Tal Herzberg, a Grammy-nominated producer/engineer who was also one of the first employees at Waves, has passed away. He worked with Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, The Pussycat Dolls, Counting Crows, Macy Gray, Keyshia Cole and Queen Latifah, among others. Herzberg also performed and recorded as a bassist with artists including The Corrs, Beth Hart and Mya.
Read More »LONDON – British authorities have completed a major crackdown on counterfeit goods, seizing gear with forged Sennheiser and Monster Cable branding from the premises of an organization involved in distributing the illegal knockoffs online. Sennheiser and Monster Cable helped investigators confirm that the illegal goods were, in fact, fakes.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – The Stanton Group named Steve Van Laere, who has been with the company since 2003, senior director of worldwide sales for all Stanton Group brands, Stanton Magnetics, KRK and Cerwin-Vega. In his new role, Van Laere adds responsibility for the Latin America/Canada and Asia Pacific regions to his previous role as managing director of EMEA.
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ZAGREB, Croatia – JSN Comon provided a sound reinforcement system that uses SymNet open-architecture digital signal processing for the 161,000-square-foot Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), an Igor Franic-designed building.
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TUSCALOOSA, AL – Built in 1939 and steeped in 1960s Civil Rights significance, the University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium had recently fallen into disrepair. After a renovation, including a new iBOX system from Community Professional, the building reopened as home to the school's Crimson Tide basketball and volleyball teams.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany – Harman Professional's HiQnet Performance Manager software, which debuted at Prolight + Sound 2011, is designed to streamline the system design, setup and tuning process for touring and live performance venue sound reinforcement systems, according to Paul Bauman, director of tour sound product application and application engineering, JBL Professional.
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Roland Systems Group's R-1000 48-Track Recorder/Player is a stand alone, dedicated recorder/player designed to work with the Roland V-Mixing System for live events or productions. Users can also connect and use the R-1000 with any digital console that has MADI output capabilities by pairing it with the Roland S-MADI REAC MADI Bridge.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Roland Systems Group's V-Mixing System, new M-480 V-Mixer and R-1000 48-Track Recorder/Player, featured at ProLight+Sound, will be presented at Roland's NAB booth #C4345, in Las Vegas. Like the M-400, M-380, and M-300, Roland's M-480, a 48-channel live digital mixing console, is the central component in a full V-Mixing system. Along with a new mixing engine, the M-480 is fully integrated with digital snakes, personal mixing and multi-channel recording components.
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SUN VALLEY, CA – Aphex named Jonathan Parker, left, and Michael Hurwitz, right, national sales managers. Parker and Hurwitz will oversee the sales of existing Aphex professional audio and broadcast products, as well as the expansion of Aphex product lines into new and emerging markets. Aphex also named pro-audio veteran Jace Nuzback product specialist.
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The TC-Helicon MP-75 handheld dynamic microphone goes beyond the MP-70 by offering vocalists Mic Control. The MP-75 communicates with vocal effects devices including VoiceLive 2, VoiceLive Touch, VoiceLive Singles and VoiceTone products with USB through a single button on the barrel of the microphone.
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Waves Audio's OneKnob series is a set of seven plugins, each of which provides a particular effect controlled by a single knob. The series includes OneKnob Brighter, OneKnob Phatter, OneKnob Filter, OneKnob Pressure, OneKnob Louder, OneKnob Driver and OneKnob Wetter.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – For a tour for Ozark Henry, which is touring arenas up to 6,000 capacity in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg through spring and early summer, FOH engineer Tom Janssen and monitors mixer Marcel Cortleven are using Soundcraft's Vi platform for the first time.
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