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Saturday, March 13, 2010Once Upon A Time… The Evolution Of Digital Consoles
Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher 03/13/10 10:38 AM, 0 CommentsI remember the first time I used a digital console for a live show, at a corporate event that was taking place on an airfield in the California desert. I was mixing in a tent with the “talking heads” on lavalier microphones, standing in front of a parabolic set, and rented air conditioning units giving off about 90 dB of noise. Outside, professional drivers were racing the cars of the company putting on the show. A tight corner on the… View this post
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Thursday, March 11, 2010Allen & Heath iLive Heads Up Sound Reinforcement System For The Pope In Czech Republic
PSW Staff 03/11/10 10:55 AM, 0 CommentsAn Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system was recently employed at the head of a system deployed for the celebration of Mass held during an official visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Brno, the Czech Republic’s second largest city. The event was attended by 120,000 members of the public and VIP’s including Czech President Václav Klaus. The ceremony was held in the grounds of the city’s airport, and included seating for the public worshippers, a VIP stage for the… View this post
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010ARX Systems Releases Transformer Isolated USB Audio Interface
PSW Staff 03/10/10 02:50 PM, 0 CommentsARX Systems has introduced the USB I/O, a plug-and-play USB analog audio interface with balanced inputs and outputs. The USB I/O offers full transformer balanced inputs and outputs, providing isolation to eliminate earth loops and other extraneous. USB I/O is bus powered, and is plug-and-play compatible, requiring no additional drivers to operate properly on Mac and Windows operating systems. The front panel of USB I/O has stereo balanced analog XLR inputs and outputs, and the rear panel has a Type… View this post
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Vancouver Film School Gives Students Portable Surround Mixing Capabilities With Neyrinck Mix 51
PSW Staff 03/10/10 11:09 AM, 0 CommentsCanadian post-secondary entertainment arts institution, the Vancouver Film School, has integrated Neyrinck Mix 51 software into their Sound Design for Visual Media program. Each student is supplied with a Pro Tools LE notebook system with the Mix 51 plug-in installed. This allows every student to edit and mix surround audio with their portable Pro Tools LE system prior to coming in to the school’s main Pro Tools HD studio. VFS Sound Design for Visual Media Senior Instructor Shane Rees says,… View this post
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The Value Of UPS Protection In Your Studio
Kyle P. Snyder 03/10/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsWhile the skies now shine bright over my home state of Indiana, less than a month ago it was particularly harrowing to use Pro Audio equipment in the Midwest. Why? Well, we were constantly plagued with blizzards and freezing rain, which had a fairly devastating effect on the local power grid. Though I never completely lost power this winter, it did often waver intermittently for hours. Thankfully, when I setup my studio, I invested in several Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)… View this post
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010Recording Live Shows: Grabbing The Most Accurate Snapshot Possible
Dave Rat 03/09/10 01:09 PM, 0 CommentsAt age 17, I dreamed of someday working in a recording studio and listening to music. Having no real idea what a studio engineer did other than record stuff, I loved the way music made me feel and it seemed to be a pretty good idea to get paid to listen to music. The energy, excitement and thrill received from unwrapping new sounds into my ears seemed to scoop me away into timelessness. Even still memories flood back of the… View this post
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St. Mary’s Simplifies Audio Workflow With Symetrix Automix Matrix 780
PSW Staff 03/09/10 11:30 AM, 0 CommentsSt. Mary’s Catholic Church in Albany, Oregon had several audio issues they needed to resolve. While some were structural like the unforgiving reverberant space and improper loudspeaker placement, others were functional such as being forced to use an entire mixing console for minimal audio needs. The church hired Portland-based contractor Delta AV to help solve their multitue of audio dillemas. “From our initial discussions, it was apparent that 85-percent of their services required just one mic at the pulpit and… View this post
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Allen & Heath Releases Updated iLive Firmware And Editor Software
PSW Staff 03/09/10 09:15 AM, 0 CommentsAllen & Heath has released the latest version of its iLive firmware and Editor software, which includes a range of enhancements. Version 1.6 is available immediately and can be downloaded from www.ilive-digital.com. These include support of the new iLive-R72 Control Surface, Dual-Rack input expansion, and ‘SuperStrip’ user view in the Editor control software. Among the many new developments in the offline/online Editor control software is the ‘SuperStrip’ processing view, which combines important live mixing parameters into a single window, enabling… View this post
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Central American Events Company Invests In iLive
PSW Staff 03/09/10 08:40 AM, 0 CommentsHonduras event and AV rental company Comunicaciones Mango BTL recently added a new digital console to its hire stock, selecting an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to complement the company’s existing Electrovoice PA and DAS PA Line Array. Mango purchased an iLive system comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface through Allen & Heath’s distributor, All Music Corp. Based in the capital, Tegucigulpa, Mango provides event management services for a client list that includes Unilever, Pepsico, Tigo,… View this post
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Monday, March 08, 2010Bosch Communications Systems Division Announces Official Release Of IRIS-Net V2.3.0
PSW Staff 03/08/10 01:05 PM, 0 CommentsThe latest release of IRIS-Net software (version 2.3.0) provides a significant expansion of the Electro-Voice NetMax N8000 digital matrix controller task engine by adding a variety of new logic blocks, including delay, timer and debounce, as well as newly added functions for control of RCM-810 modules. These additions allow a greater level of flexibility when programming complex logic sequences for custom applications. Additionally, the inclusion of the RCM-810 functions allows a user to configure the GPIs and GPOs of the… View this post
Filed in: Live Sound • Product • Digital • Ethernet • Loudspeaker • Measurement • Networking • Processor • Remote • Software • Sound Reinforcement
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