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Monday, July 26, 2010Gone But Not Forgotten - Older Mic Models That Still Do The Job
Dave Dermont 07/26/10 05:34 PM, 2 CommentsThere are advantages to getting older. Years of learning something new at every gig add up to that thing we call experience. You remember how well the first Soundcraft console you ever used responded to your touch. You recall, despite its simple interface and lack of things to tweak, how great the reverb of a Lexicon PCM-60 sounded. Another advantage to getting older is that the gear you lusted after as a youngster becomes affordable. The downside of this can… View this post
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Friday, July 23, 2010Tech Tip Of The Day: Analog v. Digital Record Levels
PSW Staff 07/23/10 09:45 AM, 2 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’m what you would consider a rather seasoned home studio owner. However, I’ve been clinging to analog until even this year. No, seriously, I just wouldn’t let go, and I’m still not 100% comfortable with using “digital” gear, no matter how irrational it may sound. I’ve generally been happy with the results so far, and I do hear a quality difference between the two, but frankly I think my analog gear sounded a little better… View this post
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The Toronto Jazz Festival Main Stage Supported By Sennheiser, Neumann, & L-Acoustics
PSW Staff 07/23/10 08:20 AM, 0 CommentsThe Toronto Jazz Festival takes place every year during the ten days that bridge June and July. A significant number of artists participate, performing in venues located throughout the Canadian city to some 500,000 attendees from around the world. This year, the largest acts performed at the 1,200-seat Nathan Phillip Square main stage, where FOH engineer Brad Mulligan ran an Innovason Eclipse digital console. An L-Acoustics dV-DOSC line array system provided amplification throughout the venue, while a large collection of… View this post
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Solid State Logic Chosen By Perfect Sound Studio
PSW Staff 07/23/10 07:29 AM, 0 CommentsPerfect Sound, a creative recording studio, has installed a Solid State Logic AWS 900+ SE as its control console in place of a controller. The AWS 900+ SE brings together the extensive studio outboard resources and vintage microphones at Perfect Sound, while providing control for the resident DAW systems. It also presents familiar ergonomics for outside engineers, recall and fader automation, 5.1 surround capabilities and a greatly sought after sonic signature. “When we named the studio Perfect Sound, we knew… View this post
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Thursday, July 22, 2010Midas Pro6 Chosen By DBS Audio For Their 2010 Festival Season
PSW Staff 07/22/10 02:21 PM, 0 CommentsDBS Audio has a long-standing reputation for excellence in audio, which is a primary reason they’ve been long-standing users of Midas consoles. However, until their 2010 festival season, DBS’s use of Midas was previously restricted to the Midas analog line. “It was our first leap into digital,” says founder and president David Brotman. “We are solely a Midas console house and again, I wanted to move into something that no one else had – and from an integrity standpoint, something… View this post
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CAD Audio Appoints Glenn Roop Head Of Business Development
PSW Staff 07/22/10 09:48 AM, 1 CommentCAD Audio has named Glenn Roop as Executive Director, Business Development. In his new role with CAD, Roop will be responsible for developing new products, marketing and sales promotions to expand the scope of existing markets for CAD Audio. Roop was formerly Director of Professional Sales within the MI industry where he developed key strategies for product promotions, developments and launches. He has been a successful pro audio industry professional for the past 20 years. A graduate of Kent State… View this post
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Tech Tip Of The Day: Input MeteringPSW Staff 07/22/10 08:55 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I have a decent sized project studio that gets used by my band and some friends which is setup with a DAW and a fairly large amount of outboard equipment. We’ve been using the studio for some time now and always get fairly good results. However, every once in a while we get some weird distortion and I’ll see a clip or something on one of the 20 different meters that’s either in the DAW… View this post
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NetworkSound Releases Mamba 16 Channel Converter
PSW Staff 07/22/10 08:34 AM, 0 CommentsNetworkSound has announced a new line of audio converter products starting with Mamba ANADAT. The Mamba ANADAT is a standalone 16 channel analog line level audio to ADAT converter that can convert microphone level input with the use of any external mic pre. The unit operates at 48kHz / 24 bits and can be upgraded to 16 channel 96 kHz/24 bits at a later date. The 96 kHz mode will use SMUX technique as prescribed by ADAT, doubling the number… View this post
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DiGiCo Joins HOW-To Church Sound Workshop Tour
PSW Staff 07/22/10 07:10 AM, 0 CommentsDiGiCo has announced that it is joining the nationally recognized HOW-TO Church Sound Workshop 2010 Tour as the featured digital console sponsor. DiGiCo’s newly launched SD9 console will be utilized in the hands-on training of house of worship sound techs and volunteers as the HOW-TO tour continues its travels throughout the nation, with workshops conducted by respected sound engineer, Mike Sokol. DiGiCo has signed on for the second half of the 36-city tour, participating in 18 cities beginning in Lancaster,… View this post
Filed in: Church Sound • News • Consoles • Digital • Education • Engineer • Mixer • Signal • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio -
Wednesday, July 21, 2010Digital Alert Systems Announces CAP-Compliance Firmware Upgrade
PSW Staff 07/21/10 10:30 AM, 0 CommentsDigital Alert Systems has announced that it will provide a free firmware upgrade to support Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) compliance in all of its DASDEC EAS units. This upgrade, which will now be included as a standard part of all new DASDEC system, is available at no charge to existing customers, allowing them to fulfill the anticipated EAS CAP requirements in a single box. By offering this downloadable firmware update free of charge to its customers, DAS is further reducing… View this post
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