WOODINVILLE, WA — LOUD Technologies Inc. named Tony Del Gianni vice president of operations. Del Gianni will oversee LOUD’s manufacturing and operations, including its procurement, service and support team functions. He comes to LOUD from Harman Professional.
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LONDON — In its 21st year, PLASA 2012 marks the final staging of the annual exhibition at Earls Court & Olympia before the show moves to ExCeL London (and the month of October) for 2013. Along with panel sessions on the industry’s involvement in this year’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012 Olympics, there were plenty of new professional audio products on display.
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LONDON — At the 2012 PLASA show, Klark Teknik unveiled the DN9610 AES Repeater. The unit is an easy to use, cost-effective solution for extending AES50 multichannel digital audio network connections (Cat-5e/Cat-6 cabling) to greater distances than previously achievable.
With two independent AES50 ports, the DN9610 is capable of extending two AES50 streams by up to 100m (330ft) and multiple DS9610s can be daisy chained in series for longer runs. Each AES50 feed can carry 24 bidirectional channels at 96 kHz or 48 bidirectional channels at 48 kHz.
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“Innovative live sound solutions” and “World’s first smart mixing system,” they say. While a newcomer to the speaker/mixer market, Line 6 has a long history in technology, from its POD-enabled guitar processing to its respected family of XD digital wireless units. And with that in mind, I wanted to investigate these new speakers and mixer.
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AMSTERDAM – At the IBC broadcasting show in Amsterdam Sept. 7-11, Sennheiser showed Digital 9000. The culmination of a 10-year effort, and the largest R&D project in the company’s history, Sennheiser Digital 9000 is an all-digital wireless system that promises the ability to transmit completely uncompressed audio, artifact-free and with superb dynamics.
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LAS VEGAS — FRONT of HOUSE readers — and that means YOU — have nominated the top individuals and companies involved in sound and production support for the Parnelli Awards, set for Oct. 20 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. (Yes, tickets are still available!) The final ballot is now online, and voting is now under way — but only through Sept. 30. This is it for 2012 — don’t miss out! Go to www.parnelliawards.com/vote and let YOUR voice be heard!
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LONDON, Ontario, Canada — Solotech Inc. received the CITT Supplier Achievement Award from the Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology (CITT). The award was presented Aug. 18 at a banquet during the conference held here. Solotech president Denis Lefrançois, pictured here, accepted the award. It is presented annually to the individual or company that has shown sustained commitment to providing excellent service and products to the Canadian cultural industries community.
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SAN DIEGO, CA — VUE Audiotechnik, which staged a series of demos in August, announced plans in early September to expand the U.S. leg of their demo tour by another eight weeks. Plans call for a series of demos overseas after that.
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LONGMONT, CO – Bassist and vocalist artist Esperanza Spalding is currently touring with her new group, the Radio Music Society, with a full microphone setup from DPA Microphones, including the new d:facto Vocal Microphone.
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SHANGHAI, China — Sennheiser China and Real Live Entertainment supported events related to Formula 1 auto racing events at the Shanghai International Circuit earlier this year with KR400S speakers, chosen for performance, compact dimensions and other design features.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Focusrite’s new portable audio interface, Forte, is designed to serve as a two-input, four-output USB 2.0 audio interface that works with Mac and PC. It has two remote control mic preamps, as used in Focusrite’s RedNet range of professional audio interfaces, and uses 24-bit/192kHz A-D/D-A converters. The product is slated for release in October, with MSRP $749.99 / $599.99 at dealers. Forte features a color OLED (Organic LED) display to indicate input and output signal levels, mic preamp gain and other information, with motion graphics providing users with detailed visual information. A single control knob operates with touch-sensitive icon buttons to give users control over input and output levels and DAW control parameters.
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DUBAI, UAE — Showtech Sound & Light Design, based here, added a JBL VTX line array system to its existing inventory, which includes a JBL VerTec line array system and wide range of other products from Harman. Showtech purchased the system from Dubai-based Harman distributor GSL Professional LLC. The system consists of 24 VTX V25 line array loudspeakers along with 16 VTX S28 subwoofers. To power the VTX system, Showtech purchased 32 Crown I-Tech HD 12000 amplifiers.
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