NEWPORT, RI – At the Sennheiser Sound Lounge at the Paste Ruins during this year’s Newport Folk Festival, Sennheiser and Paste Magazine hosted performances by Amanda Palmer (pictured here), The Milk Carton Kids, Justin Townes Earle, Langhorne Slim and others over the course of the three-day event. The live performances were captured and relayed to a broader audience.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — From Thursday evening, October 24 through Saturday, October 26, 2013, PreSonus will host PreSonuSphere 2013, the company’s third annual user conference. One- and two-day passes are available.
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LAS VEGAS — The 2013 Parnelli Nomination Form is now open through late September — Sept. 27, at 5 pm PST, to be precise. All FRONT of HOUSE readers now have the opportunity to choose the people, companies and products that will appear on the final 2013 Parnelli ballot. That ballot will be posted online for voting throughout the month of October. The awards ceremony is set for Nov. 23, 2013.
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LUTON, U.K. – Cadac has increased the R&D team at its headquarters here to 25 people, with the recent addition of nine new employees hired from universities in the U.K. and abroad. The growing R&D ranks reflect the commitment of Soundking Group, Cadac’s parent company, to investments in new product design and engineering.
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BUFFALO, NY – Professional audio engineer David Perry recently purchased a Harman Soundcraft Si Expression 3 mixing console for use on a variety of regional events. A member of Buffalo, New York-based systems integration firm Ronco Specialized Systems and freelance broadcast engineer, Perry has already put the Si Expression 3 to the test this summer, using it for a variety of functions, including music festivals, corporate events and “Taste of Buffalo,” the second-largest food festival in the United States.
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COLLEGE STATION, TX – Located a few miles from Texas A&M University, the new campus of College Station, TX-based College Station High School features a wealth of cutting-edge AV systems. More than 130 Meyer Sound loudspeakers are installed in 14 separate systems in the school’s classrooms, athletic facilities, and main theatre. These systems were designed by Houston-based HFP Acoustical Consultants.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — The Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) began when iconic music venues along the famous boulevard banded together for a collaborative live music event. It has since expanded into the street, and for 2013 edition, Sound Image supported Linkin Park, Street Drum Corps, Finch, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and AWOLnation with Harman components including a JBL VTX system and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers.
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The G-TOUR SIEXP series of cases from Gator Cases are designed to transport Soundcraft’s Si Expression series, including the console-maker’s 16, 24 and 32 channel boards.
Read More »DALY CITY, CA — The Avid S3L, a brand new modular, networked design for live sound mixing, is now shipping. Avid S3L promises the performance, sound quality and features that countless live sound professionals have come to rely on in a system architecture that’s built for the future. The new modular Avid S3L System is comprised of an innovative high-performance HDX-powered processing engine running VENUE software and AAX DSP plug-ins, scalable remote I/O, a compact EUCON-enabled control surface, and Pro Tools® software for integrated live sound mixing and recording.
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BALTIMORE — DiGiCo, Event Tech and Group One, Ltd. are joint sponsors of a two-day Masters Series seminar set for Baltimore Aug. 27-28. The free two-day event is designed to give new and advanced DiGiCo users everything they need to get a show up and going. It will be held at Event Tech’s facility at 7601 Brandon Woods Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21226; 410.360.5006.
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NEW YORK, NY — Masque Sound promoted Stephanie Hansen, who first joined the company in 2004, vice president. She will also continue to perform in her role of general manager, a title she has held since 2008. Her new position includes an expanded focus on the development and acquisition of new business.
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ANDOVER, MA –– Fishman named Bill Norton VP of Retail Sales. Formerly a professional musician with a background in global distribution and sales, Norton also spent several years as Chief Operating Officer at New Hampshire-based Earthworks Microphones before joining Fishman.
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