CUREPIPE, Mauritius – George V Stadium here recently approved the installation of One Systems Direct Weather, high-output loudspeakers. Prosound (Pty) Ltd. of Johannesburg, South Africa performed the site analysis and system design. Rentacolor Mauritius LTD, installed the loudspeakers. George V Stadium is the home of the island nation’s national football (soccer) team, nicknamed Club M.
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The Eminence PSD:3014 is a new 1.4” exit compression driver in the company’s line of HF products. It has a 100W continuous AES power rating, a 3″ voice coil and a recommended minimum crossover frequency of 800 Hz.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio is seeing a growing number of up-and-coming live engineers turning to Waves Live tools, including Brett Orrison, FOH engineer for The Black Angels. For the band’s 2013 Indigo Meadow tour, Orrison is using Waves’ MultiRack SoundGrid System with two DSP servers and an Allen & Heath iDR64 that is equipped with an M-Waves card and the iLive T112 surface. He uses a Dell Precision Laptop to steer the SoundGrid DSP servers while multi-track recording with PreSonus Studio One.
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NEW YORK — For the new Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, sound designer Nevin Steinberg outfitted the cast with 30 DPA 4061 Omnidirectional Miniature wireless microphones. Steinberg chose the gear for its unobtrusive appearance and transparent sound quality.
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NAPLES, Italy — During the 96th Giro d’Italia, which began May 4 in Naples and concluded 3,405 kilometers later on May 26 in Brescia, Riedel provided host broadcaster RAI with MediorNet and RockNet networks to link the announce booth, finish line and remote production areas.
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Aviom, manufacturer of the iconic A-16II Personal Mixer and industry leader in personal mixing, announced that its new AN-16/i v.2 Input Module, which supports the company’s A360 Personal Mixer, is now shipping. The AN-16/i v.2 converts 16 line-level analog audio channels to a Pro16e A-Net digital stream
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Audinate announced that its new Dante Ultimo networking platform is now shipping. Ultimo is an integrated, cost-effective 13×13 mm chip, targeted for low-channel networked audio equipment. Ultimo extends Dante networking to a wide range of audio devices.
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ELON, NC — Audio & Light provided audio support for 2013 commencement ceremonies at Elon University here that included a speech by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. A Yamaha CL5 digital audio console, provided by Draughon Brothers of Fayetteville, NC, handled mixing duties for the speech and for other graduation events.
Read More »TORONTO — The Ontario Ministry of Labor, which has been investigating what led to the structural collapse that killed drum tech Scott Johnson, 33, on June 16, 2012, filed eight charges against Live Nation Canada Inc. and Live Nation Ontario Concerts GP Inc., four charges against Optex Staging & Services Inc., and a single charge against Domenic Cugliari, an engineer based in Bolton, ON, according to reports.
Read More »MONTREAL — Luminex Network Intelligence has joined the AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium that certifies IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) products for interoperability. Luminex is a Belgium-based developer of lighting control, pro audio and video data distribution equipment for the entertainment industry.
Read More »NORTHRIDGE, CA — Que Audio announces the appointment of Indiana-based Starin as the exclusive distributor in the US and Canada for Que Audio’s full range of Performance and Solution Series product lines, effective July, 2013. Adding Que Audio to Starin’s already impressive resume of products is a “step in the right direction” says Que Audio’s general manager, Paul Heaton.
LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces that pro audio designer Mark Engebretson will be the 2013 Parnelli Audio Innovator Award recipient. “The name Mark Engebretson is one that may not be immediately recognized by the rank-and-file of the audio community,” states FOH editor George Petersen. “However, during his distinguished 40-plus year career, he developed and created products for Altec Lansing and Paramount Pictures and later with JBL Professional, QSC and a slew of others.”
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