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─Room Upgrades Include a NEXO GEO S12 Line Array and Two Yamaha M7CL
Digital Consoles─
BUENA PARK, Calif.─Originally built as the Manhattan Opera House in 1906 by Oscar Hammerstein I, the Manhattan Center boasts a rich history of entertainment, corporate and cultural events. Now, more than 100 years later, the building still serves the metro New York area with two unique event spaces – The Hammerstein and The Grand Ballrooms. The flexibility of these rooms, along with their connection to in-house recording and television studios, allows clients to transform the rooms to suit any style of event, from corporate events, rock concerts, and television shoots to trade or fashion shows and product launches.
The Grand Ballroom blends elegant ambiance with cutting edge modern technology. With a capacity of 1,200 for theater-style seating and 550 for seated dinners, the 10,000 square foot space is perfect for a live, theatrical, corporate presentations and banquets. The 40-foot high ceiling features plenty of rigging points for production and lighting needs. With a direct link to Manhattan Center Productions’ Studio 7 and an in-house video control room, audio-visual needs are easily achieved. The connection of The Grand Ballroom to the recording studios, coupled with the room’s superior acoustics makes it an attractive venue for large-scale music recording of live events. Past performers that have recorded in The Grand Ballroom include Luciano Pavarotti, Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris.
The Grand Ballroom was recently given a well-needed audio facelift when the facility installed a NEXO GEO S 12 Series Line Array and two Yamaha M7CL digital audio consoles, one for front of house and one for monitors. “It was time to update The Grand Ballroom and invest in equipment, states Robert Carvell, Technical Director. “We had been renting up until that point and determined it was time to purchase our own system. We were doing listening tests with other systems when Bob Quinones of Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems approached us to use the space for a NEXO speaker demo,” says Carvell. “How fortuitous, I thought. So we held off making any decisions on a line array purchase until after the Yamaha NEXO demo.”
“Our president and vice president are both musicians as well as business people,” adds Carvell. “When they heard the musical quality of the NEXO system they were really impressed. It was more of an emotional/artistic thing than anything else. From a business perspective, we were excited about getting something that is already pretty big in Europe and Asia, and with the recent acquisition of NEXO by Yamaha Corporation Japan, is becoming a fast-growing system here in America.”
Carvell said the decision to purchase the Yamaha M7CL consoles was based on their need to move into the digital age without spending large sums of money. “The M7CL is a very versatile, mid-range digital console that does not require sacrificing your first born child. The console at front of house allows for digital control of the NEXO system as well as future upgrades including the addition of digital snakes and an expanded audio flow throughout the building.”
The Grand Ballroom hosts approximately three events each week and since getting the new system, the room has been used for orchestral performances, DJ events, rock concerts and religious services. “We are definitely getting favorable responses to the new system,” notes Roy Clark, Head of Audio. “And, the wedge monitors are working out very well for the musicians on stage.”
For more information on The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center, visit www.mcstudios.com.
For more information on the NEXO GEO S12 Line Array and Yamaha M7CL digital consoles, visit www.yamahaca.com.
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About Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc.:
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. offers a complete line of integrated professional audio products for the commercial recording, production, broadcast, live sound, and sound reinforcement markets. The company has a dedicated dealer network, intensive field training, and 24-7 tech support in the U.S. and Canada.
Adds Editing Capabilities to Company’s 32-bit/64-bit Sample Engine
ANAHEIM, CA, JANUARY 15, 2009 — EASTWEST, the industry leader in soundware development and distribution, is offering users additional control over the company’s PLAY-Powered instruments with the introduction of PLAY 2.0, which adds editing capabilities. The company will be introducing PLAY 2.0 at NAMM 2009 (Booth 6630, Hall A). more
Carlisle, PA, January15, 2009 – RF Central, a Brand of The Vitec Group, is proud to introduce its new family of digital fixed links, the GL Series, to broadcasters throughout the country. As an ideal solution for Studio Transmitter Link (STL), Transmitter Studio Link (TSL) and Inter City Relay (ICR) applications, the versatile GL Series modular platforms offer the use of different boards, allowing the units to accept analog video, E3, EI (4x), ASI or SDI inputs with the option of mixing signals together and sending all signals over a single lin more
Carlisle, PA, January15, 2009 – RF Central, a brand of The Vitec Group, is proud to introduce its new family of digital fixed links, the GL Series, to broadcasters throughout the country. As an ideal solution for Studio Transmitter Link (STL), Transmitter Studio Link (TSL) and Inter City Relay (ICR) applications, the versatile GL Series modular platforms offer the use of different boards, allowing the units to accept analog video, E3, EI (4x), ASI or SDI inputs with the option of mixing signals together and sending all signals over a single link. more
Leading Surround Microphone Manufacturer Teams up With Top Distributor to Increase Presence in UK
ONTARIO, CANADA, JANUARY 15, 2009 — Holophone®, the leading manufacturer of surround microphones has named AppleWorld Distribution as the company’s exclusive UK distributor. Through AppleWorld Distribution’s relationship with more than 300 dealers across the country, Holophone is looking to make its products more accessible to its users in the UK. more
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 2009: Audio specialist Sennheiser is getting the new (concert) year off to an exciting start by launching a roadie competition. The Sennheiser StageMeister Contest at www.sennheiser-stagemeister.com offers entrants the opportunity to accompany a touring band as a roadie. The competition is supported by Sennheiser subsidiaries and partners around the globe, who will provide practical training for the winners. The competition is being launched at the NAMM show and will start by searching for a roadie from the USA and Canada, before focusing on entrants from Europe during the second round in April. The band that the North American roadie winner will accompany for a week during the 2009 summer festival season will be Simple Plan from Canada.
