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Links on the Links
This time last week, as I write, I was at the Harpeth Hills Golf Course just outside Nashville, getting prepped for the second day...
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PSN Extended Article: Crown In The 21st Century
What follows is an extended version of the "Crown In The 21st Century" article from the June, 2011 issue of Pro Sound News, more...
Business
‘Immortal’ In Our Memory: Roger Nichols
NASHVILLE, TN—After a protracted battle, engineer/producer/innovator Roger Nichols succumbed to pancreatic cancer on April 9, 2011 at age 66.
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Survival of the Most Versatile
For well over a year now as the global economy stutters along towards recovery, “cautious optimism” has been the phrase I’ve felt best described...
Business
Lectrosonics: 40 and Fanatical
RIO RANCHO, NM—Beginning its 40th anniversary celebration at NAB, Lectrosonics has a unique story to tell of innovation and selfsufficiency. Based just outside of...
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In-Depth Interview: Mark Graham, CEO, Loud Technologies
At Frankfurt’s Musikmesse/ProLight & Sound in April, five months after his appointment as CEO of Loud Technologies, Pro Sound News Editor Frank Wells sat...
Music Production
Beyond The Basics
Emulating analog circuitry performance with digital processing has certainly come a long way in the past couple of decades. I remember when the AT&T...
Recording
Wisseloord Studios 2.0
By Frank Wells. Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Netherlands, is being rejuvenated for a new century by a confluence of creative minds and with the...
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Progress Made Towards Consistent DTV Loudness
It’s a common lament from television viewers: “The commercials are too loud” or “The volume jumps all over the place when I flip through...
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A Postcard From Frankfurt MusikMesse—Prolight + Sound
While the USA certainly has it’s share of large trade events, those that are of primary interest to the pro audio community are dwarfed...
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The Inevitablilty Of The Virtual: The Future Is Now
I knew it was inevitable. I’ve just come tonight from the sound check for a major artist gig. There was not a single, solitary...
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Face Value—Physical Interaction In A Virtual World
We live in a world that finds most of us spending ever more time behind our computers and various portable computing devices. Increasingly, we...
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Space, The Finite Frontier
In today’s production paradigms, the technical infrastructure of old is condensed and compressed, the core studio hardware often crammed into little more than the...
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The Character Of Passionate Characters
While considering cover photos for the February 2010 issue of Pro Sound News, I ran across a shot of a friend and ace mixing...
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Is There A Perfect Microphone?
The various subjective comments of our reviewers in the January 2010 microphone issue of Pro Audio Review led me to ponder the question: Is...
Business
The Microphone As Instrument: sE Electronics
Shanghai--sE Electronics was founded by Siwei Zou in the year 2000. The enthusiastic and energetic Zou has a diverse background as a successful classical...
Business
PSN Interview Harman Pros Michael MacDonald
By Frank Wells Northridge, CA (March 2007)--In January of this year, Harman Pro Group announced that former JBL Professional president Michael MacDonald has rejoined...
Archives
Soundcheck and Meyer Sound Gear And Good Neighbors
Nashville (March 2006)--On the west bank of the Cumberland River as it flows through Nashville is a handful of skyscrapers denoting the business center...
Archives
Soundcheck and Meyer Sound Gear And Good Neighbors
Nashville (March 2006)--On the west bank of the Cumberland River as it flows through Nashville is a handful of skyscrapers denoting the business center...
Archives
The Low Down On The Front End
The microphone and mic preamplifier market has never been more diverse, with a broader market base and a staggering number of manufacturers in the...
Archives
Resort Recording
In the high desert of Nevada, amid the lights and bustle of Las Vegas, a new 10,000-square-foot studio complex has just gone on line,...
Archives
Misner Buys AMS-Neve
Burnley, UK--Tom Misner--President and Founder of the multi-national SAE Group of audio education institutions--announced in mid June the acquisition of console manufacturer AMS Neve....
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