Image of Cendera Center.

Fort Worth, TX – August 2011… The recently opened Cendera Center is a multipurpose facility designed to accommodate a wide range of functions, including fine arts performances, meetings, training sessions / presentations, boxing events, parties, and more. With such a varied agenda, selecting a sound reinforcement system capable of providing pristine music reproduction characteristics as well as a high level of speech intelligibility was a paramount issue during the venue’s planning stages. After evaluating a variety of systems, the consultants and client agreed that a self-powered setup drawn from the Aero Series 2 catalog of Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio was, without question, the right way to go. more

The Mobile Generation; Delay FX; MP3 Can Sound Good

NEW YORK: “In a convention program crowded with illuminating options, Workshops and Tutorials represent beacons of focused knowledge sharing,” observes 131st AES Convention Chair Jim Anderson. “Workshops/Tutorials Chair Natanya Ford has performed the herculean task of sifting through dozens of worthwhile submissions to develop eminently relevant presentations. Participants will attain authorative, detailed information from every event on their ‘don’t miss’ lists.”

AES WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:

The Mobile Generation of Music Creation and Production: Chair Jay LeBoeuf; Panelists – TBA Mobile devices, cloud computing and innovative software algorithms have enabled a further democratization of the music creation/ production process. Innovative iPad/iPhone apps and cloud creation sites are turning virtually everyone into a content producer. This panel will explore how technology is enabling this revolution.

Grateful Dead Europe 72: In more

When it came time for rock legend Paul McCartney to acquire a new lighting rig for his many appearances from coast to coast, lighting designer Roy Bennett selected an array of Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures controlled by a grandMA console. Both product lines are represented in North America by A.C.T Lighting.

Bennett has been working with McCartney on a series of one-off concerts for the last four years, including the former Beatle’s opening of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California in 2009. “We had a rig that we traveled with, that we continually used for shows,” he says. “After all that time I wanted a new rig, and we had a couple of weeks of production time so I redesigned the rig to be really clean and efficient – something that was easy for production to deal with but that also had a lot of more

OXFORD, UK:

Europe’s largest independent mastering facility, The Metropolis Group, has purchased a significant package of 10 Sonnox Oxford Limiters and 10 Oxford EQs. Sonnox Sales & Marketing Manager Nathan Eames reports, the substantial plug-in acquisition was vetted by Metropolis Group Technology Development Manager, Crispin Murray. “We test drove a good number of plug-ins, and Sonnox were the ones that everyone seemed to come back to,” Murray said. “Because they were the most transparent of all we tried, they are now installed in all ten of our mastering suites.”

Mastering engineer Miles Showell comments, “Transparency is particularly important with loudness. I don’t think we’re mastering any louder than we used to. We won’t go down the ‘level at all costs’ route, but you do need to compete. If your stuff isn’t loud enough, clients will just go elsewhere. It’s better more

SHELTON, CT, AUGUST 29, 2011—From testing, packaging and recycling to training personnel, Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, has made a significant investment in lithium-ion (Li-ion) safety. more

Almo Professional A/V Opens
Registration for Fall 2011 E4 AV Tour

Coming to Chicago and New York City in October; Eight New Exhibiting Manufacturers; Entirely New Training Sessions Worth InfoComm RUs

Philadelphia, PA — August 29, 2011 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing audiovisual distributor, in partnership with InfoComm International, has opened registration for the Fall 2011 portion of its E4 AV training and networking tour, which will take place in Chicago on October 6 and New York City on October 27. The tour includes new exhibiting manufacturers with audiovisual products ranging from affordable flat panel enclosures and premium HDMI cables to broadcast equipment and universal remotes. Almo’s E4 will also feature a full-day schedule of entirely new training sessions worth CTS Renewal Units (RUs).

“Based on partner demand, this is the second time our tour will come to Chicago and the third more

Bush performing on the V-DOSC/SB28 system at SSMF 2011′s West Stage

KUDO and V-DOSC flown at the fourth annual Sunset Strip Music Festival

WEST HOLLYWOOD — Each year, West Hollywood’s world-famous Sunset Strip celebrates its rich musical history and influence with the Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF), a three-day event featuring dozens of bands performing at Key Club, The Roxy Theatre, Whisky A Go-Go, Viper Room, and House of Blues. But the biggest draw, by far, is the festival’s third day when the city closes off the four blocks between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard and a number of top-name acts converge to rock two main outdoor stages on Sunset Boulevard itself. more

Blackmagic Design today announced the world’s first video product with Thunderbolt technology. UltraStudio 3D which allows portable capture and playback with full resolution dual stream 3D support, 10 bit hardware architecture, dual link 3 Gb/s SDI, support for up to 1080p60 in SDI and component analog and HDMI 1.4a connections, as well as full SD, HD and 2K support, is now shipping for only US$995. more

TechPod Interactive and TechPod Presenter lecterns – all in one classroom audio visual solution

UrGUPS Institute in Yekaterinburg city, Ural has recently decided to overhaul their lecture halls and classrooms. The transformation included equipping classrooms with the TechPod Presenter and the larger auditoriums with the TechPod Interactive Lecterns (TPI-12).

This modern cosmopolitan university is setting itself up to be a leader in student oriented services with their classrooms equipped with the latest and greatest lecture / study tools: Interactive built in multimedia capability, single control panel that runs LCD projectors, laptops, CD and DVD players, all safely stored and secured with a specially designed automatic shut off mechanism – simply close the door. But that’s not all; they also integrated their TechPods with a powerful Hitachi 5000 ANSI Lumens projector, 8 Public Address speakers and Da-Lite motorized projection screens. And, the TSR-32 (TechPod Motorized Screen Control) allows for complete control of the projection screen from the TechPod control panel, enabling “presentation modeâ€? at more

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