NORTHRIDGE, CA — For the Kanye West “Glow in the Dark” tour — which also featured performances by Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, N.E.R.D, and Nas — Stage Audio Productions relied on AKG wireless technologies including the WMS 4000 wireless system and the IVM 4 in ear monitoring system. The year-long tour visited 40 cities on six continents.
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KUNGSBACKA, Sweden — Lab.gruppen has announced its acquisition of the Lake trademarks and the exclusive rights for use of Dolby® Lake® Processor (DLP) technology for both Touring and Permanent Sound Reinforcement markets, from Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Pictured here, from left: Carl Rohdell, Håkan Gustafsson, Tomas Lilja, Emil Tirén and Klas Dalbjörn.
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FOXBOROUGH, MA —NFL’s New England Patriots’ Hall at Patriot Place, adjacent to Gillette Stadium, has an array of interactive and immersive multimedia exhibits and an AV system engineered, installed and supplied by Electrosonic. The installation in the 36,000-square-foot facility, which includes sensor-triggered audio tracks, was project-managed by Gary Barnes. “The results were incredible,” he said
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TORONTO — Score Media Inc. recently went live with a new multi-million dollar studio for their sports network, available in 6.4 million homes. The technical operations staff selected Lectrosonics wireless systems for their programs, which include Court Surfing (NBA highlights) and The Score Tonight sports news program. The gear was purchased through Trew Audio, and the Toronto office of Applied Electronics handled installation of the equipment.
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LONDON — Twickenham Stadium, England’s National Rugby Team stadium, recently raising its seating capacity from 75,000 to 82,000 and updated its audio system as well using D.A.S. sound systems. Sysco performed the upgrade, led by Hugo Roche. Roland Hemming, an audio consultant and job project manager who also works for D.A.S., was also involved with the project. Hemming also works for D.A.S. Audio’s distributor for the U.K., Sennheiser UK.
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MILWAUKEE — Supporting their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, Metallica is hitting arenas across the U.S. and Canada in an in-the-round production that includes Apogee X-Series converters for both A/D and D/A conversion. Thunder Audio of Taylor, Mich. chose an all-digital drive system setup with eight Apogee converters for 64 channels of I/O.
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The N8000-1500, based on the technology inside the Electro-Voice NetMax N8000, has a new DSP-2 engine with three dual-core processors, expanding the total processing power to 1500 MIPS. Each input or output card added to a chassis provides an additional DSP engine and another 100 MIPS of processing power. A fully loaded chassis provides 1900 MIPS of processing — almost double the power of the original N8000. Options and add-ons include the CobraNet interface, NetMax’s monitoring and supervision options, FIR-Drive, and control options provided by IRIS-Net.
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RALEIGH, NC — Meredith College was looking for a system that could handle stage productions and 5.1 surround for movies for its 620-seat Jones Auditorium. It opted for a Danley Loudspeaker system, installed by Frank Locklear, AV specialist for Gainesville, Ga.-based dB Audio & Video.
Read More »MOERDIJK, The Netherlands — Furman has signed on with a new distribution center here to serve European customers. The new distribution hub is located 60 kilometers southwest of Amsterdam, not far from the port of Rotterdam.
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MONTABAUR, Germany — Meyer Sound named Jan Frederick Christoph Meyer, a.k.a. "Freddy," to its European technical support team. "I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to participate in many different productions with Meyer Sound's versatile and reliable gear,” Meyer said. “This experience will allow me to support Meyer Sound customers and provide the level of service the company is known for."
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COSTA MESA, CA—Bob Lee, pictured here, a 15-year veteran with QSC, the last nine of which he spent in the Tech Services Group, has become secretary for the Audio Engineering Society (AES). Lee officially took charge of the post shortly after the 125th AES Convention held in San Francisco. QSC also announced that Perry Celia has been named the company’s director of U.S. sales, Western region.
Read More »FARMINGDALE, NY — Group One Ltd. named Matt Larson as its national sales manager for professional audio products. In his new position, Larson will oversee the U.S. sales efforts of Group One’s roster of audio products, which include DiGiCo, MC2, and XTA.
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