Heil Sound named Greg McVeigh sales manager for their Pro Audio division. For the past two years McVeigh, and his company Guesthouse Projects, has been handling Heil’s PR and artist relations’ duties. The new position will be adjunct to those duties and Guesthouse Projects remains an independent public/artist relations firm.
Read More »SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — Telefunken USA will now be called Telefunken Elektroakustik, according to CEO Toni Fishman and Alan Veniscofsky, director of operations, who attended a meeting of the Telefunken worldwide partner alliance in Frankfurt hosted by Telefunken Holding AG CEO Hemjö Klein.
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The Protea 4.8SP four-input/eight-output and Protea 3.6SP three-input/six-output 1RU digital signal processors offer an intuitive user interface plus PC control software and comprehensive DSP, including crossover, equalization, delay and limiter functions. Gain, delay and six filters (each a choice of parametric, low or high-shelf) may be applied to every input, each of which employs 24-bit, 48 kHz delta-sigma A/D converters with 128x over sampling.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Salt Lake Acting Company may premiere new, original plays with edgy themes, but when it came time to buy a new mixing console, in-house sound maven Cynthia L. Kehr Rees opted for familiar terrain. She chose the analog Yamaha IM8-32 for its straightforward layout and feature set.
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NOBLESVILLE, IN — The South Auditorium of Grace Community Church reveals a vision of what worship spaces of the future might look like — and sound like. “I designed the architecture here as a giant, three-dimensional hug,” said architect Kevin Callahan, and that intimacy extends to the Meyer Sound Constellation system chosen for the space.
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MACAU — Audio plays a key role for the Tree of Prosperity attraction at the Wynn Macau Resort Hotel and Casino. Joel J. Gread Associates, Inc. (JJGA) chose JBL loudspeakers for the multi-sensory attraction. Electrosonic Systems, Inc. (ESI) installed the AVC system, supporting the project out of its Burbank, California and Hong Kong offices.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — Maybe it wasn’t as dramatic as Kris Allen’s underdog victory over his good friend Adam Lambert, pictured here, but mic watchers watching the eighth season of American Idol might have noticed another surprise this year, the switch from black to chrome mics.
Read More »WARSAW, Poland — After nine years of residency at the Rampa Theatre (Tatr Rampa), Jezdziec Burzy’s Riders on the Storm, a Jim Morrison tribute musical, was recently updated with a Meyer Sound M’elodie™ line array loudspeaker system installed by Lomianki-based Polsound, leading to an increase in ticket sales.
Read More »ORLANDO — Community will offer free applications-based training seminars on ENTASYS Column Line-Array systems during InfoComm. The seminars are 30 minutes long and will take place at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday and at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Friday in Meeting Room W106.
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HELSINKI, Finland — Eppu Normaali, a rock band famous in its native Finland and beyond, has amassed a lot of gear since it was formed 33 years ago, so drummer Aku Syrjä formed Akun Tehdas as a subsidiary of the band to rent out some of its gear to others when Eppu Normaali was not on tour.
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THESSALONIKA, Greece — Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren, promoting his album Imagine (The Remixes), used a Turbosound system for a crowd of 3,500 at the Mamounia Club.
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ELKHART, IN — The Bartlett Microphones TM-125 is a supercardioid boundary mic designed for use on the theatre stage to pick up actors in drama or musicals. The TM-125 can also be used to capture the footwork of dance groups and for picking up speech in boardrooms, conferences, pulpits and altar tables.
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