LAS VEGAS – The regional winners of the 2011 Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year have just been announced: Canada: Rocky Mountain Productions (Vancouver BC); Northeast: Asbury Audio (Ocean Grove, NJ); Southeast: Production Support Group (Tallahassee FL); Midwest: Clearwing Productions (Milwaukee, WI); Southwest: Precise Corporate Staging (Tempe AZ); Northwest: XXXX Audio (Sacramento, CA).
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QUEBEC CITY – Since its modest beginnings in 1968, the annual Quebec City Summer Festival (Festival d'ete de Quebec) has grown, and now draws more than 1.5 million people over its 11-day span each July. This year's production involved nearly 300 musical performances spread out across three outdoor stages and seven indoor halls.
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CAMDEN, NJ – Bauder Audio Systems provided NEXO gear to support the audio needs of the three-day XPoNential Music Festival, which drew thousands to Camden Waterfront's Wiggins Park to hear Emmylou Harris, Keb' Mo', Citizen Cope, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Smithereens, Ben Folds, Booker T and others with a strong connection to greater Philadelphia.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems named Caroline Polster human resources manager. Prior to Full Compass, Polster held HR and recruiting positions with companies including Wright Vending & Distributing, Air Wisconsin Airlines, Hayes Manufacturing, Federal Mogul Sintered Products and the In-Sink-Erator division of Emerson Electric.
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CHICAGO, IL – Joel Osteen Ministries' Night of Hope event visited US Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, in early August. Special Event Services (SES) covered the bases – and then some – with its Martin Audio Multicellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system. And it did so at a relative sprint.
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STOW, OH – Audio-Technica has once again renewed its sponsorship of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a non-profit mobile recording and multimedia studio. As part of its commitment, Audio-Technica will continue to serve as the official microphone provider of the Tour Bus, supplying a complete set of microphone products for use on the bus, including its 40 Series, Artist Elite, Wireless and other key products.
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WILSONVILLE, OR – Hearing that the Portland, OR-based band, "Portugal. The Man" lost most of the gear shortly before they were due to perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park, Audix stepped in and provided the band with a set of live mics.
Read More »JESSUP, MD – Automated Processes, Inc., (API) annually awards scholarship funds to students enrolled in audio education programs utilizing the manufacturer's API Vision, Legacy Plus or 1608 consoles. API received a record number of applicants in 2011, who must complete a questionnaire and essay along with a personal recording they created.
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Sennheiser's K-array KB1 is the first in the new Blueline series of K-array loudspeakers. As with items in the extremely small footprint K-array RedLine series, the KB1 is an ultra-slim, powered line array system featuring a 12-inch sub-woofer and eight 3-inch drivers.
Read More »SUWANEE, GA – Kaltman Creations' new RF Sensitive Solutions division is marketing products made by Germany-based ROM Elektronik. They target consumer concerns about long-term exposure to RF and EMF. The products include RF test and measurement devices and RF-shielding fabric.
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JoeCo Limited is now shipping the new BBR64-MADI version of the BlackBox Recorder. Designed for audio acquisition and capturing live performance, the recorder enables multi-channel audio to be captured directly to a USB2 drive, in Broadcast WAV format, without the need for a computer.
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LONDON – Ghost, the 1990 movie, has been reincarnated as a West End musical. It blends live acting and music with complex lighting, video and special effects. The show's sound designer, Bobby Aitken specified a DiGiCo SD7T for FOH, and it's being used for a lot more than just mixing sound.
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