Testing posting from my ASUS Eee Pad.
WordPress for Android scales up nicely on the tablet.
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September 9th, 2011 | by Badger | news
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Northern Lights Festival Showcases
April 20th, 2011 | by Badger | gigs, news, turning 13
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So the Northern Lights Festival in Seaton park, Aberdeen has been announced, and the first batch of acts confirmed. What some people may not know is that this festival is being brought to us by the same people who are behind both The Tunnels and Drummonds music venues in Aberdeen. They have announced a series of showcases in which local bands are invited to play at one of the above venues, in the hope that a judging panel will deem them suitable to grace one of the three stages at the Northern Lights festival. Currently there are a few bands that I work with regularly who have been allocated showcases. Both Cook Doo, and Turning 13 have scored a place to try prove they are worthy of rocking a big festival stage. I still haven’t found out all the details of which bands have gotten showcases, but I’m sure there will not be a huge amount of surprises.
Best of luck to everyone who gets a chance and hope to see you there.
http://www.northernlightsfestival.co.uk
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February 14th, 2011 | by Badger | news, turning 13
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Just a quick note to say that Turning 13 won some awards at the recent Fudge Awards night in the Mooring in Aberdeen. They won best Punk act (yeah go figure…) and were joint first with Which Way Now for Best Live Act. Well done to the guys! Keep up the good work and looking forward to the year ahead working with them.
http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/fudgenet/
http://www.myspace.com/turning13
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April 21st, 2010 | by Badger | news
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Just testing the wordpress for android app ahead of some dates with Turning 13.
Seems that more text needs to be used to avoid screwing up the Share facility.
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Sennheiser UK has appointed veteran Front of House engineer Dave Wooster to the role of live sound specialist. This newly formed position is the result of the company identifying the value of employing a live sound professional with first class knowledge and up-to-date field experience to work alongside its customers. “My aim is to demonstrate
Midas discontinuing Heritage
April 19th, 2010 | by Badger | articles, news
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UK: Midas’s John Oakley tells PSN-e that, after ten years, the Heritage range is “moving to a long and happy retirement”. The most successful range of large-format analogue mixing consoles in Midas’s history, the Heritage range is being retired in line with the manufacturer’s normal policy of a 10-year life cycle.
Midas assures that it will continue to service and support the Heritage range “for many years to come”.
John Oakley (pictured), MD of Midas/Klark Teknik, tells PSN-e: “Several thousand Heritage consoles have been sold over the last 10 years and the Heritage 3000, in particular, has become the industry standard large format mixing console. It is not possible to visit a major festival without finding Heritage 3000s on many of the stages! Indeed, the demand for classic Midas analogue consoles is still so strong that we are now able to offer a limited number through our Approved Used Console Programme. This guarantees the incomparable mixing experience that you expect from any Midas. Each console is scrutinised to guarantee peace of mind. In addition, factory warranties are available for those who want the ultimate peace of mind.”
Oakley identifies the PRO6 digital console as “the natural successor” to the Heritage 3000, with more than 250 PRO6s now in regular use worldwide. “The PRO6 is selling even faster than the Heritage did after its launch,” he says. “Midas Heritage consoles are renowned for sonic excellence and that classic ‘Midas sound’. Independent testing has confirmed that the PRO6 has captured and even exceeded that gold standard of sound quality. In addition, the mic amps included in the Midas digital range have been further ‘tweaked’ to improve sonic excellence and musicality, especially during transient overload conditions where Midas mic preamps excel. For anyone wishing to hear the Midas digital audio quality for themselves and try out the phenomenal VCA/POP group control system, Midas is providing demo facilities and training in several locations around the world. See [our website, link below] for details.”
There are no plans to discontinue any of the other analogue products at the moment.
