Dweezil Zappa Summer Tour Used AKG Mics
LOS ANGELES – For a two-month international summer tour, Dweezil Zappa used a full line of AKG professional microphones, as did his father, the late Frank Zappa, an AKG endorser.
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Yamaha Plans “5 Days of Knowledge” Dec. 6-10
COLLEGE PARK, MD – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. will hold five days of training seminars and speaker demonstrations at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center from Dec. 6-10, 2010. The event is called "5 Days of Knowledge."
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Avid VENUE 2.9 Offers New Link Between VENUE, Pro Tools
BURLINGTON, MA – Avid's VENUE 2.9 software includes a new VENUE Link feature for Pro Tools and VENUE live sound systems. It promises to eliminate many of the manual steps involved in making live recordings and make it easier to create recordings for Virtual Soundcheck or remixing.
Read More »Linkin Park Use Waves Plug-ins for Album and On Tour
KNOXVILLE, TN – Linkin Park used Waves plug-ins for their latest album, On A Thousand Suns, and also on tour. In a video available on the Waves website, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda discusses the role Waves plug-ins play in the band's creative process, helping shape their sound.
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Maryland Sound Deploys JBL VerTec Line Arrays for “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear”
WASHINGTON, DC – Maryland Sound (MSI) deployed an extensive JBL VerTec line array system for the recent Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear co-hosted by Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report.
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Omaha’s Kaneko Bow Truss Room Equipped with Renkus-Heinz Speakers
OMAHA, NE – Founded by artist/sculptor Jun Kaneko, the Kaneko organization is a public non-profit established to provide a space and resource for creative arts in the Omaha area. Audio for the hall was designed by Chicago-based Threshold Acoustics LLC, who specified four Renkus-Heinz PN82 self-powered two-way loudspeakers to cover the space. The system was installed and commissioned by Direct Pro Audio of Omaha.
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Panamax/Furman Names Martha Brooke Eastern Regional Sales Manager
PETALUMA, CA – Panamax/Furman named Martha Brooke Eastern regional sales manager. LEED certified, Brooke brings a high level of energy management expertise to her new role, in addition to over 10 years of experience in consumer electronics.
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Roland VR-5
Roland Systems Group's VR-5 is a fully-integrated audio mixer and video switcher with built-in recorder/player for live production and web streaming. It basically combines Roland's audio and video technology into one unit.
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Yamaha To Release M7CLv3.5 and File Converter Software
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems' M7CLv3.5 and File Converter software application is set for release in winter 2010/2011 for both Mac OS and Windows platforms. It converts file formats between PM5D and M7CL as well as M7CL and LS9 consoles.
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Dean Roney of Solotech Joins Parnelli Board of Advisors
LAS VEGAS – The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces the addition to its Board of Advisors Dean Roney of Solotech International Touring. The company is based in Montreal, with offices in Quebec City and Las Vegas. Roney has been in the live event business for 30 years, and has been with Solotech since 2008. Based in Las Vegas, he serves as the company's vice president of business development.
Read More »In the Trenches? Want Fame and Fortune? Submit Your Info to FOH Magazine
LAS VEGAS – Okay, so maybe just a little bit of fame – at first, anyway. We have an "In the Trenches" slot open in the December 2010 issue of FOH and it's got your name on it – as long as you're willing to take a few minutes and submit your info (along with a good photo, ideally you working one of your recent gigs.)
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Coheed & Cambria Rely on Sennheiser for Hard-to-Categorize Music
Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez with a Sennheiser evolution e 945 wired microphone. Photo by Kaley Nelson
NEW YORK – Coheed and Cambria's music fits neatly into the "difficult to categorize" category. Based on frontman Claudio Sanchez' series of graphic novels, The Amory Wars, it has been described as progressive rock with elements of punk, hardcore and heavy metal.
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