Midas Venice F Hybrid mixing desk review
Posted by fitzsoundandav in Analogue mixing desk, digital mixing desk, hybrid mixing desk, Sound and AV Installations, Uncategorized on August 18, 2011
Midas is a name that will be familiar to every live‑sound engineer, as their flagship analogue consoles have been mainstays of the high‑end music touring scene for many years. Not only are Midas analogue desks reliable and ergonomically friendly, they also have a reputation for great‑sounding preamps and EQ. When Midas came to design a compact, lower‑cost analogue [...]
Phonic Summit Digital mixer review
Posted by fitzsoundandav in digital mixing desk, Sound and AV Installations, Uncategorized on August 1, 2011
The Phonic Summit S16 Mixing desk 16 Input 8 Bus Digital Mixing Console with Color Touch Screen Phonic Digital Mixer is an advance digital mixer with the usability of an analog console. On the surface, the Phonic Digital Mixer is a 16 input channel mixer with a set of XLR and 1/4″ inputs per channel. [...]
Soundcraft Vi2 Review
Posted by fitzsoundandav in digital mixing desk, Sound and AV Installations, Uncategorized on July 21, 2011
Soundcraft now offers a Vi Series control surface for applications where space is very tight. The new Soundcraft Vi2 inherits all the basic functionality of its larger brothers the Vi4 and Vi6, but measures just 850mm in width, around half the size of a Vi6. The Soundcraft Vi2 is equipped with one channel section of [...]
Meyer sound M3D review
Posted by fitzsoundandav in Uncategorized on July 1, 2011
The self-powered M3D features Meyer Sound’s state-of-the-art BroadbandQ technology. BroadbandQ marries a new high-frequency manifold system with proprietary, award-winning directional low-frequency technology to precisely control vertical and horizontal coverage between 35 Hz and 18 kHz. The result is truly optimized line array behavior, affording performance that is superior to conventional line array systems. At high [...]
Fitz’s rules on what to do when thinking about installing a Sound and AV system
Posted by fitzsoundandav in digital mixing desk, loud speakers, power amps and processors, Sound and AV Installations, stage monitors, Uncategorized on June 13, 2011
When Seeing a client to talk about installing a sound system into their venue I often am amazed at how little thought they have put into what they need or want. So I thought I would write a blog on the top things that I ask my clients and what you should think about before [...]
Nexo 45N-12 line Array stage monitor
Posted by fitzsoundandav in Uncategorized on June 7, 2011
Nexo 45N-12 Line Array Stage Monitor, The revolutionary NEXO 45N-12 is the world’s first line monitor, bringing all the benefits of line array technology to the stage. Unlike a conventional high frequency waveguide in which the exit is rectangular, the NEXO 45N-12 stage monitor’s waveguide forms a ‘smile’ enabling cabinets to be linked together to [...]
Meyer UPA-1P reviews
Posted by fitzsoundandav in loud speakers on June 2, 2011
The UPA-1P loudspeaker provides high power output, low distortion, and consistent polar response in a compact, vented two-way enclosure. The loudspeaker features a 12-inch cone low-frequency driver and a 3-inch-diaphragm compression driver coupled with a 100-degree horizontal by 40-degree vertical constant-Q horn. The versatile UPA-1P has many sound reinforcement applications, as a main front-of-house loudspeaker [...]
Sound craft si compact mixer
Posted by fitzsoundandav in digital mixing desk on May 31, 2011
The new Si Compact features digital mixing facilities along with Lexicon effects into a trio of small footprint consoles available in 16, 24 or 32 mic/line input formats, with 4 stereo returns. With full DSP functionality courtesy of EMMA Lite built-in, the Si Compact provides up to 40 inputs to mix in 3 frame sizes, [...]
Allen and heath Ilive 80
Posted by fitzsoundandav in digital mixing desk on May 26, 2011
the ilive 80 is the fourth control surface to the iLive digital mixing console system, joining the existing iLive-122, iLive-144 and iLive-176. The new iLive-80is the smallest in the range of control surfaces, designed for smaller applications such as theatres, churches and touring bands. Providing 80 control strips grouped in 2 sections, each with 4 [...]
Meyer sound JM-1P loud speaker
Posted by fitzsoundandav in loud speakers on May 26, 2011
No one can do every job with only a single tool, no matter how useful it is. In sound reinforcement, the vertical line array has found great popularity in recent years for a number of good reasons. But Meyer Sound looks further, so they built a line of great self-powered curvilinear array loudspeakers, and then [...]