“We are delighted that Simple Plan finds this competition just as fascinating as we do,” said Susanne Seidel, president global marketing at Sennheiser. “For many, and especially for young people, being a roadie is their dream, and it’s great that we can give the winners the opportunity to gain some first-hand experience in this area after some intensive training.”
WHY PICK ME?
This is the question that entrants from the USA and Canada have to consider right from the start. Their online application with a video or a photo will have to convince the jury - made up of Sennheiser experts and Simple Plan’s production manager - why they, of all people, would be the ideal candidate for the job of “part-time roadie.” The competition closes on March 31, after which date the jury will select the two most suitable candidates and invite them to a telephone interview that will decide the winner.
THE TRAINING.
A two-day training session at Sennheiser in Canada or the USA will prepare the winner for the job with Simple Plan. The training program will include an introduction to RF technology, miking techniques, touring and production equipment, and a brief insight into “roadie lingo.” The future roadies will also be provided with a camera and a laptop so that they will be able to report on their experiences in a daily blog at www.sennheiser-stagemeister.com
“The North American phase will then be followed by other Sennheiser subsidiaries and partners, as well as bands from other parts of the world,” explained Seidel. “This will give music fans from around the globe the opportunity to apply as a roadie for a band. It’s certainly not an easy job and will require a lot of dedication from our candidates, but they will be proud of their achievement after every show. After all, they will have helped to create an unforgettable performance for the audience.”
Noted Jeff Stinco from Simple Plan: “This contest gives you the chance to test your newly-acquired skills on the road, with us and our technical crew. If you win, our techs will guide you through your work and show you how things really happen backstage. There’s a lot of magic that goes on behind the scenes of a good rock show. Don’t think you’re going on a holiday here; you have a lot of work ahead of you. We wouldn’t be able to play for thousands of fans year after year if we didn’t have such a great team supporting us thinking about every detail that makes a Simple Plan show happen. Good luck and we hope to see you backstage at one of our shows very soon.”
SENNHEISER Sennheiser is a world-leading manufacturer of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. Established in 1945 in Wedemark, Germany, Sennheiser is now a global brand represented in 60 countries around the world with U.S. headquarters in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Sennheiser’s pioneering excellence in technology has rewarded the company with numerous awards and accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy, and the Scientific and Engineering Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Eventide plug-in owners can upgrade to the all-inclusive Anthology II bundle for a discounted price until April 23, 2009.
Eventide today announced a special discount program for Anthology owners: The opportunity to upgrade to Anthology II for $249 (regularly $299). Clockworks Legacy™ owners may upgrade to Anthology II for $429 (regularly $499), and any MassivePack, Octavox™, Eventide Reverb or H3000 Band Delays™ owner may upgrade to Anthology II for $699 (regularly $799).
Featuring fifteen outstanding plug-ins with unprecedented sonic capabilities, Eventide Anthology II gives artists and producers as diverse as Beck, Barbra Streisand, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Nine Inch Nails, and Sebastian Arocha Morton, as well as facilities like City Lights Post, Avatar, Chung King, Germano’s, Chop Shop, and Fantasy studios powerful solutions for their production needs.
Anthology II contains:
E-Channel™ - Configurable channel strip with gate, compressor/limiter with sidechain, and 5-band 48-bit double precision parametric equalization
EQ45 Parametric Equalizer - 48-bit double precision vintage-style 4-band equalization with high and low cut 12dB/octave filters
EQ65 Filter Set - 48-bit double precision vintage-style high and low cut 18dB/octave filters, plus 2-band reject or band pass filters
Eventide Reverb - Nine room types from the H8000 with 3-band parametric EQ (pre- and post-reverberator), a compressor (pre or post-reverberator) and stereo delays
H3000 Band Delays™ - Eight voices of delay with modulating filters; includes the Function Generator with 19 waveshapes
H3000 Factory™ - Patch together any combination of 18 effects; includes the Function Generator with 19 waveshapes
H910 - The original Harmonizer® pitch shifter with delay
H949 - Deglitched pitch shifting with delay, reverse, flanging, and randomizer
Instant Phaser™ - Recreation of the world’s first phaser
Instant Flanger™ - Dedicated flanger with bounce
Omnipressor™ - Dynamics processor with an attitude!
