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Rush Tour Gets SpectraFoo-ed
New York (May 7, 2007)--Engineer Brad Madix will handle FOH duties once again for Canadian rock legends Rush this summer. Following rehearsals throughout May,...
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Powered Plug-ins In Action
by Janice Brown Producer/engineers and recording musician/composers can all benefit from the bonus plug-in processing power added with DSP acceleration card and eternal box...
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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...
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Jewel Of The Jersey Shore
by Jeff Touzeau Wildwood, NJ (February 26, 2007)--Drew Hofmann could not have picked a more idyllic geographic location to Roselane East, an inspiring, yet...
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Echo Mountain Rises
By Janice Brown Asheville, NC (January 29, 2006)--Asheville, NC has been "on the map" among the hippest of mountain towns for years, and it...
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Acoustic Designers In Demand
New York, NY (November 2006)--Business is good each of the acoustic designers recently surveyed by Pro Sound News, despite the downturn in the once...
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Universally Regarded Scott Silfvast Discusses UAs Desktop Console System
Santa Cruz, CA (November 2006)--Universal Audio has unveiled its Desktop Console System (DCS), a new concept and product line which initially includes the DCS...
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Soundelux Gives Lemay A New Day
Las Vegas (November 16, 2006)--Claude "Mégo" Lemay, musical director for Céline Dion and her Las Vegas show, A New Day, isn't a one-trick pony;...
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De-constructing Pop Mixer Goldstein Reports On Pops Daily Grind
New York, NY--Sony's Studio A is a favorite room of NYC-based engineer Jason Goldstein, which is where we met to talk about his latest...
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SOUND INNOVATIONS Electro-Voice DVX Woofers
The DVX Series is the latest generation of high-performance woofers from Electro-Voice (EV). The story begins in spring 2005, when EV launched its ZX5...
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Graham Assumes Leadership Of Crown International
Elkhart, IN--Mark Graham assumed the presidency of Crown International in early July, stepping up from his former position as VP of Marketing & Product...
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AKG Provides Longest Battery Life
Nashville, TN (May 23, 2006)--According to AKG Acoustics’, its investment in research and development has resulted in the quantifiably longest battery life in each...
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AKG Provides Longest Battery Life
Nashville, TN (May 23, 2006)--According to AKG Acoustics’, its investment in research and development has resulted in the quantifiably longest battery life in each...
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Wearing the Crown
Randy Scruggs could easily wear the crown of many nations in the world of music. So far this year he has taken on the...
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Give Peas A Chance
Few bands seem more ubiquitous than Black Eyed Peas these days. Turn on the radio or MTV--they're on. Read the liner notes to that...
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The LaChapell Show
Don't look now, folks, there's another new preamp manufacturer, bringing to the table a new design utilizing, what else--tubes and transformers. This pre is...
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Give Peas A Chance
Few bands seem more ubiquitous than Black Eyed Peas these days. Turn on the radio or MTV--they're on. Read the liner notes to that...
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Sonics Set Palace Apart
The Music Palace is located in suburban Long Island, 25 miles from Manhattan, in West Hempstead. The facility was once a Tupperware plant, standing...
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Studer Extends Vista Line
Las Vegas, NV--Studer's Vistonics control topology has made its way into two console offerings from Harman Pro this spring, the first being an adaptation...
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Studer Extends Vista Line
Las Vegas, NV--Studer's Vistonics control topology has made its way into two console offerings from Harman Pro this spring, the first being an adaptation...
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Midas Debuts XL8
Saying he'd "waited nearly 20 years" for the moment, Midas managing director, John Oakley, presented the first digital console to carry the Midas name,...
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Midas Debuts XL8
Saying he'd "waited nearly 20 years" for the moment, Midas managing director, John Oakley, presented the first digital console to carry the Midas name,...
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Soundcraft Reveals Vi6
Soundcraft's long-anticipated, large-format digital live desk has been introduced to the public, first in sneak previews that drew steady traffic during the NSCA Convention...
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Soundcraft Reveals Vi6
Soundcraft's long-anticipated, large-format digital live desk has been introduced to the public, first in sneak previews that drew steady traffic during the NSCA Convention...
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They Built It Theyve Come
Nestled in open, upscale residential area of Gallatin, north of Nashville, just a skip and a hop from Old Hickory Lake, Karian Studios is...
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Keeping Coldplay All Fixed Up
Building on the success of hits like "Fix You," "Yellow" and "Clocks," Coldplay has become an international phenomenon over the last few years, and...
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Keeping Coldplay All Fixed Up
Building on the success of hits like "Fix You," "Yellow" and "Clocks," Coldplay has become an international phenomenon over the last few years, and...
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Its All in the Detail
SLS Loudspeakers has manufactured loudspeakers for the touring market for more than three decades. The company's development of ribbon tweeter technology suited for sound...
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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...
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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...
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Ultrasone of America Signs Reps For Full US and Canadian Coverage
(CORRECTION to January 30, 2006 story)
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Getting Friendly With M-Audio Ozonic
New York, NY (January 2006)--I'm certainly one of "the masses" Digidesign expected to reach when its parent company acquired M-Audio, forging a synergy that...
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An Artists Dream Integrated Studios
New York, NY--DJ/musician Derek Ferguson's concept for Integrated Studios may seem a bit Utopian to the more business-minded. Rather than focusing solely on investment...
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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...
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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,...
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QA With Rolf Meyer President Marketing and Sales and speaker of the Executive Committee Sennheiser Electronics
Q: How long have you been with Sennheiser? A: I've been with Sennheiser for 10 years now. Actually I've been with the company...
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Monitoring Progress
Phil Ward listens carefully to two channels: one says monitors should be neutral reference points, carved in stone (or at least wood or metal);...
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Reviews Active Nearfield Monitors
Though pioneered by some few manufacturers, nearly every company making loudspeakers now supports active nearfield monitoring. So much so that an amazing variety of...
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Virtual Instruments Get Major Play
Virtual instrument plug-ins are maturing fast, and over the last several years have reached such a level of sophistication that many television and film...
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Trends Spell More Feature-Rich Distinctive Plugs
It's no question that DAW users are always on the lookout for the latest and greatest in effects plug-ins, and manufacturers have their hands...
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New SSL Ownership/Management
New York, NY/London (July 2005)--As reported in the June edition of Pro Sound News, musician and technologist Peter Gabriel and broadcast industry entrepreneur, David...
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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....