Innovative miniature mics shaking up the theater world and beyond When asked if there was a “highlight” moment of the company’s 10 years so far,… Read More »Point Source Audio Celebrates Their 10th Anniversary
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Three Decades of Trailblazing Excellence
In 1987, Yamaha unveiled the DMP7, a groundbreaking digital mixer featuring channel parametric EQs, two internal effect processors, a stereo compressor, advanced scene memory that allowed instant recall of multiple mix setups and unique motorized faders that moved with each recall. The DMP7 also represented a significant company milestone as its first digital mixer, providing a solution for professional keyboard players and also for those mixing in live and studio situations.
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This month, AKG celebrates its 70th anniversary. From its humble beginnings in post-war Austria, the company has blossomed to become a world leader in audio technology, distributing its products in more than 140 countries. Given this accomplishment, we thought we would look back at the company’s history and examine a few of the significant products that arose along the way.
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A major breakthrough for the live industry came in 1987, with Neutrik’s debut of the speakON created specifically for speaker connections. A new EU European Low Voltage Directive required that any connector capable of carrying more than 50 volts must be protected against inadvertent contact. Obviously, other connectors — such as banana plugs and 1/4-inch styles — did not meet this requirement.
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Yes, Eminence has just celebrated its first 50 years of success, yet there’s no resting on proverbial laurels. “The market has changed a lot in the last 15 to 20 years and we haven’t always kept up,” owner Rob Gault admits. “We’re investing in our engineering capabilities to become the best in the world at power handling, low power compression, and low distortion — all while remaining affordable. We’re simultaneously stretching into lower-cost transducers and cutting-edge transducers, smaller sized drivers, particularly in the 2- to 5-inch category, but also larger drivers in the 21-inch size with larger voice coil sizes than we have done before.”
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Here we are in 2016, and we are just a matter of weeks before an important milestone in audio history — the invention of the practical condenser microphone. While names like Edison bring up images of celebrated inventors, the name of Edward Charles (E.C.) Wente, who played a major role in developing the direction of professional audio, is almost completely unknown — even in his own industry.
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Although 2016 marks the 70th anniversary of founder James Bullough Lansing’s launch of Lansing Sound Inc. — which later became JBL — the story goes well beyond that.
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Heil Sound, known worldwide as a manufacturer of high-performance, dynamic microphones, is marking 2016 as “50 Years of Maximum Rock & Roll” with a year-long celebration. Certainly, his popular microphones for studio, live sound and radio users are part of the continuing success of Heil Sound. However, that represents only a very small part of the audio legend that is Bob Heil.
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It was hard trying to catch up with father and son Mario and Carmen Educate to discuss On Stage Audio’s past 30 years — they were both busy working on the next 30. “We stay in this business because we have a passion for it,” Mario says. “Yes the investments get larger, and competition gets tougher, but the main thing is we keep the right people working with us. Our employees have a passion for what we do.”
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Founded in 1975, today Neutrik AG, is recognized globally as the leading supplier of robust, reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, and this year, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Ironically, if you ask most people in the pro audio industry, it’s probably a safe bet that few are familiar with Neutrik’s home country of Liechtenstein — a tiny nation that’s about the land area of Washington, D.C., and bordered by Switzerland and Austria. Far better known is the Neutrik name, as the leading provider of audio, coaxial, power and circular connectors.
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90 Years of Innovation in Technology
This year, Shure marks a significant milestone, celebrating 90 years since founder Sidney N. Shure began the Shure Radio Company on April 25, 1925. Certainly in the years since that day, Shure has developed into a world leader in technology — and covering it all could consume an entire library, so we’ll focus on a few key products that helped shape the development of the sound reinforcement industry today. But first, a little history…
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