LOS ANGELES — Tim Boot, production music mixer for the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, Jersey Boys, which hits the big screen June 20, relied primarily on DPA’s d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones and d:screet 4061 Omnidirectional Miniature Microphones to capture the live instruments on set.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — For the SBB/CFF Swiss Railway exhibition at Lausane Station here, K-array’s Swiss distributor, ZAP audio, provided 16 K-Array KAN200 (Anakonda) speakers, four K-Array KU36 sub-basses and two K-Array KV50s. The latter were installed on top of the two large LCD screens seen by the audience.
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WASHINGTON, DC — For the 25th annual National Memorial Day Concert, broadcast live May 25 from the U.S. Capitol’s West Lawn, PRG deployed one of the two recently-purchased L-Acoustics K2 systems. The event was hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise and performers including the National Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Nettles, Megan Hilty, the U.S. Army Chorus and Air Force Singing Sergeants.
Read More »HANOI – Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup Audio Video Mediensysteme GmbH’s system contractor department in Buttenheim (Germany) has been selected to equip the all-new Vietnamese parliament complex with cutting-edge conference and audio gear. The total investment for the new building facing the mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh is thought to be a nine-figure amount.
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LAS VEGAS – Outline will introduce the iP24, a multi-purpose 2-input/4-output DSP loudspeaker controller in a single rack space design. It combines all the features associated with the iMode platform with the ability to control external amplifiers and passive sound reinforcement systems. It also features Warped Frequency Finite Impulse Response filtering technology, which distributes the frequency resolution over a semi-logarithmic scale and produces a more natural auditory response.
Read More »SEATTLE – Symetrix has announced that the latest version of its popular SymNet Composer software will support native configuration of select Dante-enabled Attero Tech and Stewart Audio products. Settings affecting I/O levels, routing, and more may be defined with SymNet Composer 2.0, which gives customers the ability to consolidate design on a single software platform where previously multiple platforms were required.
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ANDOVER, MA –– Fishman, based here, added John Polino, a 23-year veteran of the Boston music scene, and Gary Lopez, a vocalist/guitarist who’s been performing professionally since he was 17, to its sales force.
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LAS VEGAS — A year ago at InfoComm, QSC unveiled its new PLD (production/live sound) and CXD (contracting) series amplifiers, which are now shipping. Pictured here, QSC’s Dale Sandberg talks about the technology. Available in several power configurations, all are 2-rackspace, Class-D multi-channel amps with slight feature set variations catering to their intended use, but sharing a radical new channel-combining methodology, with flexible onboard signal processing as well.
Read More »NEW YORK — On June 8, Brian Ronan and Steve Canyon Kennedy received Tony Awards, respectively, for “Best Sound Design of a Musical” (Beautiful – the Carole King Musical) and “Best Sound Design of a Play” (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill). On June 11, the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Award Administration Committee announced that both awards categories would be omitted from future Tony Awards ceremonies. The move prompted a considerable amount of shock and dismay in the audio community and beyond.
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EDEN, New York – When it came time for a new sound reinforcement system, Eden High School turned to Ashly Audio. The new system includes an Ashly ne4400 4-in x 4-out Protea DSP System Processor and a four-channel Ashly nX 1.54 amplifier, which packs four channels of 1500W output into just two rack spaces.
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Bose continues to expand the functionality of its ControlSpace and PowerMatch digital audio processing and amplifier systems with several new input and output accessory cards. The new ControlSpace cards, each for the ESP-00 II engineered sound processor, include the ControlSpace 4-Ch Mic/Line Input Card II; ControlSpace 4-Ch Line Output Card II and ControlSpace General Purpose I/O (GPIO) Card II. For PowerMatch amplifiers, the PowerMatch AES3 8-Channel Input Card offers a direct connection from digital audio mixing consoles.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 around 2:30 pm, Ricky J. Robinson, 59, died from injuries sustained after a fall from a third story window at the MGM Grand Conference Center here. Reports indicate that Robinson was not able to get out of the way when a cart used for transporting audio gear was accidentally put into reverse, pushing him out the window.
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