Houses of worship to benefit from pro audio’s first dedicated mobile social network
Published: WORSHIP
WORLD: The world’s first mobile social network dedicated to the professional audio industry has launched in the form of the Pro Audio Social Stream, or PASS. Available now for free download from the Apple App Store and operating on iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad, PASS will benefit houses of worship by providing a direct link to crucial advice and assistance from consultants, distributors and manufacturers. Users can connect with new contacts worldwide while sharing their own technology and ideas via text posts, pictures, videos and links.
Introduced by Blank Canvas Publishing Ltd, the company behind Worship AVL Asia, Pro Audio Asia and Pro Audio Middle East, PASS also offers access to dynamic versions of the magazines on an iPhone or iPad.
In addition, users can watch a growing library of fully searchable educational video content from the industry’s leading manufacturers. The videos are sourced from www.proaudioeducation.com, a new website which collects educational videos from across the web, gathering them together into one easy to view hub.
The concept behind PASS, explains Blank Canvas editorial director Barney Jameson, is to offer the industry a dedicated social network where it can do business without distraction. ‘The problem with a public, consumer network like Facebook or Twitter is that only a fraction of people using those services are interested in what you have to say when it comes to technology, and it can be difficult for a house of worship to track down the right people to offer advice and training.
‘PASS addresses that problem, and it comes from a very simple idea – house of worship volunteers and technicians who deserve to learn more and share their own work with the right contacts and peers who understand. Now they can simply pick up their iPhone or iPad, take a picture or record a video, and connect with the right people, immediately.’
Crucially, PASS has been designed specifically as a mobile social network, reflecting global trends that have seen a dramatic rise in the use of smartphones to access social media, against a decline in desktop use.
‘PASS is on your iPhone or iPad so that you carry it with you,’ adds Mr Jameson. ‘You don’t need to be sat at a computer to find the people who can help you the most.’
In its first generation PASS is available for free exclusively on Apple devices, while plans are underway to bring the network to Android devices in the future.
The Pro Audio Social Stream is available for free download now from the Apple App Store or by following this link on an iPhone or iPad.