CHARLOTTE, NC – Neutrik USA lauded five companies for product innovation with its 2014 premierPartner awards. 2014 honorees include Meyer Sound (LYON compact linear line array loudspeaker), Avid (VENUE | S3L-X console and accessories), EAW (OTTO adaptive subwoofer), EMG Pickups (electric guitar and bass output jack assemblies) and D’Addario/The American Stage (kill-switch cable).
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ALLEROED, Denmark – DPA Microphones has reorganized its distribution channels in South East Asia by appointing new distributors in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. The appointments reflect the company’s ongoing commitment to develop new business channels and support DPA’s influential customer base.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – When the Palace of Arts, Budapest and Hungary’s new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than a hundred years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and claims no peers in the whole of Central Europe. The recent addition of a DiGiCo SD10 mixing console to its audio inventory is helping to ensure this exceptional status is maintained into the future.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – The Grammy Museum, part of the LA LIVE complex in downtown Los Angeles, recently added 200 customized AKG headphones for its exhibits and programs. The interactive exhibits fill four floors and 30,000 square feet of space chronicling the history of music, the creative process and the art and technology of recording along with the history of the Grammy Awards program itself.
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BLACKPOOL, UK – When BBC’s flagship Saturday night Strictly Come Dancing entertainment show relocates once a year from Elstree Studios to the coruscating Blackpool Tower Ballroom, all the production infrastructure likewise heads north, with the OB recording trucks set up in a co-opted scanner park. With the hit show now in its 10th year, BBC Studios and Post Production’s Andy Tapley, and lead Sound Supervisor, Tony Revell, evolved an elegant workflow in Blackpool, mixing the show entirely on three HARMAN’s Studer digital consoles. For the first time on a Strictly OB, the topology was based on a conjoined Vista 8 and Vista 5, alongside a Vista 1, which handled the surround sound mix within Red TX’s reconfigured Red II 3D/7.1 OB truck. This also housed a dedicated grams area.
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SAINT-BRIEUC, Brittany, France — Contemporary musical theatre La Citrouille has upgraded its technical infrastructure with the purchase of two new Soundcraft digital desks from Harman distributor Eurolive. The newly released Vi3000 will principally be used for mixing the wide range of performances and events hosted at the venue, while the smaller Si Expression will handle monitors.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Each year at the end of November, thousands flock to RiverRink at Penn’s Landing for the winter holiday season. For more than 20 years, the Olympic sized skating rink there has been a focal point. This year, RiverRink is the centerpiece of a ‘pop up’ winter landscape with Christmas trees, fire pits and views of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and the Delaware River. RiverRink is also the site of the first U.S. installation of Powersoft’s Deva messaging system.
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SEATTLE, WA – Featuring free performances by Pharrell Williams and Soundgarden, the 2014 NFL Kickoff Event near Seattle’s CenturyLink Field.was heard via Harman’s JBL VTX line arrays powered by Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. New York-based Firehouse Productions provided the gear for the event.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Animal behaviorist Kevin Richardson has a way with lions and other big wild cats, and to support the audio needs for a documentary on his activities for British Sky Broadcasting’s Sky 1 TV, location sound recordist Sebastian Dunn has been using Digital Hybrid Wireless technology from Rio Rancho, NM-based Lectrosonics.
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BEIJING, China – In an effort to support the most influential economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region, local Harman distributor ACE recently provided sound reinforcement for the welcome banquet of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing. ACE supplied a full range of Harman audio equipment and technical support, featuring a JBL VTX line array system, Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers, Soundcraft Vi6 mixing consoles, and BSS BLU-800 signal processors.
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NEW YORK – Coinciding with the reopening of the reopening of the Rainbow Room, the famous restaurant perched on the 65th floor above Rockefeller Center, PBS recently broadcast a 60-minute primetime special, Michael Feinstein at The Rainbow Room. Feinstein’s long-time production manager and FOH engineer Andy Brattain once again turned to DPA Microphones for the production, including d:facto Vocal, d:vote 4099 Instrument, d:dicate 4011 Cardioid and d:screet Miniature mics.
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ATHENS, GA – For Sanford Stadium, the 93,000-capacity home to the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, Danley Sound Labs president Mike Hedden worked with Pete Dugas, president and founder of TSAV, on a system design for an audio upgrade that included Jericho Horns, SBH-10 column loudspeakers and BC-415 subwoofers. TSAV installed the gear, which has been credited for improving coverage, low-end extension and clarity within the stadium, now used for more musical performances along with sporting events.
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