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Trantec launch new wireless system

This from UK Light and Sound
Since its Frankfurt launch earlier this year, the Trantec S5 UHF wireless microphone system has seen some constructive new updates, and is now shipping from its London headquarters. The system is available in two formats, allowing the customer to take advantage of the two price points on offer.

Cubase installer patch

Steinberg has issued an installer patch for the 4.0 versions of Cubase and Cubase Studio. The patch enables Cubase and Cubase Studio owners running OSX 10.5 to install their version of Cubase from the installer DVD. Steinberg product specialists recommend then additionally installing the free update to 4.1.
While this installer patch allows Cubase 4 and […]

Reaper updated

REAPER, by Cockos has been updated to to v2.015
Changes since v2.012:
    * Single clicking the middle area of regions no longer seeks.
* Changed region clicking to be shift+doubleclick for edit.
* MIDI editor: better singleclick add/delete (only deletes on non-control parts of notes clicked).
* Reaxcomp: GR text display with 500ms peak hold.
* Reaeq: better graph accuracy.
* […]

AV Technician wanted in Yorkshire

Found this on the Meetpie website
Audio Visual Technician (Conference & Events)
Yorkshire - £18 – 22 + Benefits
Our client is an established, successful AV Company based in several locations around the UK. They are involved in all industry sectors from fixed installations and venue management, through to large scale live events for a […]

Universal Audio release new plugins

Universal Audio have got two new products out - the Precision Buss Compressor, a dual-VCA-type dynamic processor:

They’ve also teamed up with Sound Performance Lab for the Transient Designer

The Transient Designer has a multitude of studio applications and can be used to solve many types of audio track problems. You can shorten or lengthen the […]

Virtual Jams put Sound Engineers out of business

I saw this article today on a New Zealand based website - Stuff. I found it really funny. Please read it.
The journalist wrote: 
The long-established rules of music production are being rewritten, music recording is now so easy that anyone with a computer can do it. Programs such as Apple’s GarageBand, a virtual recording […]

AKG announce new microphones

AKG have a new microphone designed for women. More specifically, its frequency response is tailored to respond to the characteristics the female voice. Presumably the Elle C is going to be used by a spice girl.
This from Sound on Sound:
The frequency response of the Elle C’s condenser capsule and circuitry has been “aimed […]

Plans to regulate video transmissions in the EU

This from Afterdawn
On Thursday the European Parliament passed the Audiovisual Directive, which addresses issues of regulating video transmissions in a way that’s consistent throughout the European Union.
Besides standardizing laws across national borders, the “Audiovisual Media Services Without Frontiers Directive” is intended to establish a unified set of rules that will apply whether video is being […]

Middle East gears up for major touring acts

SLS Productions has have upped their game by welcoming what they claim to be the largest line-array system in the Middle East.
Audiotechnews imagines the

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