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The 2016 Parnelli Awards will take place Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas

Parnelli Ballot Finalized, Voting Begins!

LAS VEGAS — The 2016 Parnelli Ballot has been finalized, and voting has begun! The ballot, which includes the six North American finalists for the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year award (chosen during a separate round of voting in July) is posted online at parnelliawards.com, and it’s up to YOU, the FRONT of HOUSE reader, to decide who among the nominees will step up to the awards podium at the Rio in Las Vegas on the evening of Oct. 22.

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Dean Standing Joins AtlasIED as Intl Sales Manager

Dean Standing Joins AtlasIED as Intl Sales Manager

PHOENIX, AZ — AtlasIED announces the appointment of Dean Standing as AtlasIED International Sales Manager. A commercial audio industry veteran for over thirty years, Standing was most recently the Director of Sales at Rane Corporation. In his 21 years at Rane, Standing built and managed their global distribution network and internal sales / marketing teams. Prior, he was the export and national sales manager for Carver Corporation.

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DirectOut Relaunches EXBOX.BLDS MADI Redundancy Switch

DirectOut EXBOX.BLDS

DirectOut has updated its EXBOX.BLDS MADI redundancy switch so that the EXBOX matches the company’s new portfolio. The unit offers silent, sample-accurate MADI switching of any number of MADI channels for an extra layer of redundancy. Three can fit within a 1U space. EXBOX.BLDS detects MADI streams from both playback systems (the one in use and the redundant system) and switches seamlessly from one to the other in case of failure.

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There were calls for more overall output from the mains once Iron City started booking acts such as Rob Zombie, Slayer and Marilyn Manson.

Iron City Upgrades Concert Sound with More Danley

BIRMINGHAM, AL – Iron City has upgraded its existing Danley system with more Danley. The concert venue brought in massive Danley Jericho Horns – normally used for outdoor arenas – to pump up the volume for the heavy metal acts on the marquee, now performing in its 1,300-capacity room.

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University of Utah Football Coach Kyle Whittingham, having heard a similar One Systems system at Texas A&M's practice field, wanted the same quality for his players.


University of Utah Football Warms Up with One Systems

SALT LAKE CITY – When the University of Utah upgraded their stadium, Football Coach Kyle Whittingham was adamant upon one thing – he wanted a loudspeaker system that he could use for team warm-ups and practice. Performance Audio, also located in Salt Lake City, met his demands by mounting sets of loudspeakers, each made up of 212/HC loudspeakers and 118/HSB subwoofers, under the lip of the south end zone. 


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DirectOut Announces Partnership with Waves

MITTWEIDA, GERMANY – Connectivity specialists DirectOut have entered into a SoundGrid licensing partnership with Waves Audio, a developer of audio plugins and signal processors for the professional and consumer electronics audio markets. The collaboration has led to the development of a new device with a SoundGrid and MADI interface that will be unveiled at the upcoming IBC in September.

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Coldplay's "A Head Full of Dreams" tour has recently hit the US.

Coldplay Tour Transitions with d&b

LAS VEGAS – Coldplay’s “A Head Full of Dreams” tour has recently hit the US and the audio team continues to use d&b ‘s J-Series using ArrayProcessing. System designer Tony Smith explains how they maintained the audio consistency between the structural differences in European vs American stadia.

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