On a worldwide tour in support of her hit album It’s Not Me, It’s You, singer/composer Lily Allen has enjoyed great front-of-house sound on four continents, thanks to the Soundcraft Vi6™ large-format digital live sound console. The Vi6, designed using the proven reliability of Studer’s Vista™ and OnAir 3000™ series of consoles and that utilizes the incredibly intuitive Vistonics™ II user interface, lets Allen and her band effortlessly convey the sophisticated lyrics and dynamic music of her powerful songs.

Front-of-house engineer Shan Hira has found the Soundcraft Vi6 to be a comprehensive mixing and processing platform: he’s using all onboard effects except for a Manley Voxbox and an XTA â…“-octave graphic EQ on Allen’s vocals. “I especially like the onboard effects package,â€? he says. “Having eight Lexicons to play with is a rare old treat!â€?
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Looking to outfit its new street-front HD studio in downtown Toronto, The Score Television Network recently purchased a Studer Vista 5 console to handle 5.1 sources and output 5.1 to The Score’s HD channel. The console was sold by Studer Canada via Applied Electronics, Ltd., which also provided consultation, system design and integration of The Score’s entire broadcast system.

The Score is a Canadian English-language cable television sports network, broadcasting live sports coverage, as well as sports news, highlights and analysis. The design of The Score’s new HD studio required a console that could handle SDI inputs and outputs. “Some of our shows would require bringing in live NBA, NCAA basketball and football feeds,� says Michel Blondin, Supervisor, PCR for The Score. “For example, our show, ‘Court Surfing’ would bring the viewer up to 10 different NBA games at any more

Lexicon®, a Harman International Company (NYSE-HAR) recently updated the software to the PCM96 and PCM96 Surround to make them compatible with both Pro Tools 8 as well as Mac OS X 10.5.7. In addition, software version 3.2.0.1 represents a major effort towards the improvement of streaming audio and control functionality of both systems.

Featuring a wide array of rich, complex reverb algorithms with related delays and effects, the single rack-space PCM96 and PCM96 Surround processors integrate seamlessly into more

Matrix and AWS 900+ SE Received Top Honors in Respective Categories NEW YORK – Solid State Logic is pleased to announce that it has received two 2009 Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards: one in the Small Format Console Technology category with Matrix and one in the Large Format Console Technology category with the AWS 900+ SE. “We are extremely pleased to have received TEC Awards for Matrix and the AWS 900+ SE analogue consoles,� says Piers Plaskitt, CEO of SSL, Inc. “SSL continues to provide sonic leadership through sophisticated SuperAnalogue™ electronics delivering unmatched audio quality. Both Matrix and the AWS 900+ SE have changed the industry by providing advanced control of multiple DAWs directly from the console surface thereby streamlining the recording process for any studio situation.� Presented annually by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, the TEC Awards honor the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, more

Powersoft Green Design Saves On Space, Electric and Cooling Costs VISTA, CA, October 15, 2009 – The recent re-construction of the Moonlight Amphitheatre, a city-owned, city-run outdoor facility presenting Broadway musical productions, featured a new sound system powered by 34 Powersoft amplifiers. The sound system, designed by Acoustic Dimensions, covers the 900 permanent seats and the 1,200-capacity lawn area with separate vocal and music systems. The choice of Powersoft was based on sound quality, on-board DSP and space considerations with resulting electric service and cooling equipment savings. 

“We needed to power an extensive system, in terms of number of speakers and speaker locations, with a very minimal number of amplifiers that had to fit in a space constrained area,� says Jeff Miller, LEED accredited senior design consultant for Acoustic Dimensions. “As Powersoft amplifiers take up only a single rack space, our amplifier more

Next Generation Engineers and Producers Train on SSL Equipment NEW YORK — Solid State Logic Duality and AWS 900+ SE consoles continue to be the equipment of choice for educational institutions. Even through the difficult world economic situation, North American educational facilities look to SSL for cutting edge products that fulfill degree requirements, while providing students hands-on experience with consoles found in studios of all levels throughout the industry. “We are gratified by the continued strong sales into educational facilities,� says Piers Plaskitt, CEO of SSL, Inc. “Next generation engineers in music, post production and music broadcast are training on Duality and AWS 900+ SE equipment because of the DAW control, sophisticated signal routing and sterling sound quality professional studios have relied on for decades.� Duality Educational Placements:The Duality has seen great success with recent placements at a wide variety of institutions. SSL just announced the purchase more

For another year, JJO Band Camp, an event hosted by Madison, Wisconsin-based rock station WJJO, was another huge success. With a lineup comprising Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static X, Red, Dope, Lacuna Coil, Hurt, and many others, the show needed a PA that could meet the demands of each performer and keep its 10,000 spectators rocking. Intellasound (Verona, Wisc.) provided sound reinforcement for the event with state-of-the-art XLC sound system from Electro-Voice.

Intellasound has used high-performance XLC127DVX systems at the Band Camp main stage for three years. This year the company partnered with Knox Array Event Production (Champaign, Ill.) to add an XLC system to the event’s second stage. Tim Woodworth of Intellasound explains:

“We‘ve been providing a main-stage system with 32 XLC127DVX boxes and 24 Xsubs, powered by TG7 amps with RCM-26 modules and controlled by more

Pictured at AES 2009 (L-R) are METAlliance founders Phil Ramone and Frank Filipetti, SSL’s Piers Plaskitt, and METAlliance founders Chuck Ainlay, Ed Cherney, and George Massenburg.  Photo by David Goggin. <777>
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About The Music Engineering & Technology Alliance (METAlliance): The METAlliance is comprised of a group of globally-recognized, award-winning audio engineers and producers who have been deeply involved in establishing techniques and technical standards that are the foundation of modern music recording. The METAlliance is dedicated to the passionate commitment of securing the art of music through recording technologies that best deliver the music in all its many modern forms. The METAlliance founders are Chuck Ainlay, Ed Cherney, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, Phil Ramone, Elliot Scheiner and Al Schmitt. http://www.metalliance.com

BUENA PARK, Calif.⎯Austin Ridge Bible Church in Austin, Texas, who took its name from the beautiful ridge it sits upon, has a ministry goal to facilitate worship in weekly gatherings on Sunday morning, and to equip its congregation to become lifestyle worshippers, not just on Sunday, but 24/7.

The church, which seats 750, recently hired Ford Audio-Video Systems, Inc. (Ford AV) to replace its existing speaker system with a NEXO GEO S 12 Series line array. Six NEXO GEO S1210s and two GEO S1230s were chosen along with two NXAMP 4×4 amps and two ALS2-PF subwoofers.

“We decided to install the NEXO system due to its reputation in the industry and price point,� states Jeff Neidel, Senior Account Manager, Ford AV. Neidel said they also installed a BSS BLU16-8X8 AV, 8X8 DSP processor and Middle Atlantic SR-40-22 Rack, and used more