Avid’s Pro Tools | First, a free version of the industry-standard Pro Tools unveiled at Winter NAMM 2015, offers many of the same music creation capabilities used by top artists and recording studios worldwide. Delivering on Avid Everywhere and built upon the Avid MediaCentral Platform, Pro Tools | First is designed to be simple enough for beginners to learn, yet sophisticated enough for the experienced musician.
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RALEIGH, NC –– For two concerts featuring operatic pop foursome The Tenors at Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium, RMB Audio provided a Martin Audio MLA system that included 12 MLA Compact enclosures and six DSX subwoofers per side, with four MLA Mini cabinets for lip fill, all networked via U-NET. The setup also included Avid Profile consoles at both FOH and Monitor positions. FOH engineer Kevin Sucher, who was mixing with the MLA system for the first time, was impressed.
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Allen & Heath has extended its top selling ZED series with the launch of ZED Power 1000, a compact 2X500W powered mixer with onboard FX, 9 band graphic EQ and USB recording / playback. Zed Power 1000’s built-in 2 channel, class D amplifier is coupled to a linear power supply to deliver cool running efficiency, robustness and high peak headroom with smooth bottom end.
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Soundcraft’s Signature Series analog mixing consoles, featured at Winter NAMM 2015 in Anaheim, CA, are available in four frame sizes: 10-channel, 12-channel, 16-channel, and 22-channel. Harman is also offering Soundcraft Signature Series Multi-Track consoles in 12-channel (14-in/12-out USB interface) and 22-channel (24-in/22-out USB interface) versions.
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Allen & Heath has extended its Qu range with the launch of Qu-Pac, an ultra-compact digital mixer with both a built-in touchscreen and iPad control app. The Qu-Pac can be used as a freestanding or rack mount mixer, with connectivity that starts with 16 mono inputs, 3 stereo inputs and 12 mix outputs on the rear panel and can be expanded to 38 in / 28 out by connecting to Allen & Heath’s remote AudioRacks over Cat5.
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JBL Professional’s SRX800 Series portable powered loudspeakers, introduced at Winter NAMM 2015 in Anaheim, CA, combine premium JBL transducers and built-in Crown DriveCore amplifiers with user-configurable DSP speaker-tuning capability. The SRX800 Series models include the 12-inch 2-way SRX812P, 15-inch 2-way SRX812P, dual 15-inch 3-way SRX835P, 18-inch SRX818SP subwoofer and the SRX828SP.
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Focusrite’s Clarett range of audio interfaces are designed to combine a new preamp design with the latest in Thunderbolt technology, providing users with interface latency of under 1ms. The four devices featured at NAMM 2015 in Anaheim, CA include Clarett 2 Pre: 10 In/4 Out; Clarett 4 Pre: 18 In/8 Out; Clarett 8 Pre: 18 In/20 Out and Clarett 8 Pre X: 26 In/28 Out.
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Electro-Voice’s EKX series, introduced at Winter NAMM 2015 in Anaheim, CA, is comprised of eight models (four powered and four passive), including 12” and 15” two-way models and 15” and 18” subwoofers. EKX is positioned above the ZLX and ELX series and below the ETX series.
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AKG’s DMS800 reference digital wireless microphone system, which builds on the Harman brand’s DMS700 V2, features two digital audio outputs for Dante and AES EBU, along with improved design and mechanics for the DHT800 handheld transmitter, plus interchangeable microphone heads. In addition to the DHT800 transmitter, the DMS800 system includes the DSR800 stationary receiver and the DPT800 wireless body pack transmitter.
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Crown is now shipping its XLi Series, including the XLi3500, XLi2500, XLi1500 and XLi800. They are designed to deliver 1,000, 500, 330 and 200 watts per channel, respectively. Harman announced the availability of the new amplifiers at Winter NAMM 2015 in Anaheim, CA.
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WILLEBROEK, Belgium — AED Distribution, which was named distributor for QSC Pro Audio in Germany and the U.K. in addition to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, has staffed up to support those new responsibilities, adding Ian Ruhback, Emma O´Sullivan and Carsten Schiedeck. The company also hired Constantinos Vonofakidis and Tania Lesage, formerly with Barco’s High End Systems, to support that brand in Europe.
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