedel’s Performer 32 intercom matrix/stage management system, a Riedel Artist 64 intercom matrix is used at the opera house in Halle. Next to the Semper Oper, the Schauspielhaus is the biggest theatre in Dresden. Its program consists of classical plays and musical theatre productions. The backbone of the intercom system at the theatre in Dresden is a Riedel…
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
New Production Intercom Debuts New Blazon That Reduces Visibility Of Visual Cue To 180 Degrees
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02/24/09 08:43 AM,
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Production Intercom has introduced the Blazon 180 intercom signal lamp, offering the features of previous Blazon models but with the strobe changed to a rectangular 2.8-inch by 1-inch dimension and placed on the face of the extrusion, thereby reducing the visibility of the visual cue to 180 degrees. Blazon 180 is triggered by the same voltage that lights the normal signal lamps in the intercom system. Whenever any signal lamp button on any station in the same circuit is pressed,…
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