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  • Monday, April 12, 2010
    Want To Develop Golden Ears?
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    Mauro J. Caputi 04/12/10 03:16 PM, 0 Comments
    Can you recognize the difference between a major chord, a minor chord, or a 7th chord? Can you identify a song’s chord progression without seeing the sheet music? Skills of this type are great for musicians who sing or play an instrument, but can they help a sound mixer? Mixing live and/or recorded sound requires a different set of critical listening skills - skills that are often acquired from many years of experience, by trial and error, or from being… View this post
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  • Video Coverage: Avid NAB Press Event
    Avid Technology, Inc.
    PSW Staff 04/12/10 02:40 PM, 0 Comments
    Avid held a press event on April 11, 2010 at NAB during which they covered the Euphonix acquisition and a host of other topics. As previously announced here on ProSoundWeb.com, Avid announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Euphonix, a leader in large-format digital audio consoles, media controllers and peripherals. Embedded below the video from this event in its entirety, with the introductions beginning at 5 min 47 sec. The Euphonix announcement begins at 27 min 15 sec… View this post
    Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • News • Consoles • Digital • Digital Audio Workstations • Installation • Interconnect • Software • Sound Reinforcement • Studio • System • Audio

  • RTS Intercom Systems Announces Partnership With IntraCom
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    PSW Staff 04/12/10 12:44 PM, 0 Comments
    RTS has announced a strategic business partnership with IntraCom Systems, developers of voice communications systems. IntraCom’s core product is VCOM IP software matrix intercom system for professional communications, which runs on standard computer and network infrastructure and is based upon a client/server architecture. RTS has partnered with IntraCom to develop a platform that intelligently marries each company’s intercom systems, offering the market interoperability, flexibility and value.  “This partnership will bring together the latest and most advanced professional level IP intercom… View this post
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  • Funkadelic Bootsy Collins & Snoop Dogg Choose T-Funk Mics
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    PSW Staff 04/12/10 09:36 AM, 0 Comments
    Funkmaster Bootsy Collins has acquired a full range of new microphones from TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik. A bassist, producer, singer, and songwriter, Collins now has a matched pair of large diaphragm AK-47 tube mics, a matched pair of ELA M260 small diaphragm mics, and a pair of M80 dynamic mics.  Snoop Dogg, who is contributing to Collins’ upcoming James Brown tribute album at “Boot Cave” studios, also picked up a new AK-47 to add to his collection, which now includes three AK-47s,… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Analog • Microphone • Studio • Audio

  • Sunday, April 11, 2010
    Avid Announces Agreement To Acquire Euphonix
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    PSW Staff 04/11/10 07:33 PM, 0 Comments
    Avid today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Euphonix, a leader in large-format digital audio consoles, media controllers and peripherals.  With the acquisition, Avid will deliver a broad range of audio and video control surfaces and consoles designed to meet the needs of customers ranging from the independent professional to the high-end broadcaster.  Avid plans to continue to support and sell both Euphonix control surfaces and Avid’s existing ICON solution, enabling customers to leverage existing investments… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Business • Consoles • Digital • Digital Audio Workstations • Interconnect • Software • Studio • System • Audio

  • Saturday, April 10, 2010
    Eventide Announces Version 1.6 Software Upgrade For BD600/BD600DE Broadcast Delay Units
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    PSW Staff 04/10/10 02:34 PM, 0 Comments
    Eventide has announced the V1.6 software upgrade for its flagship broadcast delay units, the BD600 and the BD600E.  Available as a free download at eventide.com for registered owners and released to production for new units in May of 2010, the upgrade enhances the functionality of the BD600 series in two key areas.  In MicroPrecision mode, the delay will extend to 20 seconds.  This mode is ideal for syncing analog with digital signals in an HD radio broadcast chain or for… View this post
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  • Friday, April 09, 2010
    AKG’s Perception 820 Tube Used By GRAMMY Winning Producer/Engineer Jason Goldstein
    Producer/Engineer Jason Goldstein
    PSW Staff 04/09/10 12:20 PM, 0 Comments
    Whether tracking lead vocals, instrumentals, or overhead drums, GRAMMY Award Winning Producer/Engineer Goldstein has been turning to one microphone that he knows will bring him a rich, accurate sound: AKG’s Perception 820 Tube.  Goldstein learned his craft from some of the most widely respected producers and engineers in the recording industry, including George Massenburg, Mike Schipley, Rick Ruben and more. Working with high-profile producers and GRAMMY winning musicians, Goldstein learned that having the right equipment for the right recording scenario… View this post
    Filed in: Recording • News • Poll • Product • Engineer • Microphone • Studio • Audio

  • Neyrinck Dolby E Tools Receive Major Update
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    PSW Staff 04/09/10 10:55 AM, 0 Comments
    Neyrinck has announced that SoundCode For Dolby E version 2.0 is now shipping for Mac and Windows systems. Version 2.0 is a major update to the Dolby E software tools making it easier and faster to work with Dolby E. Version 2.0 features a highly accelerated Dolby E encoding engine for faster encodes, a new Final Cut encoding plug-in, Audio Unit and VST decoding plug-ins, and hot folder Dolby E decoding. Also, version 2.0 features a new Mac utility called… View this post
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  • ATC Monitors Used To Master Academy Award-Winning Music
    Gavin Lurssen
    PSW Staff 04/09/10 10:22 AM, 0 Comments
    Three-time Grammy-winning mastering engineer Gavin Lurssen added the finishing touches to both the score for the Pixar animated feature Up and the theme song from Crazy Heart and pieces at Hollywood-based Lurssen Mastering using a system consisting of three-way active ATC SCM150ASL monitors. Lurssen explained the philosophy that guides his work, “A great piece of music never gives you the impression that someone sat down to write it. It is as if it always existed. A great recording is the… View this post
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  • A Complete Mobile Platform For Audio Engineers: The iPhone OS
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    Kyle P. Snyder 04/09/10 09:50 AM, 11 Comments
    There was a time not long ago when a cell phone performed no function other than what its name implied; it placed phone calls. Today, however, using a cell phone is less about the act of placing a phone call and more about using its other capabilities. Whether you carry a Windows Mobile, RIM Blackberry, Google Android, or Palm webOS device, you’re carrying more raw functionality and processing power into the field than was once available in even the most… View this post
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