Simple Elegance
Electro-Voice's classy new replacement for the classic Entertainer System, the silky smooth sounds of the new EV Entertainer® can be heard emanating from Hemingway's Downtown, a sophisticated Greensboro drinking establishment, this weekend and every weekend. Smaller and more powerful than the original, the Entertainer is destined to remain the preferred choice of systems where simply nothing but the best will do.
The Answer My Friend Is Blowing In The Wind...
Earth Day brought yet another first for CareySound. The music for the UNC-G celebration was completely powered by the sun. CareySound provided the audio and Kirby Wilkins, owner of Dun By The Sun, provided the power for the event with solar power. If your next event calls for a little help from the sun you can contact Kirby by calling (336) 349-5948.
It Took A Lick'n
Chapel Hill was host to Signal, The Southeast Electronic Music Festival, last weekend and CareySound was there to prove once and for all that their superior Electro-Voice sound systems had what it takes to survive a two day, eight hour per day, onslaught of electronic music.
The event was held in five different venues throughout the Chapel Hill community. John Carey (he comes by his 'pedal to the metal' mixing technique honestly) engineered the performances at the Nightlight venue with a modified version of our Club 300 rental system. The system featured the EV Zx5 fullrange loudspeakers with EV Qrx 118 subs on mains and EV Zx1's for monitors all powered with EV CP3000S amplifiers. As for the performance of the system for the two day torture-fest, let's just say, well be back again next year - by popular demand!
Tragedy Strikes One Of Our Own
One of our dear customers, Cloverdale Church of the Living God on Elm street in High-Point, met with tragedy a little over a week ago when an electrical short caused a fire that destroyed their church building along with nearly everything inside. The congregation will continue to meet in their youth and daycare center next door. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Pastor Perry and his congregation as they struggle with this loss.
If you would like to make a donation to the church it can be sent to Cloverdale Church of the Living God, care of High Point Bank and Trust. The banks address is address is 2758 South Main Street in High Point.
All Hail To The Chief
Another CareySound Solution
The two, 888 pound, eight-box XLc127+ hangs were
powered with 10-EV CP3000S amplifiers and
controlled with 2-EV Dx38 system processors. An
incredibly even ± 1.5 db sound field was achieved
throughout the sanctuary with a 110 peak SPL.
All Together Now
Their quest was to build a system that would have up-time that is as good as their analogue gear. Who can count all of the times they have had to recover their crashed computer much less their fancy new digital console toy. MIDAS decided that if their system was to be used for live audio, IT HAS TO WORK. There are no do-overs in live audio. Thats one tall order.
So they rolled up their collective sleeves and built a monster. Now they had to put it to the test. They gathered up 10 eager volunteers to gang up on the system all at once. Let's see, that's ten engineers times two hands each for a total of twenty hands all groping and grabbing everything they could put their hands on - live - real time - and guess what happened - the system didn't hiccup even once. As The Rock says, "Just Bring It!" Or as his defeated opponent says,"Submission!"
The XL8 not only has enough horsepower to take everything to the max, but room to spare at an amazing super-computer 48 GigaFlops (Gflop). For those of you that never were good at math thats 48,000 BILLION mathematical calculations per second. And as if that wasn't enough, the system is scalable.
Ok, I have to go take a break and catch my breath. More very soon. Stay tuned! DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL!
Does Not Do Windows
Steve Graham Of Here2Hear Studio Recognized
Renowned audio recording & mastering engineer and founder of Digital Domain, Bob Katz has honored Steve in his Honor Roll of Good-Sounding Pop CDs for Here2Hear's recording of Ex Nihilo by Mad Dog Trio in 2002. The project was mastered by Jeff Carroll. Here2Hear Studio is our recording studio partner company.
Ex Nihilo - Mad Dog Trio Mastered by Jeff Carroll. Engineered by Steve Graham. Alternative Rock with a Jazz influence. Fat Rock/Jazz sound. Loud, but not squished sound at -9 dB monitor gain. Definitely compressed with an attitude. www.maddogtrio.com, MD3032102, ©2002
Working Hard For The Money
Later in the evening the whole band preformed to a large crowd at War Memorial Auditorium in the Greensboro Coliseum Complex for a concert sponsored by the Campus Activity Board of UNC-Greensboro. They were joined by a great opening act by the name of MuteMath.
When EV Xlc's Fly
First Assembly of God in Winston-Salem, NC is inviting the community to their Easter production, Behold Him. The dates for this years production are April 12th thru the 16th and the tickets are free. You can call them at (336) 759-7517 for ticket information and times.
CareySound is going to be providing the audio for the event. The system will feature the Electro-Voice Xlc Compact Line Array and EV P-Series amplifiers. The XLC127+ is a 3-way design that utilizes a 12" vented LF, 2 x 6.5" MF transducers on a 120-degree horizontal waveguide, and 2 x HF transducers that combine through a new vertical plan wave generator to a 120-degree waveguide.
We are offering an opportunity to get to experience the system up close and personal in this beautiful setting by calling us for an appointment (336) 379-1943. Please call immediately. Appointments are first come first served and there are a limited number of spots.