RINGWOOD, NJ – Rain Computers introduced the Origin SG1 Processor Engine, a lower-cost alternative to their original design. It was created in collaboration with Waves and is designed to provide processing for the Waves SoundGrid System.
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CLEVELAND, OH – Sound engineer Garry Brown started mixing for Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio's band in 2006, then moved into Phish's mixing chair when the band re-formed in 2009. Brown then switched to Midas digital mixing consoles prior to a three-week run with Anastasio in February, and then opted to bring the Midas XL8 on Phish's summer tour.
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VIENNA, Austria – AKG donated nearly 100 wireless microphone systems and handheld microphones in support of the 2010 Life Ball, held in Vienna, Austria. The event is held annually to help raise money and awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. – Midas Klark Teknik has presented Bucks New University with wall plaques to recognize a growing and mutually-beneficial relationship between the organizations and their joint efforts to tailor courses to the audio industry
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WEST HOLLYWOOD – Bobby Crown, the FOH mixer, production manager and system engineer for the venerable Troubadour for the last seven years, brought an all-A-T package of microphones into the famous club in 2008, and they've been used there ever since.
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WAILUKU TOWN, HI – Opened in 1928, the sound system for the 375-seat IAO Theater, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was long overdue for an upgrade. It was recently refurbished by the theater's staff with a Yamaha integrated audio system purchased through Wind Over the Earth, Boulder, Colo.
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TORONTO – Canadian musician and record producer Daniel Lanois used 100 Meyer Sound loudspeakers as part of the fifth annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto's all-night celebration of contemporary art in Nathan Phillips Square.
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LOS ANGELES – Pro Sound CA installed L-Acoustics loudspeakers and amplifiers for Universal Studios Hollywood's new attraction, King Kong 360 3-D, Created by Peter Jackson. KIVA loudspeakers are used to help transport visitors to Skull Island, where the giant ape battles dinosaurs.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – LDI is coming to Las Vegas on Oct. 22-24, but logistic issues have led to the postponement of ET Live, according to a letter issued to the industry.
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OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser added True Systems, a U.S.-based manufacturer of microphone preamplifiers, to its family of distributed brands. TRUE Systems' five microphone preamplifiers will be marketed through Sennheiser's existing professional audio, systems integration and musical instrument channels.
Read More »WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA – Blue Microphones named two new independent sales representatives to represent its line of products: Eric Boyer of Audio Agent (Washington, Oregon, Northern California) and Thomas Mitchell of Flipside Sales (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming).
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SMYRNA, TN – For those who do not know, Mike "Moses" Beck (pictured here with some of last year's donations) has been doing a toy drive for a while now, first gathering toys to support the Marine's Toys for Tots drive, and now, for the third year, running it as the Roadie Christmas Toy Drive.
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