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Allen & Heath iLive at Glastonbury

Allen & Heath iLive at Glastonbury

Rental company, APR Audio, provided PA and control systems for the West Holts and John Peel stages at Glastonbury 2011, selecting Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems to manage FOH and monitor mixing duties, which were also networked for audio and control sharing.

TC Electronic updates TM7 & TM9 software for dual radar display

TC Electronic updates TM7 & TM9 software for dual radar display

TC Electronic adds dual radar display to the LM6 loudness radar meter algorithm for TC TouchMonitors with software version 1.11. Now loudness can look twice as good! With the optional LM6 algorithm installed, users can load two independent Radar meters simultaneously on their TC TouchMonitor TM7 or TM9. This opens a number of highly valuable configurations. For example, it is possible to let one Radar meter instance display a pre-processing signal while the other instance shows a post-processing signal – and best of all, both can be monitored at the same time for the ultimate audio overview. Another scenario could be having two Radar meters display both a stereo and a 5.1 signal simultaneously – or two stereo or two 5.1 signals, of course. Finally, both instances also provide 24 hour history for the audio being monitored.

A&H launches Xone XD-20 in-ear headphones

A&H launches Xone XD-20 in-ear headphones

Allen & Heath has unveiled the latest offering from its range of Xone headphones, the XD-20 in-ear monitors. Complementing Xone XD-53 and XD-40 professional DJ headphones, the XD-20s provide a set of quality, lightweight headphones designed for track browsing and replay.

Standard & Balanced Versions for the Ultrasone PRO 2900

Standard & Balanced Versions for the Ultrasone PRO 2900

Ultrasone is proud to debut the only open-backed headphone in its legendary PRO Series, the PRO 2900. For the first time ever, Ultrasone is releasing both a standard, single cable version and a balanced, double cable version of a pair of headphones. With the PRO 2900, Ultrasone has struck a balance between powerful and accurate sound production, with the airy and natural sound characteristics of an open-backed headphone.

Allen & Heath unveil the new GS-R24 recording mixer

Allen & Heath unveil the new GS-R24 recording mixer

The GSR-24 combines refined analogue quality with a choice of analogue or Firewire/ADAT interface modules and MIDI control for your chosen Digital Audio Workstation or recording device. Designed to sit at the heart of a busy project studio, GS-R24 has the flexibility and audio excellence to enhance the impact of your recordings, whatever your workflow. Two versions available: GSR-24 with non-motorised faders GSR-24M with motorised faders.

Producer & Engineer Richard Sales Gets … Dangerous

Producer & Engineer Richard Sales Gets … Dangerous

Engineer and producer Richard Sales recently finished mixing his daughter Hayley Sales’ follow-up album for Universal using the Dangerous Music 2-Bus analog summing mixer and monitoring with the Dangerous Monitor ST along with the Dangerous DAC-ST  D-to-A converter. The album, titled ‘When The Bird Became A Book,’ (Universal Music) is getting radio air-play and climbing the charts in Canada and Japan where the singer-songwriter has a strong following.  Describing his new system, Sales says, “This whole experience for me was a giant ‘Ah hah!’ – an epiphany. I had been recording and mixing analog for many years.  When I switched over to digital so many of the mysteries that had been plaguing me regarding why DAW mixing was not sounding right just blew apart when I got the Dangerous Music equipment.” Sales has produced and engineered a wide variety of artists, from John Fahey, Danny Gatton, and Bernice Reagon of Sweet Honey In The Rock, to Miles Davis (with engineer Jim Smith), Wavy Gravy and beat literati Ken Kesey.

Allen & Heath AES London preview

British mixer manufacturer, Allen & Heath, will be showcasing a selection of its products from the iLive digital series and its dedicated broadcast and recording mixers at the AES London in May 2010. A highlight will be the iDR-16 3U MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmountable control surface, which together provide a space saving, lightweight digital live mixing system, bringing the same power, sonic performance and flexibility of the larger touring iLive systems to a significantly lower price point.

Allen & Heath MusikMesse preview

British mixer manufacturer, Allen & Heath, will be showing a cross section of its latest products at the forthcoming Pro Light & Sound exhibition (MusikMesse) in Frankfurt.

Exhibiting in Hall 8.0 Stand C22, a highlight on the stand will be the newly launched iDR-16 3U MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmountable Control Surface, which together provide a space saving, lightweight digital live mixing system, bringing the same power, sonic performance and flexibility of the larger touring iLive systems to a significantly lower price point. The company will also be demonstrating new features in the latest version of its iLive software v1.6.

A&H ships the first iLive-T

Allen & Heath ships the first batch of the new iLive-T digital mixing systems today. Launched last month at NAMM 2009, the British manufacturer has been overwhelmed as distributors have placed orders months in advance to cope with demand.