WASHINGTON, DC —President Obama recently spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual legislative conference at the Washington Convention Center with local production company Event Tech providing sound and staging using gear from Martin Audio.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. — Merlin PA recently purchased an Allen & Heath iLive-T system, comprising an iDR-48 MixRack with iLive-T112 Control Surface, to add to its touring inventory.
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BURNSVILLE, MN — Bosch’s Communications Systems Division has partnered with the NSCA Education Foundation to establish the Monte Wise Scholarship, an ongoing scholarship named in fond remembrance of Monte Wise — “one of the pro audio industry’s great personalities and mentors” — who passed away on September 30. Monte was Systems Applications Specialist, Pro Sound, for Bosch’s Communications Systems Division.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Award Board of Advisors announced that more sponsors have joined the Parnelli Awards’ winner circle of industry leaders who are supporting the ninth annual gala affair.
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SAN FRANCISCO — For the 12th annual Skills ETD Pop Electronic Music Festival at the Cow Palace, JK Sound created a circular array consisting of 48 EAW KF750 High Output Array Loudspeakers and 12 KF755 Downfill Array Loudspeakers, flown in a large circle beneath three tiers of lighting and directly above the rotating main stage in the center of the hall. JK Sound also used a dozen SB750z High Output Subwoofers at the structure’s base.
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Lawo’s Version 4.6 software release for the company’s mc² Series production consoles streamlines workflow with a Dynamic Automation enhancement, including Trim and TC-Editing features, and a new Offline preparation and Online assistance tool. Lawo will feature Version 4.6 at AES Booth #637.
Read More »NEW YORK — Lectrosonics’ DM Series audio processors will be used for auto-mixing the technical program panel discussions during the 127th AES Convention Oct. 9-12.
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REGGIO EMILIA, Italy — RCF has named Lars Yoshiyama European sales manager for its Commercial Audio and Congress Systems division.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — The Academy Music Group (AMG) has once again recruited the production team of Adlib Audio (sound), Utopium (lighting) and Dimension Audio (video projection and distribution) for its latest venue, O2 Academy Birmingham.
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TEL AVIV, Israel —Waves Audio announced a series of behind-the-board sessions with Waves artists Chris Lord-Alge, Eddie Kramer and Tony Maserati at AES 2009. These sessions will take place in the Music Mix Mobile “M3” truck, located at Booth #273.
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EAST ANGLIA, U.K. — Festinho 2009, a U.K.-based celebration of Brazilian music that also raises funds to benefit Jimmy Page’s Action for Brazil’s Children charity, has received ongoing and increasing support from Harman Professional.
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VIENNA — At the headquarters of the Austrian Lotteries, the Studio 44 venue, originally built for internal use has been put to work for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Coca Cola, BP and Google. A DiGiCo SD7 and two SD8s were recently added to its equipment inventory.
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