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Future of Music to Host Katrina Benefit Concert
Future of Music Coalition will assemble a diverse group of activist musicians for meetings in New Orleans from November 3 to 6, 2006. Jackson...
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Aviom Gives Pro64 Sneak Peak
Aviom provided members of the film, broadcast and house of worship communities with a sneak peak at its forthcoming Pro64 audio networking product line...
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Odds On Recording Sponsors 2006 Amplify Independent Music Contest
Odds On Recording, a state-of-the art recording and CD/DVD manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nev., served as a sponsor of the 2006 Amplify Independent Music...
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MXL Microphones Ships MXL.006 USB Condenser Mic
MXL Microphones is now shipping the MXL.006 ($169.95) USB cardioid condenser microphone. The MXL.006 connects directly to a standard USB port on a Macintosh...
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Dynacord Cobra System Amplifies Broward Caribbean Carnival
The annual Broward Caribbean Carnival was held on October 8 (Columbus Day weekend) at Markham Park in Sunrise, Fla. It attracts tens of thousands...
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Smart Loops Releases Pro Drum Works Libraries in REX Format
Smart Loops released Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 ($99 each) of its flagship Pro Drum Works drum loop libraries in REX format for Reason,...
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Sweetwater Digital Productions Selects Studer Vista 8 for New HDTV Truck
Sweetwater Digital Productions’ chief engineer Mark Hale seated at the Studer Vista 8 in Regensdorf, Switzerland. Los Angeles-based Sweetwater Digital Productions chose a Studer...
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ADK Microphones Builds Analog Products in New Facilities
According to ADK Microphones CEO and cofounder, Larry J. Villella, the company is delivering on a three-year promise to develop and build a significant...
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M-Audio Ships GuitarBox and GuitarBox Pro
M-Audio is shipping the new GuitarBox ($495.95) and GuitarBox Pro ($695.95) music production systems. Both systems combine M-Audio Black Box and Pro Tools M-Powered...
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Ultrasone Announces Edition 9 Headphones
Ultrasone of America, the U.S. distributor for German headphone manufacturer Ultrasone AG, announces the limited-edition release of its closed-back Edition 9 ($1,500) headphones, which...
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TC Electronic Releases Konnekt 8 Audio Interface
TC Electronic is now shipping its Konnekt 8 ($375 MSRP) audio interface for Mac OS X and Windows. Konnekt 8 includes Steinberg Cubase LE...
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Manhattan Producers Alliance Fall Workshop Series
The Manhattan Producers Alliance (MPA)–a membership-based cooperative of music industry professionals in New York City, founded with the mission of helping its members share...
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Crown Names New VP’s of Engineering and Marketing
Crown vice president of engineering, Scott Potosky Crown International of Elkhart, Ind. announces two key appointments to its senior staff with the dual promotions...
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ABC’s ‘The View’ Upgrades to Meyer Sound
ABC’s The View, winner of 20 Daytime Emmy awards and now in its tenth season, recently received an audio upgrade from Yonkers, N.Y.-based Sound...
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Mastering Engineer Bob Katz Awarded U.S. Patent
Bob Katz (pictured), mastering engineer and president of Digital Domain, has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent Office for his circuit...
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PreSonus FaderPort is Now Shipping
PreSonus Audio is now shipping the FaderPort, a desktop USB DAW controller that writes single-channel and group-channel fader automation, and also provides complete transport...
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RealTraps Announces Free Software and Tutorials
RealTraps has recently upgraded ModeCalc (pictured), its graphical room mode prediction software for Windows. ModeCalc is available as a free download from RealTraps’ Website...
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Australia’s Largest Post-Production Houses Install Fairlight Pyxis
Soundfirm, Australia’s largest post-production company with facilities in Sydney and Melbourne, has added a fifth Pyxis NLV system to its facility. Soundfirm has produced...
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JBL Unveils Control 1 Pro Two-Way Compact Loudspeaker
JBL Professional introduced the Control 1 Pro two-way compact loudspeaker at the 2006 AES convention in San Francisco. The company states that it re-engineered...
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SSL Duende Now Available for PCs and Intel-Based Macs
Solid State Logic announces the availability of its Duende ($1,899) DSP platform for PCs and Intel-based Macintosh computers. SSL will ship the new versions...
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Special NSCA University Regional Event in Chicago
On November 7, 2006, Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Ill. will host an NSCA University Regional Event for audio and video professionals,...
