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Danley Reintroduces TH-50 Subwoofer
Danley Sound Labs has now resumed production of the TH-50 subwoofer. Supplier issues forced the suspension of the TH-50 in 2011; however, audiophiles continued to request the product over the years for home and commercial theaters.
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Capital Sound Supports Three Main Stages at We Are FSTVL with Martin Audio Systems
UPMINSTER, U.K. — Known for delivering high-octane sound for international EDM events, Capital Sound returned to the We Are FSTVL site at Damyns Hall Aerodrome in Upminster, deploying Martin Audio MLA system on the three main stages. The production company last worked with promoter Reece Miller on the two-day event back in 2014, and with production values ramping up, they were recalled this year by festival production director, Simon Barrington, with whom they collaborated on Above & Beyond shows and last year’s Wild Life Festival.
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Cornish College Reaches for Mackie
SEATTLE – After working with various PAs for years, each with some level of compromise, tap dance professor Tim Hickey found an ideal solution that worked on all counts for Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts: Mackie’s portable Reach Professional PA. Hickey has two tap classes with 16 students each. “Tap dancing can get pretty loud,” he notes, “so we need a more powerful system than the ballet, jazz and modern dance classes do. The Reach has 720W of amplification, and even with 16 tap students in a room with a wooden floor and walls lined with mirrors, it cuts through loud and clear.”
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Biamp Expands Management, Sales Teams
BEAVERTON, OR – Biamp Systems’ expands its product management and global sales teams with two appointments. Joshua Beltran moves to product management, and Michael Hooper is appointed North Texas area manager.
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DPA Microphones Names Kalle Hvidt Nielsen CEO, Effective Sept. 1, 2016
ALLEROED, Denmark – DPA Microphones named Kalle Hvidt Nielsen as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1, 2016. At that time, Nielsen will succeed interim CEO Thorsten Reuber, who has managed the company since Jan. 25, 2016. Nielsen brings more than 15 years of experience in directing technology-focused Danish companies. He comes to DPA Microphones from Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S, where he has held the CEO position since 2011.
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Wigwam’s Meyer Sound System Delivers at Isle of Wight
ISLE OF WIGHT, UK – Wigwam Acoustics supplied a new Meyer Sound Leo family system at the main stage of the Isle of Wight Festival. The new system effortlessly powered performances by headliners such as The Who, Faithless, Stereophonics, and Queen + Adam Lambert. The system’s linear characteristics coupled with precise directional control kept the festival grounds rocking while significantly reducing bleed into nearby residential areas.
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VUE Audiotechnik Debuts al-12 and HS-221 Sub Combo at Bottlerock
NAPA, CA – Bay Area-based Delicate Productions provided full production including staging, lighting, video and audio on all five stages of this year’s Bottlerock. For the Miner Family Winery Stage, Delicate deployed the new VUE Audiotechnik al-12 system for its inaugural run with FOH engineer Sebastien Poux. Over at the Jam Cellars’ stage, the VIP skyboxes were outfitted with VUE Sound via Dante. William “Snoopy” Fuquay of WFA Audio was in charge of the h-8 with Dante setup and ran the sound with Delicate Productions’ networking guru Jacob Choplin.
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Guitar Center Ushers Houston Church into Digital Era
HOUSTON – Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston is leaving its analog world behind with the acquisition of two Studer digital audio consoles. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) managed the transaction from initial planning through installation and commissioning.
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Roland A/V XI-WSG SoundGrid Expansion Card
Roland’s Professional A/V Division is now shipping the XI-WSG Waves SoundGrid Expansion Card, offering even more system possibilities for the M-5000 Series consoles, based on the OHRCA platform. (“OHRCA” stands for Open, High-Resolution, Configurable Architecture.) Taking full advantage of Waves’ SoundGrid networking technology, the XI-WSG has three ports for connection to Waves SoundGrid Servers, allowing for low-latency, redundant audio connection and direct connection to a PC for MultiRack SoundGrid control without the need for an external network hub. The XI-WSG accommodates 64 inputs and 64 outputs for integrating Waves’ high precision plug-in processing, multitrack recording and playback with an M-5000 Series Console.
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Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless Welcomed at Flatirons Church
LAFAYETTE, CO — Flatirons Community Church in Colorado attracts an average weekly attendance of about 20,000 people to multiple weekend services at its three Denver area campuses. The non-denominational evangelical church upgraded the wireless microphone systems at its main campus in Lafayette at the start of the year, expanding its Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless equipment list with the addition of 12 channels of Venue2 receivers paired with HH handheld and LT belt pack transmitters.
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130 Arrested in Houston Crime Ring Focusing on Trailer Valuables
HOUSTON — Working with other law enforcement agencies, the Houston Police Department has made 80 arrests so far in an investigation into an organized crime ring that focuses on thefts of valuables transported via trailers. As of June 28, charges had been filed against 130 suspects in Houston and surrounding areas. A key break in the case, dubbed “Operation Wheels and Deals,” took place as police were tracking a van and trailer belonging to country music singer Zane Williams that were stolen outside a Houston-area restaurant on May 16, 2015. A GPS tracking device helped authorities pinpoint the missing trailer, and there they discovered motorcycle apparel and accessories that had been reported stolen in another trailer heist.
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