Ultra-Channel™ - Configurable channel strip with gate, compressor/limiter with sidechain, Omnipressor dynamics processor, 5-band 48-bit double precision vintage-style parametric equalization, micropitch shifting and stereo delays
Anthology II is fully compliant with ICON, D-Control, D-Command, Venue, D-Show, Pro Tools 8.0, and is Mac, Universal Binary, Vista, and Windows XP compatible and is available for $1,195 MSRP.
Plug-In upgrades are available from any Eventide dealer, Pro Tools dealers outside of North America, or from www.eventidestore.com/plugins.html.
For more information on Eventide products, visit eventide.com.
To read more about Eventide and their announcements from NAMM, please click here.
In a highly anticipated introduction that brings the soundscapes and creative versatility of Eventide’s legendary Harmonizer to guitar pedal users of all genres, Eventide today unveiled the newest addition to its line of effects pedals: the PitchFactor Harmonizer® stompbox.
The versatile PitchFactor showcases ten of Eventide’s trademark Harmonizer pitch and delay effects as well as 1.5 seconds of stereo delay and simultaneous pitchshifting effects, which results in the most flexible stompbox in its class. PitchFactor features 100 stunning presets, instant program change, true bypass, tap tempo, three footswitches for immediate preset access, MIDI, and the lush, uncompromised Eventide sound known around the world. Useable in mono or stereo, with line- or instrument-level inputs and outputs, PitchFactor is adaptable to a wide variety of guitar or bass rigs, studio and live sound applications.
The effects featured in PitchFactor include: Micropitch, Diatonic Shifter, Quadravox™, Harmodulator™, H910/H949, PitchFlex™, Octaver™, Crystals™, Harpeggiator™ and Synthonizer™. Eventide has finessed these legendary effects into a full-featured, indestructible, cast metal performance machine that is small enough to fit on your pedal board or in your gig bag.
Commenting on the release of the PitchFactor is Ray Maxwell, Eventide vice president of sales and marketing. “Many groundbreaking guitarists have used Eventide effects to enhance their sound over the last 38 years, including Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, Peter Frampton, Robert Fripp, and John Petrucci, to name a few. We are pleased to announce the introduction of PitchFactor at Winter NAMM.”
Eventide PitchFactor is available in March 2009 through premier guitar retailers worldwide and will retail at $599.
To read more about Eventide and their announcements at NAMM please click here.
Eventide today announced the release of V4.0 software for its Eclipse Harmonizer® processor, further demonstrating its commitment to the thousands of Eclipse owners and the capabilities of the product. Most importantly, the new software adds the entire catalog of Eventide TimeFactor and ModFactor stompbox effects to over 500 presets. The V4.0 software release adds the ability to run full Eventide stompbox algorithms and other select Eclipse effects simultaneously. As an example, users now have the ability to run stereo delays feeding an ambience effect while the stompbox parameters will be mapped to the four hot keys on the Eclipse. The new software also significantly accelerates program loading.
Widely used by professional touring musicians, live sound engineers, and top recording studios alike, the Eclipse Harmonizer comprises hundreds of Eventide’s best effects in a compact dual-engine processor which is capable of running two stereo effects at one time, either in serial or parallel. Any parameter can be adjusted in real time using a standard MIDI foot controller or an expression pedal, making the Eclipse one of the most expressive effects processors available.
“This milestone software release makes the Eclipse even more enticing,” noted Ray Maxwell, Eventide vice president of sales and marketing. “We continue to add value and optimize the performance of this superb hardware processor with the addition of our best-selling TimeFactor and ModFactor algorithms. With this update, the Eclipse maintains its edge as the go-to rack processor for performance or studio. Now, in the studio, you can have the very same effects that appear in our stompboxes also accessible with S/PDIF, AES or ADAT digital I/O.”
The new software will be released to public beta by the end of January and will be released to production in February 2009. Eclipse V4.0 software is a free download for Eclipse owners who have registered their product at Eventide.com.
Console-Grade Processing for your Audio Workstation Now Available in New, Affordable, Expanded & Studio Pack Versions
ANAHEIM, CA— At NAMM (Booth #6907, Hall A), Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, is proud to announce that the quality, precision and DSP driven power of SSL plug-ins is now available in new affordable Duende Expanded & Duende Studio Pack options. more
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─Room Upgrades Include a NEXO GEO S12 Line Array and Two Yamaha M7CL
