As audio engineers, we spend hours of our time learning and mastering the technical aspects of how to create the perfect mix. We seek out and apply new technologies to enhance the sound in any given space as we experiment with innovative techniques of taking sound where it often does not belong.
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QSC changed the R in RMX to a C for "contractor" and debuted the CMX series of amps. The CMX Series is available in four models: the CMX 300V, CMX 500V and CMX 800V, housed in a 2RU chassis design; and the CMX2000V, housed in a 3RU chassis design; with power ranges from 185 watts to 2500 watts per channel.
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Renkus-Heinz is distributing the new Aubion x.8 8-channel A/D-D/A converter from Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG), developed by AFMG and German hardware designers DSpecialists. The Aubion x.8 is designed to complement AFMG's EASERA and SysTune.
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WISEMANS FERRY, Australia – Norwest Productions deployed EAW KF740 line arrays for one of the six main stages at the Playground Weekender music festival, where artists including Bjorn Again and Orbital, among others, performed. Norwest chose the EAW gear for its combination of sound quality, accuracy and ease of rigging.
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LONDON – Ellie Goulding is touring the European festival circuit with an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-R72 compact Control Surface managing monitors. Monitor engineer Steve Pattison uses a mixture of the R72 surface and a Touchscreen laptop, giving him the flexibility to talk to the artists during sound check and move around the venue during the show.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Electrosound handled all the sound production for the main stage and sound distribution for the TV-4 OB truck during the June wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden with longtime partner Daniel Westling.
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NEWBURY, U.K. – Graham Blake, monitor engineer for Simply Red's worldwide farewell tour, is using the Midas XL8 live performance system. The tour provided Blake, who had completed the training with Midas' brand development manager Richard Ferriday some eight months earlier, with an opportunity to use the XL8 on the road for the first time.
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MANHATTAN, KS – First Assembly of God Church recently renovated their sanctuary with design and installation services provided by MSM Systems (Lawrence, KS). The church makeover included complete audio, video, lighting and acoustic systems.
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ZWAAG, The Netherlands – Alcons Audio announced that its Architect Colour Option (ACO) loudspeaker systems can be ordered in more than 180 different RAL colours, the standard European architectural color matching system.
Read More »NEW YORK – Rob "Wacko" Hunter, who has served as Branford Marsalis' recording and live sound engineer since the mid 1990s, has been using a variety of Earthworks microphones for the artist's live and recorded performances.
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NEW YORK – It may not be as creepy or as kooky as a pet giant squid named Beatrice, but the Broadway musical adaptation of The Addams Family, which opened this year at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, includes a DiGiCo SD7T console, part of the audio system and sound design from Acme Sound Partners.
Read More »CONCHO, OK – High winds are being blamed for ripping down a tent, injuring six crew members and causing extensive damage to gear on the afternoon prior to a July 6 show featuring Peter Frampton and Yes. None of the injuries were life-threatening, but two crew members were hospitalized, one with a broken leg.
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