SHURE ACQUIRES CROWLEY AND TRIPP RIBBON MICROPHONES

Niles, IL, and Ashland, MA, April 6, 2009 – Shure Incorporated, the venerable manufacturer of microphone legends like the SM57 and SM58®, today announced the acquisition of Crowley and Tripp Ribbon Microphones from Soundwave Research Laboratories of Ashland, Massachusetts. Under a definitive agreement, Shure now owns all intellectual property, microphone process equipment, product designs, and other important assets related to the Crowley and more

SGA Production Staging challenges event, production and staging designers to compete in a staging design contest. Using the SGA ClearDeck staging system (http://www.sga.net/products/stagerental/transparent-stages.html), designers are challenged with constructing a creative concept design to showcase this uniquely transparent product.

The SGA ClearDeck Design Contest is open for submissions from April 1st, 2009 through May 31st, 2009. Contest rules and prize information can be found online at more

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Iroquois, ON, Canada – April 6, 2009 – CBS Atlanta selected Ross’ Vision 4 QMD-X Multi-Definition Production Switcher and SoftMetal Video Server for their recent HD upgrade. more

Soundcraft has taken the already successful MPM and MFX Series of mixers and given them both hardware and audio performance upgrades.

The new Soundcraft mixers, known as the MFXi and MPMi Series (emphasizing the high input count on each), build on the strength of the original range by using vertically mounted PCBs with the control pots being nutted to the front panel. This not only increases the rigidity of the mixer more

Initially announced at last year’s Pro Light & Sound, the partnership between Soundcraft, Studer and Optocore is bearing rich fruit as the companies develop further features for the interface between Soundcraft and Studer consoles and the Optocore fibre network. Last year, Optocore and Soundcraft Studer co-developed the DD2FE network MADI interface that allowed Studer Vista and Soundcraft Vi Series consoles to transmit up to 128 input and 128 output channels more

Demonstrating the outstanding performance value and versatility of the C 214 microphone, AKG today launched the C 214 Stereo Set today at NAMM. The rugged construction of the C 214 delivers a highly detailed and accurate sound not only in the studio, but on the road as well.  The introduction of the Stereo Set provides users with a complete solution that delivers outstanding performance and excellent quality from a pair more

Soundcraft Studer is now established as one of the world’s leading providers of digital consoles offering a full range of consoles to the Theatre market, from local and provincial theatres right up to Broadway/West End venues.

The Studer Vista range of consoles is rapidly growing in the theatrical community, with the Vista 5 recently used on large-scale productions in New York on the new productions of West Side Story and Road more

More option interface cards for the Soundcraft Vi Series Digital Live Sound consoles have been released, expanding the applications of the highly popular digital mixer into Broadcast, and adding easy capabilities for direct recording from the desk.

Using the ADAT card, it is possible to connect 2 ports of 8 channels (inputs and outputs) to an ADAT-equipped hard disk or software-based recorder, so 2 cards would enable 32 channels of audio more

Intelligently designed to include a dynamic range of equipment for any drummer, the Rhythm Pack features some of AKG’s finest microphones at an incredible price. The Rhythm Pack is fully-equipped with a D 112 Dynamic Bass Drum Microphone, 2 C 430 Miniature Condenser Microphones for overhead recording and 3 D 40 Dynamic Instrument Microphones for toms and snare. In a single package, drummers are equipped with everything they need to more

Bringing new life to the classic C 747 microphone, AKG has redesigned the “pencil microphone” to better cope with specific installed sound issues, AKG announced today at Musikmesse. The updated C 747 V11 brings a new form of premium microphone quality to conference applications and maintains its predecessor’s reputation as one of the most versatile microphones in the AKG product range.

The versatility of the C 747 is apparent as the more