BACKNANG, Germany — d&b audiotechnik named Amnon Harman as CEO. He will be responsible for driving the continued success of company and be responsible for the further development and implementation of its strategic positioning.
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MANTECA, CA – The Christian Worship Center here recently purchased a Harman Soundcraft Vi6 digital console to better accommodate the Sunday and Wednesday services at its 2,000-seat venue. Lead sound engineer Bill Clark worked with San Francisco’s Novo Group and consultant Art Yeap on the digital upgrade.
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DULUTH, GA — Located inside a former Boeing missile factory building here, Cross Pointe Church recently upgraded with Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers and 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements. The new system replaces its nine-year-old Meyer Sound CQ-2 loudspeaker system, which will continue to serve in a second Cross Pointe campus that will open in late 2014.
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MIAMI BEACH, FL – Ocean’s Ten, a nightclub with indoor and outdoor dining areas, live music and DJs and a beachfront location, recently upgraded with Audio Video Lighting Innovations (AVLI)-supplied Community W2-2W8 loudspeakers.
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LOS ANGELES — Producer/recording artist Brian Marquis has chosen Telefunken’s M80 dynamic microphone for the Acoustic Basement Stage on the Van’s Warped Tour. Rat Sound is providing the P.A. for the tour. With more than 100 bands and artists, the Van’s Tour is covering most of North America this summer. The final show will be in Denver on Aug. 3.
POZNAN, Poland — Gigant Sound Letus, based here, recently augmented its inventory of Outline loudspeakers with an order that included 48 GTO, 32 GTO C-12, 64 DBS 18-2 subwoofers plus 12 flying frames. The added gear enables the company to split its Outline inventory into eight identical subsidiary systems. Each of these include six GTO, four GTO C-12 and eight subwoofers — powerful enough to handle a range of events, but also easily transported by truck, set up and flown or ground-stacked as needed.
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TOKYO – Pro sound company Katoya Recording Service, which was commissioned to provide sound for a 24.3-by-17.3 meter LED screen mounted on a roof overlooking the busy intersection at Hachiko Square here, also installed two Community Professional R.5-66T loudspeakers and a Community R.5-HPT.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Reach Communications, based here, recently added a new NEXO STM line array system. The company, which had already invested in more than 130 NEXO enclosures can now offer a total of 192 NEXO boxes, and 34 NXAmp 4×4 and 4 NXAmp 4×1 amplifiers to rental customers. Event services manager Dan Brown noted that the latest purchase will help Reach support the needs of bigger shows requiring a large format line array with 145+ dB peak output per box.
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KYOTO, Japan — The Brothers Four, founded by University of Washington fraternity brothers and known for their early 1960s hits “Greenfields,” “Seven Daffodils” and “Green Leaves of Summer,” recently completed a 21-show Golden Japan Tour. OTA Audio provided an Adamson Metrix loudspeaker system.
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ROHNERT PARK, CA — Sonoma State University’s Green Music Center has added L-Acoustics components to enhance the sound for concertgoers at the 1,400-seat venue, which opens to a 5,000-capacity back lawn. Solotech tested alternate solutions and ended up choosing L-Acoustics components for the project.
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WICHITA, KS – Matthew Pennington, who has more than 20 years of marketing and business experience, has joined Galaxy Audio’s Inside Sales and Support team.
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RASTATT, Germany — Lawo, based here, named Ralf Schimmel director of global sales. Prior to joining Lawo, Schimmel was chairman of the board at a system integration and a service company. He has also previously worked as a sales director for many years.
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