Ed Wannebo stops in mid sentence. He's halfway through a long interview, and he's up to working for Hall & Oates. He's already spoken of his work with Van Halen, Tina Turner, David Bowie, ZZ Top, and Stevie Nicks, among others. He's not yet gotten to Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, or Kenny Chesney.
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Made in the USA by a Bunch of Fanatics" isn't just a bunch of marketing at Lectrosonics, which has been celebrating its 40th year in 2011. It's what helped the company get its start, and the energetic engineering and pioneering spirit of innovation continue. The philosophy and business plan is simple: "Build the best product we know how to make, and support it with the best service we can possibly provide."
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Turbosound's new TFS-900H Flashline is the first true four-way line array enclosure of its type, using cone drivers dedicated to reproducing vocal midrange frequencies in keeping with Turbosound design philosophy, working them within a narrower bandwidth to maximize power handling and improve performance over three-way systems.
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NEW YORK – Carl Casella, the sound designer for the Broadway production of Relatively Speaking, credited Outline's Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. powered line array speakers for playing a valuable supporting role for the dialogue-driven play, which is directed by actor/director John Turturro and was written by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen.
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Subwoofers are arguably the most popular, visceral, and fun topic in all of pro audio. The classic vented loudspeaker enclosure makes a great entry point into the world of building loudspeaker enclosures. Building a cabinet, wiring it up and then hearing the beast rumble to life is an extremely rewarding experience. We will help prepare you to "make sawdust" with the drivers in this month's Buyers Guide.
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Not everybody wants or needs to build their own subwoofer. But as Phil Graham notes in this month's Tech Feature , "building a cabinet, wiring… Read More »Raw Frame Subwoofer Transducers
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There's no denying it: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is a monster musical on every level, from the massive lighting rig to the extensive projections to the booming, heavily layered sound design. Taking the gargantuan $75 million production from conception to execution has been quite a challenge for everyone involved, and it event underwent a last-minute reboot to transform it from an admirable but complex show into a more streamlined, tourist-friendly piece.
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AV Pro Inc. Upgrades Sound along with Lighting and Rigging at TSU/San Marcos' Mainstage Theatre
When Texas State University/San Marcos first opened the doors to its castle-like "Old Main" building in 1903, the 300 new students didn't have to spend much time located the structure on the university's campus. It was the only building on campus.
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Bret Dowlen has spent more than 30 years building sound systems, creating synergy between components and generally making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
"It doesn't matter if you hire us to do one show, a tour, or an entire sound system installation, you will always receive the same level of engineering and attention to detail that I've built this company's reputation on," he notes.
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ML Executives of Kent, England successfully completed Iron Maiden's 2011 world tour in support of last year's critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning album, The Final Frontier, providing the "universal" package, as well as a complete Eastern Acoustic Works KF760 line array system with the new flown SB1002 subs for the stadium and arena shows in Florida and Europe. Managing Director Gary Marks' production company has been servicing the British metal veterans for the last decade of their three-dozen years on the road.
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The third installment in this saga of simple pranks escalating into mayhem follows two other "Nightmare" installments: "The Game's Afoot" (Aug. 2011) and "Bottle Rockets and ‘Snow'" (Sept. 2011). The grand finale will be next month. (Hint: It has something to do with superglue.) -ed.
Read More »What's more rare than a legislative compromise in Washington, DC? Other than unicorns, it might be the audio engineer who occupies both live sound and recording studio roles for the same artist clients.
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