Reproduced from Pro Sound News Europe
Share on FacebookBehringer holding company acquires Midas
December 9th, 2009 | by Badger | articles, news
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In a move that will come as a surprise to many, Midas and Klark Teknik, the UK-based brands owned by Bosch Communications Systems, have been acquired by the Music Group, writes Dave Robinson. This newly formed hodling company owns the Behringer brand as well as a number of other associated companies. It is managed by Uli Behringer and Michael Deeb
The sale of Midas and Klark Teknik is part of an asset deal and an agreement to this effect was signed on 8 December 2009. The sale is subject to regulatory approval, while acquisition price and terms have not been disclosed. The deal is scheduled to be completed by 31 January 2010.
Currently 106 associates work for Midas and Klark Teknik. According to the statement issued by Midas/Klark Teknik: “All [106] will be transferred to the Music Group. The Midas and Klark Teknik brands will be continued.”
Robert Mulatz, senior VP of Bosch Communications Systems, admits that the brands did not really fit comfortably within the Bosch portfolio: “Midas and Klark Teknik have always epitomised the highest possible performance and reliability in the mixing console and signal processing markets. Within the professional audio business of Bosch this niche market has not been defined as a core business area due to its size and specific requirements. We believe that in the Music Group we have found both the passion and the financial ability needed to grow Midas and Klark Teknik. Among all potential buyers that have been screened, we have selected the Music Group as the best fit.”
Uli Behringer, chairman of the Music Group sees the arrangement as a two-way street: “I am thrilled… to join with John Oakley and his team in taking these legendary brands forward. I have immense respect for the dedication to quality, performance and customer service that this team has shown consistently over the years. While we plan to invest considerable resources and support to these brands, we also look forward to learning from the achievements of their engineers and working with them to get Behringer to a new level.”
Music Group CEO Michael Deeb confirms this: “Midas and Klark Teknik are at the very pinnacle of their market segment. They address a very unique [sic] client base and fulfilment requirement and have a very different sales channel from our current core business. They will continue to operate autonomously under the leadership of John Oakley. However, Midas and Klark Teknik will have full access to the group’s extensive resources and advanced automated system platforms in areas such as product development and lifecycle management, supply chain, logistics, decision support and finance.”
Alex Cooper, Midas director of console engineering, added: “It has always been a challenge to achieve the very best performance at a price that the market can afford. The temptation is to cut corners, but that has never been, and will never be the Midas way. I am convinced that working with the Music Group will provide us with advantages that will help us maintain our high standards for the long term.”
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September 17th, 2009 | by Badger | gigs, news
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It’s been a while since I added anything here. It’s been fairly quiet for me all summer apart from the odd gig here and there in The Tunnels and Drummonds. The only festival outing I made was to The Wizard Festival to perform FOH duties for Stanley who were performing on the Banshee stage. Many thanks to Jenni Masraf who did an excellent job of house tech’ing the whole event on that stage and also to Taylored Sound who provided PA (big up the megarak!!).
I am also working with another reformed local Aberdeen band by the name of Turning 13 who so far have graced us with two gigs. One in Snafu and the other in Drummonds (alongside Dear John). This Monday (21st September) sees them perform again in Drummonds as part of the I ♥ UTG charity evening supporting Aberdeens Union Terrace Gardens.
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March 26th, 2009 | by Badger | news
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After a bit of a disastrous time with my old host, and the loss of a few months data (mostly my own fault) I have switched hosts and rebuilt the site. Got a few things in the pipeline and will post about those when they are more concrete.
Also you can now receive updates from the blog via email thanks to feedburner. Just pop your email address into the “subscribe here” box in the right sidebar, and every time I make a new post (which isn’t very often!) you will get an email alert.
RSS syndication is enabled on blog posts, and separate feeds for upcoming gigs and the gig gallery.
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Share on FacebookCouple of updates….
October 15th, 2008 | by Badger | news
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Think I finally fixed my stupid image gallery, so I’ve added a few pics from the summer gigs – which I have neglected to write about…too damn lazy :p Anyhoo check out the gig gallery!
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April 7th, 2008 | by Badger | news
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Just started this site to catalogue my sound engineering career, and aid in the quest for new work. There is an active gig schedule, image gallery from previous gigs and some news and bits and pieces as well.
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