Netherlands-based Astro Spatial Audio’s SARA 3D audio rendering engine is an immersive 3D audio tool for live and entertainment venues. Using state-of-the-art advancements in 3D audio and acoustic technology, the system delivers a true 3D experience, making it ideal for performing arts facilities such as theaters, opera houses, concert venues, theme parks, and worship spaces.
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AUSTIN, TX – Founded in 1933, Threadgill’s is a historic restaurant and live music house in Austin, Texas where well-known artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson and Janis Joplin have performed. For the 2016 South by Southwest music festival (SXSW) Threadgill’s hosted multiple bands over several days on its outdoor stage equipped with dB Technologies line arrays, stage monitors and subwoofers.
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NEW YORK – When the darkly thrilling musical American Psycho opened April 21 at Broadway’s Schoenfeld Theatre, Sound Designer Dan Moses Schreier and Associate Sound Designer Joshua Reid needed to provide a top-notch listening experience. Masque Sound, a leading theatrical sound reinforcement, installation and design company, was called on to deliver a custom audio equipment package that would take audiences on the ride of their lives.
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NEW YORK––In a move to enhance its reputation and support business growth, Firehouse Productions recently added to its inventory 96 JBL VTX V25-II line array elements, 96 JBL VTX V20 line array elements, and 24 Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. This addition now gives them 140 V25-II elements between their New York and Las Vegas offices.
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FAIRFIELD, NJ — Middle Atlantic Products today announced two new additions to the company’s product management team. Alec Conrad joins as senior product manager for the company’s signal path offerings, while Bret Leatherwood is the new product manager for infrastructure accessories. In these roles, Conrad and Leatherwood will oversee product development and drive strategies for delivering new, customer-driven offerings in their respective categories.
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COSTA MESA, CA – QSC named Chris Humphrey vice president, marketing. In his new role, Humphrey will oversee all of the company’s global marketing activities and initiatives for the Professional, Systems and Cinema Divisions of QSC. Humphrey, based at the company’s Costa Mesa, CA headquarters, has more than 20 years of executive marketing experience at companies that focus on IT related services, including enterprise software, embedded computing, storage networking, scientific instrumentation and security.
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PORT PERRY, Ontario – Adamson Systems Engineering has announced the expansion of its North American support team. Richard Woida has joined the U.S applications group to reinforce Adamson’s growing client base in the United States. Scott Shields has been hired as sales and marketing coordinator, working out of the Canadian headquarters.
James Oliver, director of marketing and sales, notes, “We’re a company that’s driven by the love of audio and not by financial investors. We’ve grown organically by bringing in individuals of the highest character and technical skill. Both Richard and Scott fit the mold and they’re perfectly suited to support and continue to grow our rapidly expanding user base.”
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HAVANA, Cuba – Electronic dance music artists Major Lazer has become one of the first major American acts to play in Cuba since diplomatic ties were restored between Washington and Havana in July last year. The trio played a free concert March 6 to a reported 500,000 fans at the Tribuna José Marti in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana. Sound reinforcement for the landmark event was provided by OKeventos, one of the largest sound rental companies in Cuba, fielding an Axiom powered line array as the main PA system.
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New York, NY, — The schedule for Paper Presentations, both as lectures and/or posters, have been announced for the upcoming Audio Engineering Society’s 140th International Convention at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, June 4-7. With topical paper sessions covering the latest research in immersive audio, audio equipment and delivery, audio signal processing, live sound issues, acoustics, and more, the Paris convention will offer four full days of research paper presentations representing the frontiers of research in the professional, scientific and educational communities. Sessions have been reviewed and evaluated by convention Papers Co-Chairs Thomas Goerne, Wolfgang Klippel, Bergame Periaux, Robin Reumers and Dejan Todorovic, assisted by a number of external expert reviewers from the AES audio community.
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AURAY, France — Musical’Ré, an events company based in the Brittany region of northwest France, recently invested in Allen & Heath’s new dLive digital mixing system. Musical’Ré selected the S7000 control surface with DM48 MixRack. The company used the system for the first time as the main stage FOH console at the festivals, Les Nuits Soniques and Les Hivernales Tinéniac.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — The Warehouse Sound Services has been named the U.K. dealer for loudspeaker brand Adamson Systems Engineering. The Warehouse currently has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland. To further support Adamson in northern England, The Warehouse is opening a third branch in Chorley, Lancashire, U.K. It will be led by Craig Buckley and Paul Atherton.
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