NEW YORK – Longtime FOH engineer and production manager Terry Friedman (Village People, Grace Jones) has, in recent years, stepped off the tour bus to improve audio systems at schools, houses of worship, and other establishments in New York City through his company, Noise and Distortion. For recent projects at Brearly School and Temple Shaaray Tefila, he relied upon Symnet digital signal processing equipment.
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HAMPI, India – The annual Hampi Utsav 2010 music festival in Karnataka at Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, took on special significance this year, uniting with the 500th anniversary celebration of the Vijayanagara emperor, Sri Krishnadevaraya's ascendancy to the throne. Three regional soundcos supported the three-day event with audio gear from Harman.
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LONDON – DiGiCo has announced the appointment of new team member James Lawford, who takes up the position of UK sales executive and will provide additional support for its UK operation.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – THE EDGE, a performing arts, commercial entertainment and convention facility, recently purchased a Soundcraft Si3 console for its three separate venues: the Aotea Centre's ASB Theatre and Conventions Wing, The Civic and Auckland Town Hall performance venues.
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CHICAGO – Sensaphonics is bundling its 2MAX and 3MAX custom earphones along with Sennheiser's G3 wireless PM system with its "G3 to the MAX" promotion, which runs through the end of May 2010.
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SALT LAKE CITY – Lexicon is offering a free seven-day trial of the PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle, with seven Lexicon reverbs. The bundle includes plug-ins for each algorithm including: Vintage Plate, Plate, Hall, Room, Random Hall, Concert Hall, and Chamber with hundreds of studio presets from Lexicon's library of sounds.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Michael Abbott and Dr. Fred Ginsburg have been sharing some of their insights for the broadcast and film audio crowd at NAB this week, taking part in Audio-Technica's audio demonstration and instruction events at the company's booth, C1632.
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DALLAS – Brian Speiser, FOH engineer for the Indigo Girls, a folk rock duo that includes Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, has been using the Periscope Series P30/C microphones from Earthworks for miking their acoustic guitars at tour stops that have included the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, Calif., the Lincoln Center Performance Hall in Fort Collins, Colo. and the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Back in December of 2008, the Christian Broadcasting Network, the nation's oldest Christian broadcast facility and one of the largest Christian television ministries in the world, began preparing for Digital TV Transition (DVT) and the clearing of the 700 MHz frequency band.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass named Tom Farley advertising and marketing manager. Farley will lead a team that is responsible for all of Full Compass' marketing activities.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Avid announced that it will acquire Euphonix. The acquisition adds Euphonix audio and video control surfaces and consoles to Avid's portfolio. Avid will continue to support and sell both Euphonix control surfaces and Avid's ICON solution.
Read More »So I'm driving a car I'm not used to yet and it has some features that were not present on my last vehicle. Like "automatic lights." Silly me, I go to turn off the lights when I park the car and the car informs me that is a bad idea.
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