DANVILLE, VA – Boone Audio Inc. worked with White Oak Worship Center (formerly Full Gospel Fellowship Church) on a $300,000 AV system with large screen displays, cameras and post-production gear to edit services for broadcast. Its sound system includes a full complement of WorxAudio gear.
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POTTERS BAR, U.K. – Soundcraft Studer has hired Garry Blackmore to lead the company's new product development push. Blackmore, who has a BSC in computer science, had worked on developing Xerox's multifunction systems and is qualified as a Prince2 practitioner with experience in electronics design, software development, systems engineering and project management across the U.K., U.S. and Asia.
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BROOKLYN, NY – Melanie Renecker, head of sound and production manager at the Knitting Factory's new location in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, cited "space" as a key issue for the new sound system designed by John Michaels of Sonic Circus, which includes an Avid VENUE SC48 console at front-of-house.
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EVANSTON, IL – Gand Concert Sound recently provided a 42-box flown NEXO GEO T line array for a concert with Snoop Dog and opening act Kid Cudi held at the Welsh-Ryan Arena on the campus of Northwestern University.
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LONDON – The Colombo Group's new dance club, The Nest, occupies the site of the former Bardens Boudoir in Dalston, East London. Co-owner Steve Ball and general manager Matt Monhardt turned to Middlesex Sound & Light (MSL) for a flexible sound system, specifically requesting that MSL use Martin Audio components for the job.
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SOUTH BEND, IN – As part of a $24.7 million renovation to the home of University of Notre Dame basketball and volleyball, ESCO Communications, Inc. recently completed a JBL loudspeaker system installation in the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. The arena, with a capacity of nearly 10,000, first opened its doors in 1968.
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BERLIN – EAW's KF740 Three-Way Full-Range Line Array modules made their German debut recently at a concert for Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis' Canto General at the Max Schmeling Hall. Hacksound Veranstaltungstechnik provided the multi-zone P.A. system comprised of EAW speakers powered by Lab.gruppen amplification.
Read More »ELKHART, IN – Crown Audio announced that an online seminar, "Creating Custom Panels In HiQnet System Architect," will be held Dec. 16 at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and on Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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ECHIZEN CITY, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan – Audio-Technica recently opened a new facility, Technica Fukui, which combines three pre-existing A-T Fukuoka branches into one location.
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LAS VEGAS – R2W designed and installed a JBL loudspeaker system at Fine Entertainment's 1,100-capacity PBR Rock Bar in the Miracle Mile complex at the Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Hotel. The sound system is being used for background restaurant music, televised sporting events and live rock concerts.
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GUANGZHOU, China – The opening ceremony of the Asian Games in China was bound to invite comparisons with the Beijing Olympics, but organizers were determined that Guangzhou would be different from anything that had gone before.
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QSC Audio Products, LLC's GX7 joins the GX Series of power amplifiers. Engineered and assembled in the company's Costa Mesa, California facility, the GX7 maintains all of the key form and functional elements of the existing GX Series while delivering more power in a lighter weight package. Designed for portable applications, the GX7 features 725W per channel at 8-ohms and 1000W per channel at 4-ohms, while weighing at15.5 lbs for the 120V version.
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