AUCKLAND, New Zealand — While the northern hemisphere shivered last winter, College Hill Productions, Ltd. faced the heat of a series of summer concert and music festivals in New Zealand using the country’s first Soundcraft Vi6 digital console.
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MIAMI — Aero Bar co-owners Tony Guerra and Joseph “Smiley” Boyd were looking for sound that would offer more than just a stinging assault on the ears. “For me, sound is not all monetary,” said Boyd. “It’s also spiritual. I really love good sound.”
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VALENCIA, Spain — Simes Audio, led by David Ferri, provided D.A.S. Aero line array systems organized by Acció Cultural del Pais Valencià for a four-hour outdoor festival at Valencia’s Polytechnic University featuring bands including Berri Txarrak, Aramateix, Sva-ters, Pirat’s Sound Sistema and Rapsodes.
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LONDON and REDDITCH, U.K. — Britannia Row and SSE, both of which have taken delivery of 48 K1 line source cabinets, have joined L-Acoustics’ K1/KUDO Pilot Program. The line source cabinets will be used with K1-SUB and SB28 subwoofers, KUDO line source boxes and LA-RAK touring racks fitted with LA8 amplified controllers.
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LAKEWOOD, NJ — Neutrik USA has appointed Thomas Chudyk, former regional sales manager of Panasonic Industrial, distribution manager. Prior to Panasonic Industrial, Chudyk worked for 14 years at Arrow Electronics.
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ORLANDO — EAW will feature the DX1208 DSP Matrix Mixer at InfoComm, which it calls “the next generation of Digital Signal Processing (DSP).” The DX1208, a 12-input, 8-output 1U-rackspace DSP matrix mixer, has been designed for a wide range of commercial and install applications.
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ORLANDO — Sennheiser will introduce K-array, the newest addition to its distributed brands, at InfoComm 2009. In addition to K-array’s thin, lightweight loudspeakers, pictured here, Sennheiser will be featuring the MZD 8000 digital module for the MKH 8000 Series at the show.
Read More »FARMINGDALE, NY — Brescia, Italy-based Outline inaugurated its American branch, Outline North America LLC in recent months, led by pro audio veteran Thomas Bensen. The company has since played a role in several installations and events, and will show gear at InfoComm that is new to the North American market.
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LONDON — SSE supplied a Midas PRO6 live audio system for Maximo Park’s recent U.K. academy tour. A Klark Teknik DN9696 was used to record all shows, including support bands, which were also mixed on the PRO6.
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NATCHITOCHES, LA — Northwestern State University added an Aviom Pro64 digital snake and one of the first installations of the new 6416m Mic Input Module, as part of an upgrade of the audio infrastructure in the A. A. Fredericks Auditorium, funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Read More »ORLANDO — Stefan Feistel of the Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) will lead two seminars on the company’s latest software updates. The new release of SysTune (Version 1.1) will be discussed on June 18 at 4 p.m. in the Renkus-Heinz Demo Room W205C, and a seminar on speech intelligibility prediction using the new version of EASE, Version 4.3, will be presented June 19 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Meeting Room W102A.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW introduced its MicroSub stage subwoofer. The MicroSub can be configured and interlocked in a range of different combinations – by itself, with other MicroSubs or with other MicroWedge units. Small pads and recesses are located on its sides, top and bottom. The loudspeaker is mounted at a 45-degree angle and the cabinet height is exactly half of the cabinet width when the MicroSub is laid flat.
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