Hands-On Tech Training at WFX Houston!

posted October 23, 2008

Hands-on Tech Training returns to WFX November 5-7, and the Houston program is comprehensive. Hear from industry-leading audio and lighting consultants, plus learn from the experts on staff at some of the most innovative churches in America. Classes include:

• Hands-On Lighting: Fundamentals
• Audio Mix Class: Fundamentals
• Audio for Live Television
• Audio for Live Concert Recording
• Audio for Choir Mixing

Scroll down for presenter details and visit:

http://www.wfxweb.com/houston/conference/handsontraining.html

for the class schedule and descriptions.

To sign-up for Hands-On Training,…

Creative Stage Lighting to Host “Converging Technologies” Webinar

posted October 21, 2008

Creative Stage Lighting will host a webinar titled “Converging Technologies: Digital Lighting, Video, and LED” on October 30, 2008. “Converging Technologies” will discuss the merging of video, lighting, and LED technologies in the entertainment production industry.

Craig Burros of Barco – High End Systems and John Calcagno of Barco, Inc. are the event’s presenters. Burros’ has many years of experience working professionally in live performance and manufacturing applications with High End Systems. Calcagno is Barco’s eastern US regional sales manager, working with corporate staging clients and touring groups and their projection and LED needs.

Kevin Loretto, director of dealer sales at Creative Stage Lighting,…

Panasonic’s AVCHD Format Supported by Adobe Creative Suite Software Applications

posted October 21, 2008

Panasonic Broadcast announces new production software applications from Adobe Systems Incorporated will offer native support of the company’s AVCCAM camcorder line-up. The latest version of Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium (CS4), a complete pre- and post-production solution for creative professionals, will support all Panasonic AVCHD format products, with no transcoding or rewrapping required.

AVCHD, the industry’s new H.264/AVC High Profile compression format, provides a near doubling of bandwidth efficiency with improved video performance over the older MPEG-2 compression used in HDV formats. As a result, AVCHD recordings made by Panasonic AVCCAM camcorders are crisp and clear, even during fast motion, reducing image…

Shure Proposes Plan to Protect Wireless Microphones

posted October 21, 2008

Shure, a leading microphone and audio electronics company in business for 80 years, has submitted an alternative proposal to protect wireless microphone channels in the current debate over “white spaces” with the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC recently sought comments on proposed rules calling for evacuation of partially auctioned, yet still populated 698‐806 MHz (the 700 MHz band) spectrum by wireless microphones as of the February, 2009, DTV transition date. The FCC also asked for comment on a recent complaint that the majority of wireless microphones in the US are not licensed under rules written in 1977 that extend eligibility only to broadcasters and motion picture producers, and therefore not worthy of interference…