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Peter Claussen Named President of Sennheiser’s Installed Sound Business Division
OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser named Peter Claussen president of its Installed Sound division, effective Aug. 1. Claussen, 47, joins Sennheiser from the IT company Höft & Wessel AG, where he served as deputy chairman of the management board. He will assume responsibilities previously handled by Dr. Heinrich Esser, and will also serve as a member of Sennheiser's executive management board.
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Neon Trees Tour with Pair of iLive-T112 Consoles
AUSTIN, TX – Neon Trees was a featured act at SXSW this year and has been appearing on tour with My Chemical Romance and also a number of one-off fly dates. To meet the band's mixing needs, stage manager/monitor engineer Mike Bangs and FOH engineer Neal Duffy are using a pair of Allen & Heath iLive T112 consoles.
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John Murray Joins FRONT of HOUSE Magazine as Technical Editor
LAS VEGAS – John Murray, a longtime audio professional who has worked in every facet of the live event industry, has joined FRONT of HOUSE magazine as Technical Editor. Most recently, Murray was Technical Editor of Live Sound for 10 years. He joins a new team that includes Mark Frink, editor, and Mark Herman, consulting editor.
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Dugan-MY16 for Yamaha Digital Products Set for InfoComm Debut
ORLANDO – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. and Dan Dugan Sound Design announced plans for an InfoComm debut of the Dugan-MY16 card for current model Yamaha digital mixers and processors including Yamaha 01V96, DM1000, 02R96, DM2000, M7CL, LS9, DSP5D, PM5D, and DME24/64N. Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems will be the sole distributor for the card, which will be available to customers within North America.
Read More »Rational Acoustics Appoints Four New Distributors
PUTNAM, CT – Rational Acoustics teamed up with Soundtools Oy, E&E and Wigwam Acoustics to provide Smaart sales, support and training for Finland, India, Singapore and the U.K. The appointments were made during the first quarter of 2011.
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Royal Wedding Broadcast Heard Via Audio-Technica Microphones
LONDON – Audio-Technica gear – including a combination of ES935ML6 MicroLine Condenser Gooseneck Microphones and U851R Cardioid Condenser Boundary Microphones installed in Westminster Abbey, 32 microphones in all – captured the audio of the Royal Wedding, which attracted media attention from around the world and was seen by some 2 billion people.
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At SXSW, DBS Sound Engineer Uses Yamaha M7CL Console
AUSTIN, TX – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals, a unique convergence that showcases original music, independent films, emerging technologies and a lot of networking, returned to Austin earlier this year, along with DBS Sound engineer Patrick Mundy, who chose a Yamaha M7CL-48 digital audio console as his main source of audio.
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Meyer Sound MICA Supports the Winans’ Final Duo Tour
NEW YORK – For BeBe and CeCe Winans' last tour together, the brother and sister duo showcased their contemporary gospel music using Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers, supplied by Blackhawk Audio of White House, TN. The Winans have been recording together since 1984 and won two 2010 Grammy Awards for "Best Gospel Performance" and "Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album."
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Rat Sound Delivers for Coachella with VENUE
INDIO, CA – As rock festivals go, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has carved out a prominent spot since kicking off in 1999, serving as a showcase for upcoming summer tours. Despite being located in the middle of nowhere with desert heat that averages in the triple digits, Coachella is North America's first high-profile festival of the season, drawing more than 200,000 concertgoers over three days.
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On Stage Audio, Others Acquiring Martin Audio MLA Systems
LAS VEGAS – On Stage Audio (OSA) purchased a 54-box Martin Audio MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array system, joining North Carolina-based Special Event Services (SES) as key North American members in the MLA worldwide network. Other rental companies are also pooling resources to provide the gear to European customers.
Read More »Musikmesse International Press Award (MIPA) 2011 Winners Announced
FRANKFURT – For the 12th year over 100 international pro audio and music industry magazines voted to award the Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA) for the past year's best audio equipment, presented to the winners at a ceremony held during the recent Musikmesse Prolight + Sound expo in Frankfurt, Germany.
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