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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.
Read More »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.
Read More »DiGiCo SD5s Control Main Stage Audio at World Youth Day
BRZEGI, POLAND – DiGiCo consoles helped form the backbone of the massive audio system for this year’s World Youth Day in Brzegi, Poland. Polish rental company Gigant Sound provided the gear for an audience numbering more than two million, gathered for music, prayers and a message from Pope Francis.
Read More »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.
Read More »Cogeco Amphitheatre Installs New L-Acoustics House System
TROIS-RIVIERES, Québec, Canada – Cogeco Amphitheatre’s new L-Acoustics house system, provided by Solotech, delivers the SPL and coverage needed while minimizing noise pollution across the river. It also satisfies the technical rider requirements for major artists performing at the venue.
Read More »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.
Read More »Shure Introduces SE215m+ SPE Sound Isolating Earphones
Shure’s new SE215m+ Special Edition (SE215m+SPE) Sound Isolating Earphones, designed for Apple iOS devices, feature Sound Isolating sleeves that block up to 37 dB of outside noise. It also includes a microphone for phone calls.
Read More »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.
Read More »RCF Provides Evacuation System for Medical Center
TURIN, ITALY – The J Medical health center, recently opened in March, features RCF products throughout the facility. Local company Sielt provided the installation.
Read More »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.
Read More »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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