ISP Technologies Introduces Weather Resistant Speaker Line
WATERFORD, MI — ISP Technologies has introduced its first offering of weather resistant speakers designed for clarity, fidelity and mid-range.
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New Gear
OVO Systems Lava Line Array
OVO Systems’ compact line array, the Lava, is a small vertical array designed to have a combined output of 1200 Watts RMS. The Lava System is composed of four mid-highs and one low cabinet. Each of the four mid-highs uses two 6.5-inch woofers and a 2-inch compression driver; the low contains two 12-inch woofers, as well as housing a four-channel class H power amplifier. The amplifier wattage is designed to work with all com-ponents in the system and enables the user to easily control the frequency from 80 Hz to 250 Hz on the amplifier itself. The system also allows for 16 positions of display angles for better dispersion of sound.
OVO Systems • 210.684.2600 • www.ovosystems.com
Rat Sound Systems, EAW Join in Licensing Partnership
OXNARD, CA — Rat Sound Systems Inc. has announced that it has awarded the licensing of the MicroWedge series of monitors and its family of products to EAW, who will be the new sole manufacturer and distributor of the MicroWedge.
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Maroon 5 on the Road with Venue
DALY CITY, CA — Maroon 5 is currently on tour in support of their sophomore studio outing, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, released this spring. Maroon 5 engineer Ryan Cecil decided to take the Digidesign Venue system on the road to handle the band’s monitor needs.
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OK, so this R & B group I am touring with does either REALLY big gigs,or REALLY small gigs. Pretty much not much in between.
So sometimes the advances are really easy,"PM 5D? Yup, fine! VerTec? Cool dude! See ya Saturday" kinda thing….Then there is the other hand……….
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Wireworks
Who: Jerry Krulewicz, president and co-founder of Wireworks Corporation.
What: A manufacturer of audio and audio/video cabling systems for the professional audio, broadcast and live performance industries.
Where: Hillside, N.J.
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Soldering 101
Yes, I am an old fart. Even though I am 46 years young, my old fartiness shows when I lust to visit stores like Radio Shack or Fry’s Electronics. But once inside the store, I gravitate to the electronic components and tools instead of the consumer electronics that everyone else heads for.
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Are you familiar with the term outreach? If you work in the worship business, especially the Christian end of this business, you will recognize the aforementioned term as a description of reaching out into the local community, professing and often demonstrating the teachings of God. This outreach can take many forms. The act of taking meals to elderly folks or helping someone in the community (regardless of their religious beliefs) with the most basic aspects of living is a popular charitable act and sponsored by many churches.
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Roland Systems S-1608 Digital Snake System
We have said it often enough that it is likely sounding like a broken record (remember those? They sound a lot different than a skipping CD), but the world is getting increasingly digital, and live event audio is no exception. First, digital processing moved from the studio to the stage. Then it was consoles. The only reason someone is not hawking a digital loudspeaker is ‘cuz until we all have direct-inject jacks that go straight into the cerebral cortex, the laws of physics dictate that you have to actually move air to create sound. The latest part of the signal chain to get the ol’ ones-and-zeroes treatment is the venerable snake.
SMAART Version 6
The sixth version of System Measurement Audio Analysis Real-Time (SMAART) is the charm for EAW, a division of Loud Technologies. Having enjoyed SMAART Live 5.0 for a while, bringing in version 6 begs the question, “Why upgrade?” Well the answer is that SMAART v.6 is a complete house cleaning of the SMAART software, with patches and expansions shaken out and put together correctly and efficiently. The kludging is gone — the new SMAART looks clean, familiar and professional looking, as it means business to those who use it.
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The Golden Audio Rule
Endeavor Audio & Lighting Systems gets to market by treating others right.
There comes a point, it seems, when the thought of another club date in a town just south of nowhere is less than attractive. When Jason Oakey and Chris Menichetti hit that point, they decided to get off the road and start their own audio and lighting company.
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Bringing In The Sound
Ryan Greene has been spending the past 15 years or so working on his studio tan, helping an assortment of punk rock bands such as NOFX, Lagwagon, No Use for a Name, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes record their best offerings.
Before that run of studio work, Greene learned about audio by standing in front of bands at the front of house position with a mixing board under his hands. His first FOH gigs came in Los Angeles during the ‘80s, and he worked with such bands as Poison and Warrant, as well as a handful of local bands at venues like The Troubadour, The Roxy and The Whisky.
A couple of years ago, Greene moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., and opened Crush Recording. There, he continued to work with dozens of rock bands willing to travel to his studio. After one session, a band that he worked with was about to hit the stage and was looking for someone to mix a live show. Greene jumped at the chance.