How to Conquer the Chaos & Ensure Great Live Sound!

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The challenges an audio engineer faces are never ending. So how do you roll with the punches while at the same time keeping a high-level of professionalism? And how do you ensure great sound? You’ll hear from experienced engineers Ron Cook and Tim Holder about FOH, live streaming and working festivals.

No input list, no sound check, no familiarity with the scheduled bands? 40-minute sets with only 20-minute changeovers? Need to build a setup on your console on the fly? You’ll  learn about these situations and much, much more.

Pliant Technologies Launches New Webinar Series

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Pliant Technologies announces an upcoming free webinar series for existing and potential Pliant partners and customers to learn more about the company’s wireless intercom solutions. The first in the series will be held on Wednesday July 8, at 10 a.m. (CDT) and Thursday, July 9 at 4 p.m. (CDT), and will focus on its MicroCom M and MicroCom XR intercom. Pliant’s Vice President of global sales, Gary Rosen, along with Market Development Manager, Art Gonzales and Regional Sales Manager, Mark Rehfuss, will cover the features and benefits of these new and affordable wireless intercom solutions.

“We are excited to host our first webinar, as part of our new webinar series, which will provide an overview of the intercom possibilities that now exist with MicroCom professional wireless intercom products,” says Gary Rosen, Vice President of global sales for Pliant Technologies. “At Pliant Technologies, we are always looking for new opportunities to connect with our customers to help them learn how to get the most out of their Pliant intercom solutions. The MicroCom webinar, which launches on July 8, will be repeated live on July 9, so mark your calendars for the day that works best for you.”

Shure Launches New Tech Portal To Provide Streamlined Access For All Technical Product Information

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Widely recognized for outstanding customer service and support, Shure continues to focus on improving its customers’ experience and is now introducing the new Shure Tech Portal, an interactive technical resource library developed for systems integrators, dealers, audio engineers, service providers, consultants, and other professional and technically-minded users. The Portal provides fast and direct access to complete product and technical information, document downloads, and resources to support the specification, design, deployment and operation of Shure products across all markets and applications.

The Shure Tech Portal is an intuitive, fully searchable online platform that offers professional users streamlined access to comprehensive Shure product information. With a complete document library for each product, key specifications, global SKU and variant information, software and firmware downloads, imagery, FAQs, and more, Tech Portal users can get all the information they need, all in one place. As soon as a new product is released, changed, or upgraded, the latest information is available in the Portal to be used for bids, training, and support. Users can find information for all Shure product categories and product lines, from microphones, wireless microphone systems, in-ear monitors, conferencing systems and DSPs, to earphones and headphones, and more.

Listen Technologies Names Sam Nord VP of Global Sales

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Listen Technologies Corporation, the leading provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 22 years, has promoted Sam Nord to vice president of global sales. In this role, Nord works with Listen Technologies’ partners to sell the company’s audio and content solutions to their customer bases. He also oversees Listen Technologies’ outside and inside sales teams.

“We’re happy to recognize Sam and promote him to vice president of global sales at Listen Technologies,” said Russ Gentner, CEO of Listen Technologies. “Sam’s enthusiasm, leadership and advocacy for his team, the industry, and our partners and customers, are unparalleled. He and his team have been instrumental in helping Listen Technologies increase its product offerings and expand the application of our solutions.”

Rational Acoustics Launches Two New Online Smaart Training Programs

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Rational Acoustics LLC announces the launch of two new series of online Smaart Training programs:  Smaart Online Labs and Smaart Operator Fundamentals Live Online.

Smaart Online Labs are in-depth sessions on selected topics that build upon the foundation established from the Smaart Operator Fundamentals course content.  Each Lab is a private 2 hour Zoom session including demonstrations, discussion, and Q&A on the chosen topic.  The cost is $100 per lab and attendance is limited to 8 attendees to ensure maximum student-teacher interaction.

Sweetwater Gears Up for Annual GearFest Event; Announces Plans for 2020 Live-Stream Event

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Sweetwater, the world’s leading music technology and instrument retailer, is pleased to present GearFest2020. This year, the world’s biggest celebration of music instruments and pro audio gear is bringing its annual physical event into the comfort of your own home with a completely digital, online experience. The annual event will take place virtually this year on Friday, June 26th and Saturday, June 27th with no registration required.

Featuring guest appearances, workshops, panels, in-depth interviews, and more from some of the biggest names in the music business, fans can experience live music, partake in some of Sweetwater’s biggest music instrument and pro audio gear deals of the year, enter exciting hourly giveaways, and learn directly from world-class musicians and industry leaders without ever leaving the couch. In addition to streamed content, Sweetwater is also producing over 1,500 exclusive “on-demand” videos from over 350 partners that will cover various topics, gear, and real-world applications.

Panasonic to Address the Latest Innovations in AV Technology During Virtual Event on June 30

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Today’s environment is forcing a number of industries, including education, corporate, and live events, to rethink how they’re delivering immersive experiences and assess the tools they have in place to increase productivity and collaboration. Now more than ever before, AV professionals are searching for turnkey and flexible solutions that not only deliver streamlined and impactful productions, but create productive learning and work environments. During the virtual event, Panasonic will address the challenges brought on by these trends and showcase the solutions necessary to equip customers with advanced technologies to improve collaboration and produce more compelling, dynamic content.

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET – Register here

Biamp’s Parlé X-Series Microphones Win Red Dot Award for Outstanding Design Quality

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Biamp, a leading supplier of professional audiovisual solutions, today announced it has won the prestigious Red Dot Award for the Parlé X-Series TCM-X and TTM-X Beamtracking microphones. The Red Dot Design Award is the world’s most renowned design competition. In 2020, designers and companies from 60 countries entered more than 6,500 products into the competition.

“The international Red Dot Award jury meticulously tested all the entries, assessing a wide range of characteristics including aesthetics, materials, level of craftsmanship, surface structure, ergonomics, and functionality,” said Joe Andrulis, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Biamp. “Winning a Red Dot award for our Parlé X-Series microphones is an amazing testament to Biamp’s product, manufacturing, and engineering teams. This award validates Biamp’s focus on relentless innovation and our mission to deliver superior audiovisual experiences to customers around the world.”

Choosing the Right Mixers for Your Channel Count

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This might seem like a basic question, but how you answer this question has potentially far-reaching consequences. My method is looking 5 years into the future and starting with where the needs of the sound system and input sources will likely be in that amount of time. This helps focus leadership to thinking about where growth is likely to occur, what goals can or should be achieved in that span of time, and how that affects the needs of the sound system.

Generally, my experience has shown churches tend to want a slightly higher channel count, if only to have the additional flexibility. This has tended to be a jump of about 8 channels or so. It’s rare to see a church move from a 16-channel mixer to a 32-channel or larger mixer. It does happen, but only if there is a plan for aggressive growth in the worship ministry.

Avid S6L Snapshots Webinar

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Join Robert Scovill, Senior Specialist for Live Sound, as he digs in deep on one of the most powerful and highly lauded features of the Avid S6L platform; Snapshots. He will take you through all S6L Snapshot concepts including storing, recalling, updating, and safe-ing settings for inputs and outputs. I’ll also share working console examples that include snapshotting plug-ins, use of snapshots in virtual sound check and exporting and importing snapshots between show files.

Wednesday, July 1st 1:30pm PDT – Register here