JAMESTOWN, NY – Can a snake ever be considered trustworthy? As long as it's Aviom's Pro16 Digital Snake, Randall Turner, owner of Turner Specialty Contractors, would say "yes." Turner is now using the digital snake along with Aviom's A-16II Personal Mixers for Family Church of the Southern Tier, which recently moved to a new facility here.
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ATLANTA – Clay Benning, resident sound designer for the Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center, has been using Dante Virtual Soundcard and a Dante-MY16-AUD card for productions on the venue's two stages – the Alliance Stage and the smaller Hertz Stage.
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There are many ways to determine success in the pro audio world – a big your-name-here audio company, a pair of Lamborghinis, health insurance – but what happened to Al Siniscal, the Parnelli Audio Innovator honoree, at the 10th Annual Parnelli Awards, has to rank up there as one of the highest honors ever.
Read More »We have all been there. It's the end of a long stretch of work, and though you should probably be out celebrating the end of a good run, in truth, there is just no gas left to fuel the fire.
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What started as a way to get around gambling laws has grown into a huge business. Back in 1994, the floating Argosy Casino first set sail on the Mississippi River about 15 minutes from downtown St. Louis. It was the first of the "riverboat" casinos. Today, those "boats" are buildings that float, and some have production venues that rival anything on solid ground.
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How quickly things change. What once looked like a very defined market segment has kind of shattered. The best way to describe things now is more like "digital signal transfer."
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You can say one thing for certain about Blue mics – the company offers some of the most interesting-looking ideas in microphones out there. With the en·CORE 300, Blue also seems bent on offering up a competitive road-worthy live performance mic that delivers not only on sound but durability.
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There appears to be a quiet shift going on in the wireless mic world. As new FCC mandates make the not-perfect-but-long-counted-on UHF spectrum less and less desirable for wireless mics, companies not generally thought of when it comes to mics – including Line 6 and Sabine – are leading a charge into the 2.4 gHz range and, increasingly, those familiar handheld transmitters you see are not sporting the capsules that they shipped with.
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How many times have we found ourselves looking at a new phone, TV, laptop, or any other manner of device and wondering how they packed so much into a package so small? As I stare down the Turbosound Flex Array, I found myself with this very problem once again.
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Though his last name is also part of his company's name, Carlson Audio Systems co-owner Mark Carlson is always quick to point out that his Seattle-based concern has always represented a collaboration with his partner Jonathan Myers – and also currently thrives with the invaluable help of a dozen other full-time employees and four times that many independent contractors who have helped turn Carlson Audio into the biggest sound company in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Gig: A famous DJ hosts a family-type party at one of Orlando's big theme parks every year. The party always has one big name artist who we will just refer to here as "LL."
Read More »This month we'll continue with the second part of the compressor article (FOH, Theory and Practice, Sept. 2010, page 38). The first part was geared mainly toward what traditional compressors are used for, and the fundamentals behind the different basic functions.
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