All eateries are noisy to some extent, but The Ice Cream Parlour–Rubenstein 1, a popular café in St. Petersburg, found its excited clientele (mostly children) and too many reflective surfaces made for a unpleasant racket.
by Clive Young It's been a time of changes in pro audio—one filled with new beginnings, like Harman buying AMX, and endings, such as Todd-Soundelux filing for Chapter 11 and reportedly having its Oscars repossessed (apparently awards given to companies go back to the Academy if the companies close down—who knew?). But the most public change has been the acrimonious falling out between major MI/pro audio retailer Guitar Center and major MI/pro audio manufacturer Music Group, which owns the Behringer, Bugera, Midas, Turbosound and Klark-Teknik brands. Business relationships end all the time; whether for good reasons or bad, it happens and usually you don't hear about it. That didn't happen this time.
"Here, we're really able to position a virtual band onstage. It's not like everybody in the room has exactly the same image or the same sound, but the perspective of the band remains the same. We call it democracy for listeners." - Ralf Zuleeg on Kraftwerk's concerts. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News - Click here to read the full article!