LOS ANGELES — For the past few years, Visual Horizon Communications (VHC) has developed an efficient Break-Out Room Integrated Solution for corporate events known by its acronym, BORIS. Used for events staged by clients including 3M, Best Buy, General Mills, Macy’s, Mortenson Construction and other well-known companies, BORIS relies on the capabilities of Roland’s VR-50HD all-in-one AV mixer.
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ROCHESTER, NY — Whirlwind is venturing into the case-building business. The company is starting with cases for its own products and plans to expand into a broader array of case designs. Marketed under the Cyclone brand, the cases feature Colson casters, flush mounted MOL latches and Marine grade HDPE panels.
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MODESTO, CA – Celebrations in the Indian community are serious business. Festivals are typically an unrestrained blend of color, flavor and sound. And weddings, according to George Fontes, managing director of Fontes Pro Sound & Light, are nothing short of high-decibel exhilaration. So, when Mirage, an Indian wedding and banquet hall in Sacramento, CA, contacted him to install a new sound system last month, Fontes turned to FBT. He knew anything he installed would be pushed to concert-level limits and he wanted to ensure crisp, clean sound at every event – wherever guests were standing in 22,000 square feet of space.
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LUTON, UK – Cadac has appointed PT HESED Kharis Indonesia as exclusive distributor for its mixing console brand in Indonesia. HESED is a leading distributor and system integrator in the territory, with a portfolio that includes TWAUDiO, Powersoft and Lab Gruppen.
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LAS VEGAS – During the recent InfoComm Show in Las Vegas, PreSonus Audio Electronics and its WorxAudio Technologies loudspeaker division recognized two key AV integrator companies for their exceptional efforts. The PreSonus Commercial Systems Integrator of the Year and the WorxAudio Systems Integrator of the Year awards were presented June 7 in the PreSonus/WorxAudio demo room prior to the opening of the InfoComm show’s exhibits.
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Back in January 2015, FOH engineer Chris Aman answered the door of his Thompsons Station, TN home. Sound Image had delivered an Avid VENUE Profile console so he could start building the show for his newest client, Pentatonix. After winning the third season of NBC’s The Sing Off in 2011, the five-member a cappella group continued growing in popularity and was now going out on its biggest tour yet. And Aman suddenly realized what he was up against.
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American prog rock band Dream Theater was founded in 1985 under the name “Majesty” by Berklee School of Music students — guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung and drummer Mike Portnoy. The three added a keyboard player and vocalist and soon became a popular hard rock cover band playing throughout the Northeast.
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CLEVELAND, OH – Eighth Day Sound is handling audio production for the North American leg of Ellie Goulding’s Delirium World Tour. Their gear includes a full complement of DiGiCo mixing consoles—an SD5 at front-of-house with FOH engineer Joe Harling, and an SD10 available for opening acts, and an SD7 at the monitor position with Mike Flaherty, monitor engineer.
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In five short years, the Newbury Park, CA-based quintet The Neighbourhood has made its presence known, earning a prime spot at SXSW, performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live and performing in Europe and throughout the U.S. Currently on tour supporting Wiped Out!, the band’s second album, The Neighbourhood is selling out halls and theaters.
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EVANSTON, IL — Armadillo Day began in 1972 when the Northwestern University Texans held a small celebration in honor of the official mammal of their home state. More than 40 years later, Dillo Day is one of the largest student-run music festivals in the nation, hosted at the Northwestern Lakefill on the shore of Lake Michigan. Nationally and locally known artists play on two stages; this year’s entertainment for the approximately 10,000 attendees included The Mowgli’s, Schoolboy Q, Cashmere Cat, Dial Up, DJ Hayden James, and Derek Carter, among others. Sound Works Productions, Inc. of Mokena, IL brought in Nexo line array systems for the two festival stages.
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Rebounding from recession, business in Las Vegas is back on a growth track, with a resurgence in tourists, conventioneers and club-goers joined by an influx in residents who are drawn, not just by the casinos, but also by a revitalized downtown with an emerging arts scene and influx of high-tech startups.
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LONDON — Creative Technology announced plans to exhibit at the ABTT Theatre Show at Alexandra Place in London (June 22-23, stand A53) highlighting two big developments for the company: the launch of their Integrated Networks division and their audio arm, called Dimension Audio.
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