d&b audiotechnik’s R1 Remote control software V1.8, lets users create a system design and have the performance predicted with d&b ArrayCalc and the final system configuration applied either offline or on site within R1 and then manipulated remotely.
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RCF’s ND850 2.0 is a 3.0-inch diaphragm compression driver with a 2-inch exit throat. It is well-suited for 2-way systems and multiple-way long throw systems and features several new technologies.
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CAMARILLO, CA — Delicate Productions opened a new South San Francisco office and warehouse to support clients in the Northern California area. George Edwards, a 25-year veteran of audio and event production and management, has been named account executive and will oversee day-to-day operations of the new office. The new office and warehouse marks Delicate Production’s first geographic expansion outside Los Angeles.
Read More »KANSAS CITY, MO — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band cancelled a performance here Oct. 26 after the sudden death of Lenny Sullivan, 34. Sullivan, Springsteen’s cousin, was assistant tour manager. Springsteen’s next performance was slated for Madison Square Garden on Oct. 29 at the first of two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts. Springsteen and the band are expected to perform.
Read More »FAIRPORT, NY — Bosch Security Systems, Inc. will realign its sales, marketing, and customer service and support organizations in a move that will combine the Security Systems and Communications Systems Divisions in the Americas, effective Jan. 1, 2010. The company said the changes are intended to create a fully integrated organization that makes it easier for customers to do business with Bosch.
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LAS VEGAS — If you haven’t yet cast your vote for the 2009 Parnelli Awards, you haven’t missed out – yet. But the voting deadline of Oct. 29 is fast approaching. There’s still time to reserve your spot or table for the Nov. 20 Awards Dinner (8 p.m.), which follows the Neil Diamond Crew Reunion Party at 7 p.m., both at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Fla. To vote, go to www.parnelliawards.com/vote. For tickets to the gala, go to www.parnelliawards.com/reservations.
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MIDLAND PARK, NJ — Performing three or even four times a day to promote their debut album, Fashionably Late, released on the Jonas Brothers’ label through Hollywood Records, Honor Society might just be one of the hardest-working bands in show business.
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AUSTIN, TX — The Austin City Limits Music Festival featured 130 bands on eight stages in three days of performances. Robert Ausmus of LD Systems (Houston, TX) and his crew relied on an Electro-Voice X-Line line array loudspeaker system to provide sound reinforcement for the Xbox 360 stage.
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POMONA, CA — The 2,000-capacity Fox Theater Pomona reopened earlier this year after 10 years of disuse. The two-year, $10 million restoration project included a new L-Acoustics KUDO rig designed and installed by Rat Sound Systems.
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ROCHESTER, NY — At the Rochester School for The Deaf, Bag End S18E-C subwoofers placed face-down on a vibrating floor help deaf and hard of hearing children “hear” music by letting them feel the vibration of the sound through the floor.
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NEW ORLEANS — The flooding of Hurricane Katrina closed some of the New Orleans’ biggest theaters, including the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. But the venue has since reopened with a new Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeaker system.
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SHEFFIELD, U.K. — Green Day’s ongoing world tour in support of its latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, has its monitors mixed on a Studer Vista 5 SR digital mixing console, the choice of monitor mixer Beau Alexander, who has worked with the band since 2004.
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