BIJIE CITY, Guizhou Province, China – The stage at the Grand Theater in Bijie, China collapsed during choir rehearsals here May 9. Eighty singers in the choir fell with the stage, along with a pianist and an onstage piano. Eight were injured and two sustained “relatively serious” injuries.
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AUSTIN, TX – OSA International and a Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker system provided the coverage, audio quality and noise control that quickly earned the IFC Fairgrounds stage festival-wide buzz as one of the best sounding at SXSW.
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Shipping this summer are LEOPARD and the 900-LFC, which join the flagship LEO family as its smallest and most versatile members. LEOPARD can anchor a main system in a medium-sized venue or integrate seamlessly with LYON in down- and out-fill systems. Six LEOPARDs and two 900-LFC’s can be flown using a half-ton motor. A complete system solution is created with MAPP XT for acoustic prediction, Compass RMS for real-time system performance monitoring, Galileo Callisto loudspeaker management system and the new MDM-5000 distribution module for routing AC power, audio and RMS signals.
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LONDON — British singer songwriter, King Charles, recently completed a 28 day UK tour carrying an iLive system to manage both FOH and monitors. The compact system comprised an iDR-32 and iDR0 MixRacks, with an iLive-80 surface for FOH, and a laptop and iPad for monitor control.
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Masque Sound designed a custom audio equipment package for the new Broadway musical production of Fun Home.
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Based on innovative algorithmic FIR (Finite Impulse Response) reverberation technology is the new H-Reverb plug-in from Waves. The FIR engine powering H-Reverb lets users customize the reverb decay envelope beyond the standard linear forms, resulting in perfectly gated, real reverse and dense reverb tails that don’t muddy up the mix. Advanced analog modeling along with a drive control feature offers signal behavior previously only found in high-end hardware reverbs.
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ORLANDO — The NSCA Education Foundation, in collaboration with industry band The Drunk Unkles, have raised close to $1 million through their annual fundraiser. Attendees of the InfoComm trade show in Orlando are encouraged to visit the band, which will be performing on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at BB King’s in Orlando. The event also marks the 10th anniversary of the Drunk Unkles’ formation.
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INDIO, CA — Rat Sound has been providing sound reinforcement for Coachella since 2001 when the festival was in its infancy. This year the Camarillo, California-based sound company deployed EAW’s Anya line arrays at two of the tents – Gobi and Yuma – to ensure attendees receive the best festival experience possible.
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Harman Professional, IED Audio, and SolariCorp collaborate to upgrade Stillwell Avenue Terminal (Coney Island Terminal)’s audio array with an integrated loudspeaker hardware & communications software system.
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ST. WENDEL, Germany – HK Audio is unveiled numerous new sound reinforcement solutions at this year’s Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, Germany, between April 15 and 18.
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UTRECHT, Holland – The IAB (Institute of Audio and Lighting Technology) in Utrecht, Holland, recently overhauled its audio equipment, selecting Allen & Heath’s GLD mixers and ME personal monitoring system as the new training tools for all its audio courses.
Read More »HK Audio has announced a series of Key Rack package solutions for rental, touring and professional musicians, as well as IPD passive speaker system solutions for audio installers.
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