PreSonus Backs LSU DSP Lab; New Gear From SSL, Focal

Today's Top Story - 09.09.13 PreSonus Backs LSU DSP Lab » Baton Rouge, LA (September 9, 2013)—PreSonus Audio Electronics has pledged $200,000 to create a digital signal processing (DSP) laboratory within Louisiana State University's College of Engineering's Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering. More » Today's News Vue Audiotechnik Gets Jazzy in Detroit » SSL Unveils MADI Dante Bridge » Focal Debuts Spirit Pro Headphones » Focusrite Sets VKLA RedNet Demo » Today's Featured Blog Building A Beer Bottle Edison Cylinder by Clive Young It used to be that music was heard on vinyl, tape or CDs, but in the download era, it doesn't have any physical form. Perhaps that's why many artists have started exploring alternative physical mediums for music—and why, at the PSN blog, we just can't get enough of them. We've covered playable records made out of chocolate, ice and wood, as well as folks who record on 1930s Presto direct-to-disk recorders, and even quiet Suzanne Vega belting into an Edison wax cylinder recorder for an AES presentation. Lest you think these brave souls have taken alternative formats to the max, have no fear—there's plenty of quixotic strangeness still out there. The latest weird recording feat finds great minds in New Zealand turning a beer bottle into an Edison cylinder. If you like booze, music and pointless exercises in engineering brilliance, you'll love this in-depth video. More » Quote of the Week "Back [in the 1880s], it was vaudeville and community gatherings, and all that was done without amplification. Now you have those natural acoustics and they work to your benefit if you're an engineer who knows not overpower the room. We have the challenge of a small stage, so the monitors can sometimes overwhelm the front of house, but in general, most people love our sound." --Anthony Cioffi on Tarrytown Music Hall. » From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!

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