NASCAR Track Upgrades with Community R-Series
FONTANA, CA – Designing a sound system for a motor speedway is not an exercise in subtle nuance. To be heard above the screaming tires, engines and fans, it's all about brute force decibels.
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Westone Offers Removable Cables for UM2, UM3X PMs
FRANKFURT, Germany – At ProLight+ Sound/Musikmesse, Westone Music Products announced a new removable cable option with the Westone UM2 and UM3X releasing in May 2010. The new development will give users the quick option of replacing cables as necessary.
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Audinate Announces Dante Module for A&H, Stage Box
FRANKFURT, Germany – Allen & Heath and Audinate announced at Prolight+ Sound that they are collaborating to introduce Dante networking modules for the iLive digital mixing series. Dante will be incorporated into Allen & Heath's range of audio networking plug in cards, which slot into the iDR MixRacks and allow iLive to interface with a variety of common audio interface and networking standards. Separately, Link announced a license agreement with Audinate to implement Dante in its DGlink Stage Box system.
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TC-Helicon Release Firmware Update for VoiceLive 2
FRANKFURT, Germany – TC-Helicon announced the latest 1.2 firmware upgrade for its VoiceLive2 signal processor for vocalists. Features include new Rhythmic effects, Dual Mono output option and dedicated Tap Tempo control using the Delay footswitch.
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Shure Unveils Beta 27 Side-Address Condenser Microphone
NILES, IL – Shure Inc. extended its Beta line of microphones with the side-address, supercardioid Beta 27. The Beta 27, the first side-address, supercardioid condenser microphone designed for professional sound reinforcement, was developed in response to audio engineers' desire for a condenser mic that offers better isolation of the sound source.
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University of Cologne’s Auditorium Equipped with Renkus-Heinz Iconyx Gear
COLOGNE, Germany – System designers hartmann+mathias partnerschaft, acoustic consultants Peutz and installers Light Tec Medientechnik have upgraded the auditorium of Cologne University with a new audio system featuring four Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC 24 digitally steerable array loudspeakers.
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Indonesian Church Installs L-Acoustics dV-DOSC
SURABAYA, Indonesia – The Bethany Christian denomination church has installed an L-Acoustics dV-DOSC system into the 4,000-capacity Bethany Manyar Church in East Java.
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APB ProDesk Teams With Soundworks for Annapolis Concert
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Singer/songwriter Pat McGee contracted Steve Payne and Soundworks for "Down the Hatch," a special concert/party in the Regatta Ball-room of the Lowe's Annapolis Hotel, but didn't have the budget for their large APB-DynaSonics Spectra-TI console.
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ACIR Uses d&b and Yamaha PM5Ds for Al Di Meola Show
RED BANK, NJ – ACIR Professional handled sound production for New Jersey guitarist Al Di Meola at the 2,000-seat Count Basie Theatre here using d&b audiotechnik's Q-1 line array, Q subs, d12 amps, and K-Array Red Line 200s for side fills.
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Engineer for Chris Young Adapts Quickly to iLive-144
FT. WALTON BEACH, FL – For live sound engineers, touring without carrying a mixing console is like working without a net. But for touring artists like country music's Chris Young, it helps get their music in front of their fans.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – At ProLight+ Sound, Neutrik announced progress in DIWA (digital data transmission without data compression) and gear that promises to help bypass some of the problems the live events industry is facing with a shortage of wireless frequencies – its Xirium professional multichannel wireless system.
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Community Solutions Series Loudspeakers for St. Joe’s Home of the Hawks
PHILADELPHIA – Saint Joseph's University students have been playing competitive basketball in the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse since 1949. A multi-million dollar expansion and renovation for the home of the Hawks has resulted in a new name – the Michael J. Hagan Arena – and a new sound system anchored by Community Professional Loudspeakers.
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