DPA Microphones’s d:vote range of instrument mics, unveiled at Prolight + Sound 2012, build on the company’s 4099 instrument clip mic series, enhancing it with a new shock mount for better absorption, 1.55mm and 2.2mm diameter detachable cable options and an extension unit for the gooseneck supplied with the mic that lengthens its neck by 50 percent.
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The AKG Discreet Acoustics Modular PLUS Series from Harman offers conference room installers a wide range of goosenecks and installation modules compatible with existing AKG CS5 modules. The gear is adaptable for a wide variety of setups and speakers, and quick microphone capsule exchanges can be made as needed.
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With the launch of PreSonus Exchange, registered users of PreSonus’ Web-connected Studio One DAW can easily and conveniently swap presets, effects chains, MIDI files, and soundsets-without leaving the program. Users can access online files from directly within the searchable Studio One 2 file browser, including audio preview. They can just drag-and-drop from the browser, and Exchange automatically downloads the resources and loads them into their Song.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Solid State Logic (SSL) introduced its Live-Recorder system at Musikmesse 2012. Designed for high-channel-count live, location or broadcast recording from FOH console systems, location film sound recording, TV broadcast production studios and broadcast production trucks.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany — Midas launched Generation-II software for all of the company’s digital consoles at Prolight + Sound 2012, Hall 8, L80. The update reflects user feedback that Midas has gathered for the last five years. The company notes that while this research also led to new features on the Midas PRO2, those advances are now migrating to the entire range of Midas digital consoles.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — DPA Microphones is featuring its expanded range of d:fine headset microphones at Prolight + Sound 2012 (Hall 8, F22), which give artists a choice between single- or dual- ear mount options.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Harman featured its AKG DMS70 digital wireless system at Musikmesse 2012/Prolight + Sound. The DMS70 operates with 24bit 48 kHz transmission in the 2.4GHz ISM band, a worldwide license-free frequency range. The system is comprised of AKG’s DSR70 Quattro or DSR70 Dual Receiver (pictured here), DPT70 Digital Pocket Transmitter and DHT70 Digital Handheld Transmitter.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. launched the new CL Series of digital consoles, a Dante network-based console featuring remote I/O for a faster, more responsive Yamaha system solution, at Prolight + Sound. Along with the new consoles – CL5, CL3 and CL1 – the company also announced the latest update for its StageMix iPad App available for Yamaha M7CL and LS9 digital consoles: StageMix Version 3.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — At Prolight + Sound (Hall 8, H40) Turbosound featured its Flashline large scale line array system powered by Lab.gruppen with Lake processing and Dante networking. Turbosound also added to its line of high performance floor monitors with the TMW-112 wedge (pictured here). The company also previewed its next step into compact line array territory, the TFA-400 constant curve line array loudspeaker. It’s designed for live music venue installs, theatre, and in-fill/out-fill applications and can be used to complement larger Flex Array systems.
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Symetrix’s SymNet Edge scalable hardware is configured with SymNet Composer open architecture software. Designed to meet the I/O capacity requirements for commercial sound installations, Edge features four configurable I/O card slots, up to 16 channels total of local I/O plus 128 (64×64) channels of Dante network audio. Flexible I/O and plug-and-play networking enable multiple Edge units to scale to project demands.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — The World Choir Games are coming to Cincinnati, OH this July, the first time ever on U.S. soil. That means that Fort Wayne-based Unity Performing Arts Foundation (UPAF) and its Voices of Unity Choir, which traveled to China to compete in 2010, won’t have to travel nearly as far. Even so, the group, which returned from China with two gold medals, still needs to raise funds for its 2012 effort to defend the gold. Sweetwater (also based in Fort Wayne) once again lent its support: a “lead gift” of $50,000 for the cause.
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PreSonus is now shipping new and improved versions of two of its classic tube preamplifiers: the BlueTube DP V2 (pictured here) and TubePre V2 (pictured on the jump page/below).
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