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 From Mix Magazine | A Penton Media Publication    August 20, 2008  
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Everyone agrees that in February 2009 the number of clear UHF channels for wireless mics will be severely restricted and even more crowded than they are today. Fortunately there is a solution - Sabine has been perfecting professional wireless systems that operate entirely outside of the UHF band since the FCC announced these changes six years ago. Get the whole story at www.Feb2009.com.

Table Of Contents
2008 TEC Awards: Vote Online Now!
Sensaphonics dB Check
Webcast: Producing Club-Ready Tracks
Keeping Noise Pollution Under Control
Billy Joel
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TEC UPDATE
2008 TEC Awards: Vote Online Now!
From August 1-31, Mix magazine subscribers can vote online for the most creative projects and innovative audio products of the past year. Presented by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, the TEC Awards spans nine categories of Creative Achievement in sound production and 17 categories of Technical Achievement in product design. Nominations were determined by a panel of more than 100 engineers, producers, mixers, facility owners and other audio professionals. To vote now, click here.
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NEW PRODUCTS
Sensaphonics dB Check
The new dB Check in-ear sound-level analyzer is designed to work with Sensaphonics custom earphones. The handheld unit measures and displays the actual A-weighted SPL and the recommended safe exposure time for that level on both the NIOSH and OSHA scales. Read more.

L-Acoustics Launches K1/KUDO Pilot Program

RapcoHorizon Company Showcases Floor Pocket Box, Mini Floor Boxes at CEDIA 2008

MORE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MIX
Webcast: Producing Club-Ready Tracks
M-Audio brings you this free Webcast examining the focus/energy of the mix, EQ'ing, sidechaining, panning, levels, etc. Watch it now!

Webcast: Bob Hodas on Optimizing Speaker Performance in Your Studio

New Pro Audio Blog: Moozek.com

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HOW THEY DO IT
Gary Moore's front-of-house engineer, Dave Wooster, offers this tip when finding yourself in a festival situation:

At one show, there were two front-of-house consoles and they refused to make mine the main desk. So as a compromise, we put both desks into the XTA [DP448] and used it as a summing mixer. This meant that both desks connected directly to the P.A. instead of one going through the other. It gave us two inputs, saved an argument and made it work for both bands because they each had separate EQ over the front end of the P.A., which was distributed via the XTA.

AUDIO IN THE NEWS
Keeping Noise Pollution Under Control
Vanguardia Consulting, the Surrey-based acousticians, sound system designers and noise control company, has been working with concert promoters at Hyde Park and Brooklands to meet event licence requirements for environmental noise. Read more

Booking Bands Is No Easy Act
Whether by e-mail, telephone or in person, for acts big or small, nearly all conversations at Outerland begin the same way. “The question we always get is, why do tickets cost so much?” said Mona Rosenthal, a club owner and director of information services. There is a one-word answer: overhead. “Ticket prices reflect what it takes to bring an act here,” Mrs. Rosenthal said. “Our overhead costs are astronomical.” Read more

Ready for the Show: Clubs Become Promoters
A stadium concert is a complex job for a promoter. The costs mount quickly — paying the performers, renting the facility, taking care of production expenses and advertising the show, among other things — and the financial hit can be considerable if fans don’t buy enough tickets. For a small but growing number of NFL and MLB teams, though, it’s a risk worth taking. Read more.

WHO IS OUT WITH WHAT
Billy Joel

Sound Company: Clair Showco (Lititz, Pa.)

FOH Engineer/FOH Board: Brian Ruggles/Studer Vista 5 SR

Monitor Engineer/Monitor Board: Mike Pirich/Studer Vista 5 SR

P.A./Amps: Clair Showco custom JBL-loaded S4 loudspeakers/Crown Macro-Tech 3600VZ amps

Monitors: in-ears

Additional Audio Crew: production manager Bobby Thrasher

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