The V75-40V is the latest digital wireless microphone from Line 6. It transmits in the 2.4 GHz band and features an Earthworks WL40V hypercardioid capsule. It’s made to be used with Line 6’s 2.4 GHz receivers, the XD-V75, XD-V55 and XD-V35, running v2.0 firmware or later. The V75-40V equipped with the Earthworks WL40V capsule is sold a la carte and is not packaged with any particular wireless receiver system.
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One-offs are always an adventure. A Mariah Carey one-off in Lagos, Nigeria turned out to be an ongoing series of adventures. The first arena of activity was the establishment of basic technical communication. Our production manager opened the dialog among all of us on the crew and our contacts in Africa about a month and a half before this event was to occur. We communicated our equipment preferences and awaited a reply from the vendors in Lagos. It took a while to hear back from the production company that was overseeing the event and information was delivered in frustratingly small packets, but what I eventually learned about the FOH audio situation was definitely encouraging.
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FRONT of HOUSE runs this business column because the publisher, the editor and I have all long agreed that all the cool gear and all the technical expertise in the world alone won’t make someone’s career successful, unless that person develops some business chops. Increasingly, the rest of the live-sound universe agrees.
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Death, taxes and monitors are three things that will never go away. Unfortunately, we can’t help you with the first two, but we do have some ideas on how you can create better monitor mixes.
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A correct audio mix in a house of worship usually means keeping a tight rein on the overall decibel level, the SPL (sound pressure level), volume or just plain loudness of a service. But have you ever asked yourself how loud is loud?
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So, I’m thinking about gear — as I am wont to do — and I start making up a song to the tune of “Food Glorious Food.” The first line comes to me automatically, but then I get stumped, because I use a word that has no apparent rhyme with any word that will make a statement as a final destination for the direction of the first line. By the way, this song is of no great importance other than a bit of brain eruption, but once it got stuck in my head as a half thought it became a puzzle to be solved.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The three-day National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), held once every two years, returned to Lucas Oil Stadium here in 2013, where it was also held in 2011. For the event, held Nov. 21-23, CTS Audio provided a Harman Professional audio system that included JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. NCYC will return to Lucas Oil Stadium in 2015.
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SEATTLE – Symetrix, based here, named Greg Suchomel Field Technical Sales Engineer. Based in New Jersey, Suchomel will promote Symetrix products in the East and Northeast regions in North America by delivering technical certification and specialization training to Symetrix partners and supporting Symetrix partner eco-system with both remote and on-site design and installation help.
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TORONTO – Red Bull staged the finals for its Thre3Style international DJ competition here in early November. Performing within different venues from Nov. 4-9, the audio reinforcement system needed to combine optimum sound quality with a compact, potable form factor. Nimble Audio Group provided a KR402 system to use as a side fill and two KF12 coaxial speakers used as monitors.
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BRONX, NY––Located on Katonah Avenue that runs through the heart of Woodlawn’s Irish section, Behan’s Public House is a popular stopover in the neighborhood. Following a fire this summer, the pub was totally renovated with a new bar, furnishings, millwork and a Martin Audio loudspeaker system installed by New York City’s Foundation Audio.
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BURLINGTON, MA – Avid recently named technology industry veterans Rick Lowenstein and Mitch Weaver to senior level positions within the company. Lowenstein, who joins Avid from Adobe Systems, was named senior vice president of customer success and professional services. (He is pictured here.) Weaver, who joins the company from Cadence Design Systems, was named vice president of software development.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. has announced a Trade IN, Trade UP program that will take place January 8 – March 31, 2014. This program is available to all customers who own a Yamaha M7CL-48 (this configuration only) Digital Mixing Console.
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