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Sept. 1 “Red Alert” to Support RESTART, PUA and FPUC

Sept. 1 “Red Alert” to Support RESTART, PUA and FPUC

WASHINGTON, DC – An army of behind-the-scenes volunteers are preparing to join the push by #WeMakeEvents to support RESTART, the small business relief bill that provides funding to companies to help them survive and to pay their employees (#RedAlertRESTART) along with PUA and FPUC, CARES act provisions that need to be extended and expanded to provide sufficient unemployment benefits to displaced workers, including 1099 independent contractors (#ExtendPUA). It all happens Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 9 p.m. to 12 midnight.

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NAMM Urges Members to Contact Congress to Support Critical Live Event Industry Relief 

CARLSBAD, CA – NAMM is issuing an urgent call-to-action to all industry professionals to contact their Members of Congress NOW to support the RESTART Act (S.3814). The bill would provide provisions for the hardest-hit businesses to access additional PPP funds, long term, low-interest loans, and supplemental unemployment insurance to assist the hundreds of thousands of creative industry service workers impacted by the pandemic.

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FOH engineer Johnny Torchy at the CL5

Spat Revolution Drives Immersive Mix for Neko Light Orchestra

TOULOUSE, France – For French melodic rockers Neko Light Orchestra’s eighth anniversary show, live sound engineer Johnny Torchy drove an L-Acoustics Kara/Kiva system with a Yamaha CL5 console equipped with a Rio 3224D I/O box bringing in 60 inputs. System connectivity was via a Dante DVS network, with a MacBook Pro running FLUX:: Immersive Spat Revolution.

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Fir Audio IEM Cable Tester

Fir Audio IEM Cable Tester

Armed with Fir Audio’s IEM Cable Tester, users can troubleshoot their IEM cables. This simple tester is designed to work universally to quickly and easily check for continuity in the wire, while also checking for shorts, to quickly determine whether the problem is caused by the cable or the earpieces.

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Korg SoundLink MW1608 and MW2408 Mixers

Unveiled at Winter NAMM 2020 and now shipping, are Korg’s SoundLink MW1608 (16 x 8 x 2) and MW2408 (24 x 8 x 2) hybrid analog/digital mixers. Korg collaborated with legendary mixer design team of Greg Mackie and Peter Watts to create hybrid/analog mixing consoles to simplify creative mixing. Both the 24- and 16-channel models offer instant analog control for live mixing with excellent sound quality and ease-of-use features, combined with the power of a high-end approach to digital audio, such as the high-headroom, Peter Watts-designed HiVolt mic preamps.

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