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Sunday, November 15, 2009Audio-Technica Provides Microphone Solutions At The 2009 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards
PSW Staff 11/15/09 02:02 PM, 0 CommentsAudio-Technica is celebrating its 16th year of supporting the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards by providing an extensive selection of vocal and instrument microphones for its annual awards show. The 43rd Annual CMA Awards aired live in 5.1-channel surround sound Wednesday, November 11th, on the ABC Television Network from the Sommet Center in Nashville, and featured over 250 Audio-Technica microphones, including hard-wired mics and Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF wireless systems. The CMA Awards presentation is recognized as Country Music’s… View this post
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009Winner Chosen For An Audio-Technica Wireless System; Enter To Win A-T AE2500 Microphone!
PSW Staff 11/10/09 07:53 AM, 0 CommentsThe first winner in the ongoing ProSoundWeb Sweepstakes has been chosen, with Andy G. of Shelby Township, Michigan, winning a premium Audio-Technica 3000 Series wireless microphone system. The contest is by no means over! You can still enter to qualify for drawings in two more PSW Sweepstakes drawings - for an Audio-Technica AE2500 cardioid condenser and dual-element instrument microphone in November, and for an Audio-Technica M3 wireless in-ear monitoring system in December. . Enter once for two chances to win!… View this post
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Monday, November 09, 2009Sound For 91 Live Acts At The Second Annual Outside Lands Festival
Mark Johnson 11/09/09 10:28 AM, 0 CommentsThe recent Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park spanned three days, seven stages, and 91 live acts, with Ultra Sound/Pro Media of Hercules, CA and Sound On Stage of Hayward, CA sharing the responsibilities of providing sound for the multiple stages as well as some of the other attractions of the festival. The second in what is expected to be an annual event, Outside Lands drew about 100,000 people to a park that is more than three… View this post
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Sennheiser Introduces WiCOS: Automatic Switching Wireless Conference System
PSW Staff 11/09/09 07:37 AM, 0 CommentsThe new Sennheiser WiCOS is a wireless conference system that automatically switches frequencies to avoid interference, accomplished through the system’s automatic dynamic frequency management that uses two frequency ranges – 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz – for wireless transmission and enabling it to switch the range if interference is detected on the other wireless frequencies. “A conference system requires absolute reliability,” explained David McNutt, Sennheiser team leader, installed systems. “For that reason, in addition to the usual 2.4 GHz range,… View this post
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Friday, November 06, 2009Sound On Broadway: A Detailed Look At The Audio Designs For Several Top Current Shows
Mark Frink 11/06/09 04:37 PM, 0 CommentsA recent trip to Broadway in the Big Apple took me to five of the season’s top shows to see what equipment is used when the stakes are high. Literally million dollar shows, successful musicals often gross over a million dollars a week. Next February’s off-again, on-again Spiderman, sees songwriter U2’s start-up costs estimated at around $40 million. Broadway sound designs must provide clear, crisp, detailed sound to every seat in the house for patrons who pay average prices approaching… View this post
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009From The Recent AES Panel Session: “Practical Advice for Wireless Microphone Users”
Mike Wireless 11/03/09 12:01 PM, 1 CommentDuring the recent AES Convention in New York, I attended a panel discussion entitled “Practical Advice for Wireless Microphone Users,” chaired by James Stoffo. The panel included representatives of three top wireless microphone system manufacturers, including Joe Ciaudelli of Sennheiser, Karl Winkler of Lectrosonics, and Douglas Totel of Shure. Stoffo has previously chaired panel discussions at AES that concentrated on large-scale wireless mic installations and applications such as the Super Bowl, but this year the focus was on the “typical”… View this post
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Monday, November 02, 2009Alice in Chains Touring With Heil Sound Microphones
PSW Staff 11/02/09 08:23 AM, 0 CommentsAlice in Chains, which has re-formed with new singer William DuVall replacing the late Layne Staley, did a promotional concert circuit for its new album “Black Gives Way To Blue” throughout September, with front of house engineer Tom Abraham deploying Heil Sound microphones for the band. “Switching to Heil mics has allowed me to get the greatest gain before feedback of any other microphone that I have ever used, ” explains Abraham. Heil Sound PR 30 microphones are housed in… View this post
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009Product Review: Sennheiser 2000 Series Wireless Microphone System
PSW Staff 10/27/09 10:37 AM, 0 CommentsWireless microphone systems have become ubiquitous in church sound applications, and there is a mind-boggling number of choices when it comes to systems. While cost is an issue, it certainly isn’t the only one, with performance and reliability imperative. Sennheiser recently rolled out the new 2000 Series UHF wireless system, and in the October issue of Church Production magazine, Loren Alldrin provides an in-depth product review. A choice of two receivers (single- and dual-channel models) are available in the 2000… View this post
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Monday, October 26, 2009Lectrosonics Wireless System Installed At Lambeau Field, Home Of The NFL Green Bay Packers
PSW Staff 10/26/09 08:26 AM, 0 CommentsWhen it’s game time at Lambeau Field, home of the NFL Green Bay Packers, there is an overwhelmingly high level of wireless technology keeping the lines of communication open. For the start of the 2009 football season, a new wireless microphone system was deployed at the stadium. To ensure first-rate audio quality, excellent range, and the freedom to adapt to evolving RF conditions, the manufacturer of choice was Lectrosonics. Kimberly, WI-based Arrow Audio, Inc. was contracted to handle the installation… View this post
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Thursday, October 22, 2009Clear-Com Donates WBS Wireless Intercom System To Sacramento’s B Street Theatre
PSW Staff 10/22/09 12:27 PM, 0 CommentsClear-Com Communication Systems recently donated a WBS analog wireless intercom system to Sacramento’s B Street Theatre, providing the production team at the non-profit venture with an intercom solution. Clear-Com Director of Customer Satisfaction Ed Fitzgerald and Bill Blake, Managing Director for the B Street Theatre began a discussion of the venue’s need for a quality intercom communications system, and ultimately decided upon pursuing the donation of an open-boxed WBS UHF wireless intercom system. The system includes a WBS-680/A2 two-channel base… View this post
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