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Blood, Torture And Audio Take the Stage

Blood, Torture And Audio Take the Stage

Playwright Martin McDonagh crafted a morbid masterpiece with his Tony-winning drama The Pillowman, which was covered in this column last year. If you thought he couldn't match the intensity of a show about an author of dreary children's stories whose grisly endings are replicated by a real-life murderer, think again. The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, which recently completed a four-and-a-half month run on Broadway, focuses on the fear and anxiety that spreads through a small Irish clan following the death of the cat of the one family member who happens to be a nasty local terrorist. The irony of a brutal killer who loses his marbles over the death of his closest furry friend is rich with irony and very black humor. The production features loud gunfights, hacked limbs, a blood splattered stage and an actual live feline.

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Moving Around Just Keeps Getting Harder

Recent stories in the New York Times and on wire services such as Reuters underscore a small but significant collateral problem stemming specifically from the alleged terrorist plot to blow up airline flights originating in the U.K. in August, as well as from the larger issue of security aloft. Several symphony orchestras and other musical performance groups have had to cancel individual dates and even entire tours in the wake of the U.K. plot reports as British airport authorities and security agencies denied passengers any carry-ons, including their instruments or music-related technologies such as laptops.

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In the Trenches

Evan Hall

Staff Audio Engineer

LMG, Inc. Orlando, FL

info@lmg.net

www.lmg.net.

Services Provided: Video, audio and lighting support for clients nationwide.

Clients: Partylite, IBM, Cisco, Citrix, Coors, Rite Aid, Fortune Magazine

Quote: "But we're already using 30 of the 15 wireless mics you told us we needed."

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Audio Network Meets New People

SAN FRANCISCO — Media Numerics took the opportunity at AES to introduce RockNet, a suite of networking technology designed to provide cost-effective, enhanced audio (and data) distribution for the full spectrum of sound applications.

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Bundling Up

SAN FRANCISCO — Waves has announced the release of the new Live Bundle at the AES conference in San Francisco.

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VLA Goes To 11

SAN FRANCISCO–With attendance at mega-churches growing to resemble a stadium crowd at a football game, it makes some sense that someone has released a loudspeaker with the intelligibility and volume to handle either gig. That someone would be JBL Pro which introduced the Variable Line Array (VLA) Series at AES, So how loud are the VLAs? JBL is emphasizing throw over sheer SPL but the VLA has been measured at 105dB at 450 feet for the VLA601H in a six-unit array, with three directed towards the measuring position. That'll put some hair on your chest…

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Yamaha Busts Out The Box For AES

SAN FRANCISCO–Yamaha took advantage of the AES spotlight to introduce several new products this past weekend, on the surface the biggest announcement Yamaha made was the launch of the DSP5D, a DSP-expander for the PM5D digital sound reinforcement console. The DSP5D is essentially a PM5D without a control surface, shrunk into a 10RU box. It can be controlled via a PC running Yamaha Studio manager software, or used as an expansion to the PM5D console.

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Meyer Sees Future in the Stars

SAN FRANCISCO–As part of its presence at the 2006 AES show Meyer Sound introduced Constellation electroacoustic architecture, a complete package of equipment and services, and centered around the company's VRAS technology, that gives venues the flexibility to alter their acoustics instantly, and accommodate a variety of events and source material.

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Audio Perceptions

SAN FRANCISCO–At the AES conference in San Francisco, AKG introduced the Perception 400, a new large-diaphragm condenser microphone.

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New Faces, New Places

SAN FRANCISCO — Eventide today announced the expansion of its operations teams; personnel changes include new hires and the promotion, earlier this year, of chief operating officer Jason Beck to the position of president.

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