SURREY, BC – For an indoor/outdoor series of concerts and live video feeds of Olympics events – one of several staged in the Vancouver area during the winter games – Briere Production Group provided a full complement of gear from Martin Audio.
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ZEVENBERGEN, The Netherlands – Dekker Sound used Proel audio gear for "The Music Weekend," which drew a crowd with its blend of music and motor sports. Featured performers using the Proel Axiom system included Jan Smit, de 3 J's, Jannes, Peter Beense and Marco Canters.
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TOTOWA, NJ – APB-DynaSonics has announced that DiModica Sales will serve as sales representative for the company in Florida and Puerto Rico. Founded in 1993, Di-Modica Sales currently represents QSC, Lowell, Aphex Brace Audio products, among others.
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HARRIS, MI – Foreigner is touring in support of Can't Slow Down, the band's first studio release with Kelly Hansen on vocals. On tour, Hansen relies on beyerdynamic Opus Series wireless microphones night after night.
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PITTSBURGH – Northern Sound & Light (NSL) has added Gordon Mann to its sales staff. Mann holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in sound recording and multimedia management from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and has studio, staging and musical performance experience and has also worked at NSL as an order filler and product inspector.
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BARCELONA – After nearly seven years of planning and construction, Primera Liga opened the Estadi del RCD Espanyol Cornellá-El Prat soccer stadium. The stadium seats 40,000 and features a progressive design. It also houses a Harman Professional sound system complete with Crown amplifiers, BSS processors and JBL Loudspeakers.
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VANCOUVER, BC – Lawo consoles and routers played a key role in the production of international and national feeds in studios and OB vans in Vancouver and Whistler, including ARD and ZDF (Germany), Alfacam (Belgium), CTV (Canada), YLE (Finland), SVT (Sweden), CCTV (China), NRK (Norway) and ORF (Austria).
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The new DE7 from B&C, only 2.5 inches in diameter, is designed to optimize output from a small format high frequency driver. Though small, the 109dB sensitivity makes the DE7 sound larger. Originally targeted at small format line array, the DE7 is well-suited for a variety of applications.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – The pro audio industry is shifting its focus from Winter NAMM to ProLight + Sound/Musikmesse, set for March 24-27, 2010. Some exhibitors prefer to wait until the show itself before tipping their hands, but others are making pre-show announcements of what visitors can expect to see. Here's a preview.
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B&C's 18SW100 adds to the company's "SW Series" subwoofer line, calling the application of its split winding technology to a 4â€inch voice coil subwoofer a natural progression. The unit weighs 10kg, is priced competitively and features a 3,000 watt, neodymium motor. Other features include 57mm peak-to-peak excursion, a ventilated voice coil gap for reduced power compression and an aluminum demodulation ring that further reduces distortion.
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OVIEDO, Spain – Soundcraft's Spanish distributor, Earpro, recently installed a Vi4 at El Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo. Roberto Alonso, technical manager of the 120-year-old venue, credited ease of use as one of the reasons the venue chose the brand.
Read More »ANAHEIM, CA – Renkus-Heinz was not only at NAMM this year, they were, in the company's words, "all over the place." A full IC Live system returned from its debut last year to greet attendees at the lobby's center stage, hosting a full program of performances including the surprise rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by Ted Nugent.
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