Allen & Heath wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Pro audio mixer manufacturer, Allen & Heath, has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. The honour has been granted for the company’s outstanding achievement in export growth between 2008 and 2011, with overseas earnings growing by 64%, along with growth in turnover and profit.

This is the second time the veteran Cornish manufacturer has won a Queen’s Award, having previously been recognised in 1995 in the same category. “As a British company, we are thrilled to be recognised by the Queen’s Award Office once again. Since Allen & Heath’s inception in 1969, our goal has been to build a premium global brand, and the relationships we have formed with our distribution partners, which now number more than 80 across the globe, are key to our success,” comments Allen & Heath’s MD, Glenn Rogers.

GLD – The New Live Digital Mixing System from Allen & Heath

Allen & Heath has announced GLD, their new cost effective and scalable live digital mixing system. Allen & Heath GLD Mixing Desk is conceptually based on digital iLive Series.

Smart AV releases Tango 2 – Next Generation of their Audio Workstation Controller

Smart AV has announced new version of their audio workstation controller …Tango 2. Even greater control and customization capabilities for users are available and already impressive Tango workflow is improves with this major upgrade.

Webinar | Avid Venue for installations with SIA Acoustics

Adding a new sound system to a live space can be an exciting and disciplined adventure for any sound designer, systems contractor, or club/house of worship/hall/stadium/theater/arena owner or manager. Knowing that you’ve addressed your client’s workflow demands, budget, and room issues are the keys to success.

Join host Robert Scovill and special guests Sam Berkow, Steve Sockey and Adam Shulman of SIA Acoustics, one of the world’s leading sound design/build consulting firms, for a discussion on what it takes to get the right results.

Waves updates SoundGrid for Digico Consoles

Waves announces updated SoundGrid capability for consoles from DiGiCo. The update, SoundGrid Version 2, features dual engine support for DiGiCo SD7 consoles running Waves V8 plugins.

Since Waves and DiGiCo formed a strategic alliance in 2010, DiGiCo users are able to run Waves’ award-winning reverbs, equalizers, compressors, limiters, delays and more, directly from their DiGiCo SD series consoles. Perfect for front-of-house, monitor, broadcast, and theater applications alike, SoundGrid gives users instant access to the industry’s leading audio processors, directly from the industry’s leading consoles. And to make things even simpler, Waves SoundGrid-compatible plugins come pre-loaded into DiGiCo consoles, eliminating the need to install.

Dj Equipment | Numark unveils MixDeck Express – Full Featured Dj System

Numark introduces MixDeck Express, a full-featured DJ system that comes complete with Virtual DJ software, two CD decks, two USB flash-drive ports, and a three-channel mixer. Numark will unveil MixDeck Express at Booth #400 at the 2011 Summer NAMM show from July 21st- 23rd in Nashville, TN.

Numark MixDeck Express DJ system is designed to be compatible with virtually any music source that DJs employ, whether it’s CD, MP3 CDs, USB thumb drives, DJ software or external sources like a turntable or iPod. Built to provide the full DJ experience, Numark MixDeck Express features cue, brake, and reverse controls, a replaceable crossfader, seamless looping capability and large, touch-sensitive platters for mixing and scratching. Industry-standard MIDI control is included on each deck of this new universal DJ system along with a built in audio interface for DJing seamlessly with a computer. Balanced XLR outputs provide a strong, professional connection to sound systems, and Numark MixDeck Express also offers both 1/8” and 1/4” headphone outputs. DJs can mix in virtually any external playback device or microphone using Numark MixDeck Express’ built-in 3-channel mixer and external inputs including stereo RCA auxiliary inputs and two mic inputs – one front-facing and one rear-facing. Each mixer channel features a three-band EQ with rotary kills. Anti-Shock™ buffered skip-protection technology is included on both CD decks.

Recording Studios | Andre Tanneberger (ATB) Kontor Music Studio

We found a video for a recording studio presentation, made by ATB (Andre Tanneberger) for Kontor Music Studio. The “movie” is old (was filmed in 2003 or so) and the gear list attached is not updated but overall, there are a lot of interesting details presented … so …

Press Release | Solid State Logic X-Panda – 24 Channel Super Analogue Mixer

Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, announce the release of X-Panda, a versatile new 24 channel compact SuperAnalogue™ mixer at Music Messe 2011. SSL are located in Hall 5.1, Stand B.75.

Building on the success of the highly acclaimed X-Desk, ‘X-Panda’ is a new small format analogue mixer aimed at project studio owners and it packs a versatile feature set into its compact frame. As a standalone product it serves as a high quality 24 input mixer that can be used for tracking (in conjunction with external mic pres) or master mix summing. In conjunction with an SSL X-Desk, X-Panda introduces 24 additional channels, which via the ‘X-Desk Link’ connection, feed directly into the X-Desk Master Buss, Cue and Aux Send/Return system. In conjunction with an X-Rack summing system fitted with a Master Module, X-Panda adds faders and additional inputs to create a versatile mixer. X-Panda can also be used with any other mixer to expand available channel count.

Press Release | Harrison Consoles 950m Analog

After a decade focusing on digital consoles, Harrison presents a new pure-analog console for music capture and mixdown: the Harrison 950m Analog Console. The 950m incorporates nearly 40 years of analog innovations and refinement starting with the 32-Series in 1975 and continuing through the 80s, 90s, and into the 2000′s. The feature set of the 950m is geared to meet the unique requirements of a DAW-based studio. It provides all the features necessary to link professionals on both sides of the control room window while delivering the “classic sound” so often sought.