SAN FRANCISCO – One of Silicon Valley’s premier DJs knows how to get the corporate world and EDM together in the same room, serving high-profile audiences with the Bose L1 Model II portable line array system. Plus, its portability allows DJ Dojah to load his entire sound system into any vehicle.
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INGLEWOOD, CA — VerTec and VTX line arrays from JBL by Harman facilitated the house sound for the third annual iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Forum. There were two main challenges for event integrator ATK Audiotek. First, the system had to evoke the audience’s energy that is so essential to a televised live music event. Secondly, the PA had to produce clear and transparent audio for the show’s dialog sequences.
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NEW STANTON, PA – Good Sounds of New Stanton, PA, was contracted to design and deploy the new sound reinforcement system at the new sanctuary of the New Stanton United Methodist Church. After consulting with church management to ascertain their expectations, Good Sounds’ Owner Dwight Brown specified two WorxAudio TrueLine series X3i-P/D powered, Dante-enabled, line array systems.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — The Waves Scheps Parallel Particles plugin controls work in different ways to shape the vitality of the sound. Created in collaboration with producer/mixing engineer Andrew Scheps, the plugins are about “attitude, energy and emotion,” says Scheps. The product is now shipping.
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Now shipping, the CADLive 3000 wireless system operates in the 500 MHz band for superior frequency agility and RF stability. Proprietary CAD ScanLink technology with Infrared transmitter setup allows the user to precisely scan, select and link to the optimum channel in any RF environment. Handheld and beltpack systems are offered. The 3000 system receiver and transmitters are equipped with a high-definition LCD display and full RF, AF, battery life, mic sensitivity and RF power metering.
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NASHVILLE — Nashville’s Ensworth School is made up of a student body that includes children of resident musicians. So high-quality sound is consistently needed, not only to support school shows, but also the many performances given by parents – professional musicians who enjoy the opportunity to raise money for the school. They recently installed an FBT sound system in the school’s auditorium, giving the school the ability do things with the room they’ve never been able to do before – with more volume and clarity.
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AUSTIN, TX – Austin-based powered loudspeaker manufacturer BassBoss has appointed Anton Pukshansky to the new position of vice president, sales. Pukshansky, who will report directly to BassBoss CEO Lian Amber, brings more than 15 years of diverse professional audio experience to his new role from companies including Harman Professional, Loud Inc., Westlake Pro and MW Audio Visual.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz has appointed Alberto Mantovani to the position of engineering manager. Mantovani, a senior engineer with more than 30 years of expertise in the technology sector, began his career in Italy in the 1980s, developing complex embedded systems for factory automation. He held high-level sales and technical marketing positions with Rockwell Semiconductors Systems in Europe before moving to California in 1997, where he has co-founded two high-tech enterprises.
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LOS ANGELES – Maroon 5’s FOH engineer Jim Ebdon is touring with his console of choice, the SSL L500 Plus. “I’m not choosing a console because it looks pretty or because there is a ton of stuff on it that I’m probably never going to use,” he says. “I’m choosing a console because of how it sounds, which is the most important thing.” In particular, Ebdon has been impressed with the onboard processing.
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DiGiCo’s Stealth Core 2 software is a major upgrade to the Stealth Digital Processing for the SD Series. The upgrade for existing users (shipping standard on new consoles) delivers enhanced power from the audio core of every DiGiCo SD series console in terms of both greatly increased functionality and processing channels (up to double in some cases). Intending to future-proof SD series consoles, the StealthCore 2 upgrade ships this summer.
Read More »NICE, France — Rihanna’s tour stop slated for the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France on July 15 was canceled after the deliberate attack by a gunman who also used the truck he was driving as a weapon, killing scores of pedestrians at a beachside fireworks show the night before. At least 84 people were killed in the July 14 attack before the gunman/truck driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, was shot dead by police. A local jazz festival set to open July 16 also canceled.
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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – FOH Engineer Lucas Pinzón selected DPA Microphones for the drum kits of Colombian urban music performer Maluma. Pinzón also chose the brand’s d:facto Handheld Microphone for Maluma’s main vocals. “DPA mics have a small footprint and don’t require much space in the racks. They are also great looking – due to their compact size – in addition to having incredible sound quality.”
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