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FRANKFURT, Germany – DiGiCo launched its SD9 console at ProLight + Sound, an integrated system that includes the mixing surface, a D-Rack digital stage interface and CAT5E digital multicore. The SD9 can also simultaneously record 56 channels direct to multitrack software or DAW and is priced to meet the budget of touring bands, schools, conference centers, smaller theatres, houses of worship and more.
The SD9's work surface features a large, full
color digital TFT LCD touch sensitive screen, 24 full-length motorized faders
with touch-sensitive fader caps, high resolution bar graph meters, quick access
encoders and buttons plus user-defined RGB backlit LCD scribble strips to make
the system's functionality quickly available to users.

Source: “It Might Get Loud” And It Does

At SXSW last week, YouTube unveiled a new opportunity for indie bands called “Musicians Wanted.” According to a recent YouTube post that provides some details about this program (the pitch is made by the members of Pomplamoose), “If you’re a musician, and you want to make a living and do nothing but play music… either get signed or stick with YouTube.”

But what, exactly, is Musician’s Wanted?

Here’s the deal: if you are in an indie band (no signed bands allowed), make a video of one of your songs (and it has to be a video, as opposed to “static images”). Then, as Eliot Van Buskirk mentions in a recent WIRED article, verify that your product “[meets] YouTube’s quality standards for inclusion in the program.”

3 Channel EQ

Source: Musikmesse 2010: Thermionic Culture Freebird (Video)

The third product in the V-Studio line from Cakewalk and Roland.

Source: Cakewalk Announces The V-Studio 20 At Prolight Sound

PHILADELPHIA – Saint Joseph's University students have been playing competitive basketball in the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse since 1949. A multi-million dollar expansion and renovation for the home of the Hawks has resulted in a new name – the Michael J. Hagan Arena – and a new sound system anchored by Community Professional Loudspeakers.
RJC Designs designed the new
system for the 4,200-capacity arena that includes 52 of Community's Solutions-Series
SLS920 horn-loaded systems, arrayed in a distributed cluster configuration,
with 28 VLF212 dual 12-inch subwoofers providing low-frequency punch.
Six Community iBOX i2W8 systems, meanwhile, are used for near-field coverage. The
system is powered by QSC amplification, with a pair of Rane RPM88 processors
providing system DSP.

Source: The Magic High-Pass Filter

Company to Join Millions by Turning Off Lights for Largest Climate Event in History.

Source: Shure Announces It Will Support World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour 2010