Liverpool Echo Arena: New sound system from Merseysound
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Need a configurable 10,000 seat arena with rolling mother grid plus a 7,000sq.m multipurpose hall whilst you’re in Liverpool?
No problem!
Liverpool’s Echo Arena s just that. Featuring a 32-strong JBL Vertec VT4887A line array with 16 VT4880A subwoofers supplied by […]
AKG announce ‘D 4′ stage mic at NAMM ‘08
AKG announced the new D 4 stage microphone at Winter NAMM 2008, which is pimped for live performance. The company has developed the mic for intended use with drums, percussion instruments, wind instruments and guitar amps.
Featuring AKG’s patented Laminate Varimotion diaphragm technology, the D 4’s response is fine-tuned without extra tuning resonators. With custom-built capsule […]
All the news from NAMM Winter 08
I think it was Thursday or Friday I got an email from Stiff over at ProToolerBlog, telling me it was ok to borrow his news from the NAMM Winter 08 Show, as long as I credited him with it, which seemed more than fair enough. In fact, it was really good of the fella.
Since then, […]
Panasonic In Car Entertainment Systems
Panasonic recently sent me a couple of DVD in car entertainment systems to review, which I thought was very kind of them. When I was first sent the press release, I thought they looked pretty cool, so I was glad of the chance to review them, although once I found out they wanted them […]
Novation update Automap Universal, software automation control
Novation has developed an updated version of its ‘Automap Universal’, a software automation controlling system, which will be showcased at NAMM ‘08, prior to a February release.
Updates include RTAS and TDM plug-in, and the software comes with Novation’s new Nocturn controller, and will also be compatible with Novation’s ReMOTE SL and ReMOTE SL COMPACT ranges.
Novation […]
London training sessions for SFX 6 software
SFX 6 is the new version of Stage Research Inc’s ‘live entertainment sound playback software’. The sessions, for live audio engineers, are to take place on January 29 and 30, 2008 at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Digital Content Producer report:
More than just an update of the popular application, SFX 6 has been rewritten […]
Led Zeppelin, ‘Big’ Mick Hughes & Earthworks Microphones
Back in December, Audiotechnews was all excited about some news of the Led Zepellin gig at the O2 Arena. More to the point, the legendary sound engineer Big Mick Hughes, who’s been involved in live audio engineering with bands such as Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Slipknot, Steve Vai, UB40, and Rob Halford…..
Oh yeah, and […]
Yamaha M7CL Review
One of the gigs just before Christmas gave me the excuse to talk about a bit of kit I’ve used quite a bit over the last year or so. I already said that I took a PA rig over to Lowestoft and didn’t have to use it, as they had one in the venue. Who’d […]
Happy New Year
To all readers of Audio Tech News, we wish you a happy new year. ATN has been a little quiet of late, due to some insane gigging schedules.
First up was a venue in Gateshead. I use the term ‘venue’ very loosely. You don’t need to know much apart from that the room was about […]
What to get a pro sound guy for christmas
Clive Young of Pro Sound News has written a great article on ‘What to get a pro sound guy for Christmas‘.
Here are my favourite two, so if anyone wants my address to send them to, email me.
Navigator Talking Translator: This iPod-sized gadget speaks more than 9,000 common phrases in 12 languages and translates over 30,000 […]