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Millennia Media Introduces HDOE and HROE Output Expansion Options
Millennia Music & Media Systems introduced its HDOE and HROE output expansion options for the HV-3D and HV-3R eight-channel mic preamps at the 2006...
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Telefunken | USA Introduces RM-5C Ribbon Mic
Pictured with the new RM-5C are (L-R) Telefunken | USA CEO Toni Fishman with Jerry Silvia and David Browning of Silvia Classics Microphones. Photo...
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Steinberg Showcases New Nuendo Synchronizer at AES
At the AES 2006 show in San Francisco, Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH displayed a prototype of a new synchronizer device tailored to the needs...
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Aviom Debuts New 1600 A-Net Chip and Forms Partnership with InnovaSon
Aviom debuted its latest core technology solution, the 1600 A-Net chip (pictured), at AES 2006. The 1600 A-Net chip is designed specifically to allow...
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MOTU Ships 8pre 16×12 FireWire Audio Interface
MOTU is now shipping the 8pre ($595), a single-rackspace FireWire audio interface. The 8pre is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3 or higher (including...
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Fox Uses Sennheiser Wireless Systems for NFL Broadcasts
Sennheiser’s A5000 CP helical antenna in use at an NFL game CP Communications of Elmsford, N.Y. delivered eight custom Sennheiser wireless systems to the...
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NHT Pro Introduces S-80 Xd and S-20 Powered Subwoofers
NHT Pro announced that two new subwoofers, the S-20 and S-80 Xd, will ship in January 2007. Both subwoofers were demonstrated at the 121st...
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Symetrix Launches Online Dealer Locator
Symetrix’ Website now includes a new dealer locator with complete company contact information, designed to enable users to quickly search for companies that carry...
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Game Creek Video Purchases Calrec Alpha and Sigma Consoles
Game Creek Video, a mobile production company in Hudson, N.H., is installing a 96-fader Calrec Alpha along with a 64-fader Calrec Sigma–both of which...
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615 Music Launches ‘615 Music Song Catalogue’ Library
615 Music in Nashville, Tenn. has launched a new music library series, and continues to produce new music CDs for its established libraries. The...
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PAMA Releases 2005 Worldwide Microphone Survey Statistics
The Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA), which represents the leading innovators and premier brands in pro audio, has released its research findings from its...
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Mogami Expands Into New Facility
Mogami, a division of Marshall Electronics, is expanding into a new 25,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its current headquarters in El Segundo, Calif. The company...
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Rupert Neve Designs Introduces 5088 Analog Mixing Console
Rupert Neve is returning to mixing console design and manufacturing with the introduction of the expandable Rupert Neve Designs 5088 16-channel, 8-bus console. The...
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XM Productions/Effanel Music Mixes the MTV VMA Broadcast
From left to right: Randy Ezzraty, Tekserve’s Chris Payne and Joel Singer. MTV’s Video Music Awards took place in New York City on August...
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iZotope Licenses Algorithms to Sonic Studio
iZotope Inc. announces that Sonic Studio of San Anselmo, Calif. is licensing iZotope’s MBIT+ dither and 64-bit SRC sample rate conversion algorithms for inclusion...
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Sage Arts Recording Studio Acquires Prism Sound Converters
Sage Arts Recording Studio engineer Matthew Gephart Sage Arts Recording Studio in Arlington, Wash. has acquired a Prism Sound ADA-8XR multichannel converter for use...
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3G Live and L-Acoustics Support Reventon Festival in L.A. Coliseum
Reventon, the largest Latin rock and pop music festival in the United States, packed nearly 50,000 enthusiastic fans into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum...
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Cary Flaum Joins Smoke and Mirrors in New York
Cary Flaum (pictured), formerly a sales and facility manager at mad.house and a senior producer at Version2, has joined International VFX company Smoke and...
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Neutrik Introduces 4-Pole Y-Split OpticalCon at AES 2006
Neutrik expanded its OpticalCon system by introducing the 4-pole Y-Split OpticalCon at AES 2006. With the Y-Split, Neutrik offers an assembled Y-split cable comprised...
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Virtual Katy Opens Office in Los Angeles Area
New Zealand based software developer Virtual Katy Development Limited, a Digidesign development partner, announced that it will open an office in Altadena, Calif. in...
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Zucchero Completes “Fly” at Ocean Way with Producer Don Was
Pictured in Studio A at Ocean Way are (L-R) mixer Jack Joseph Puig, Zucchero, producer Don Was and recording engineer Krish Sharma. Photo by...