BIRMINGHAM, UK — FBT, a first-time exhibitor at the DJ-oriented BPM exhibition held at the NEC here Oct. 6-8, made some noise beyond its booth with its new white-finish Vertus products put to good use at the Denon DJ stand.
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LAS VEGAS — Parnelli Week is here! The PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament takes place at the Arroyo Golf Club in Las Vegas Oct. 18. Then, the 12th annual Parnelli Awards Dinner takes place at the Mirage Las Vegas Oct. 20. And the last chance to order tickets online at parnelliawards.com will be at 3 pm on Wed., Oct. 17. If any tickets are still available after that, they will be sold at the door for all events…but they will definitely be in very limited quantities. So why gamble? Be sure to get your reservations in today!
Read More »ITALY — Pro audio distributor Exhibo has signed on as a distributor for RED Lighting srl, a new Italy-based LED lighting manufacturer.
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BRONX, NY — Masque Sound worked with Akustiks LLC to upgrade the audio system at the auditorium for New York’s MS-223 in the South Bronx, which is also known as The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. The new system includes EAW speakers, Listen Technologies transmitters and receivers, Audix microphones, a Clear-Com PS-702 intercom and Crestron TPMC-9 tilt touch screen controls.
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LONDON — Norwest Productions, which has been supporting the production needs of Olympics ceremonies since the Sydney games in 2000, wrapped up its latest Olmpian effort with the closing show for the Paralympics in London in early September.
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SAN PIERO A SIEVE, Italy — K-array drew more than 80 people from around the world to its headquarters here for its first Global Distributors Meeting (GDM) Oct. 2-3, 2012. The GDM represented a chance for the company and its distributors to all meet face to face and discuss new products and noteworthy installations.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College here has installed a new Allen & Heath iLive T112 digital console and iDR-48 mix rack. Built in 1991, the auditorium stages nearly 20 student- and faculty-directed performances annually. The 815-seat venue is also used by professional and community groups for a variety of entertainment, including symphonies, musicals, lectures and film festivals.
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GDANSK, Poland — For a Jennifer Lopez performance that drew nearly 25,000 to PGE Arena Stadium here recently, Gigantsound Letus provided a JBL VerTec system powered by 80 Powersoft K Series amplifiers.
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SASKATOON, SK Canada — The Canadian Country Music Awards, held at the Credit Union Centre here, used a JBL system tuned with HiQnet Performance Manager, pictured here. PA Plus provided 48 JBL VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array elements (12 per side for the main PA and 12 per side for outfill), plus 16 VT4880 fullsize arrayable subwoofers and eight SRX712M loudspeakers for front fill. Sixty-eight Crown I-Tech 5000 HD amplifiers powered the system.
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ORANGE, CA – SKB Corporation named Will Steven product and OEM Manager. He will develop new case designs, work with manufacturers on OEM projects and manage and update current products while working with customers on case suggestions or concerns. Prior to SKB, Steven gained experience at Full Compass’ pro audio, video, lighting and MI sales departments. Prior to joining Full Compass in 2007, Steven worked in the repair department at Ward Brodt Music.
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TROMSO, Norway — The Hålogaland Theatre here is putting its new DPA d:fine Headset Microphones through their paces for the venue’s current musical, which runs from Sept. 6 to Nov. 28. Jim Oddvar Hansen, head of sound at the venue, credited the headset microphones not just for performance but for user comfort as well — undoubtedly making the cast of Les Misérables less miserable.
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UTRECHT, The Netherlands — The summer production of Orfeo ed Euridice involved a number of challenges, including the need for veteran opera singers to get used to in-ear monitors and an FOH position by the floating orchestra pit on a pond near Soestdijk Palace here. Amco Flashlight Rental provided a DiGiCo SD7 at FOH and a DiGiCo SD9 at monitors.
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