PORTLAND, OR — Audinate named Dave Anderson director of sales. Anderson comes to Audinate from Avid, where he spent 18 years working on behalf of Pro Tools and other audio, video, storage, and asset management technology products.
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ANAHEIM, CA – Radial Engineering Ltd.’s Firefly tube direct box. featured at Winter NAMM 2012, is a fully discrete class-A unity gain amplifier designed for both studio and live performance. The Firefly has two inputs, each with a separate level control to let artists set each instrument with optimal gain. Switching between inputs can be can be done using the front panel switch or via the optional JR2 remote footswitch. The instrument signal is routed to a tuner output that is always on. When used with the JR2 footswitch, the Firefly may also be muted remotely for quiet on-stage tuning. Both the footswitch and front panel are equipped with LED indicators for status monitoring.
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WAXAHACHIE, TX — Sound Bridge Acoustic Labs has named industry veteran Joel Motel as its vice president of sales and marketing. Reporting to Sound Bridge’s president, I. Christopher Cole, Motel will drive and manage strategic sales and marketing activities for the company. “With a wealth of audio industry sales experience and a solid understanding of the market, Joel is a welcome asset to Sound Bridge,” said Cole. Prior to joining Sound Bridge, Motel held sales management positions with Harman Professional.
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PHILADELPHIA — Rumor is drawing capacity crowds to its two large dance floors, a bar room, and a private VIP “vault.” Ian Hoffer of Aurora Sound and Light Design LLC, who designed and installed Rumor’s sound system, as well as all lighting and effects, chose an all-Meyer Sound array for Rumor’s main room, using four CQ-2 loudspeakers and six 600-HP subwoofers, and, for DJ monitoring, two UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers and one UMS-1P subwoofer. The bar room features three more UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers.
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MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi, Indonesia – Zion School, which serves over 700 students from kindergarten through high school, recently completed construction of a new building housing a 750-seat multi-purpose auditorium. Symetrix distributor PT Gracia Auvindo and local dealer JK Sound provided an audio system that includes processing via Symetrix Jupiter 8.
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MOSCOW— Harman Professional named Sergey Trotskiy director of business development for the Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. Trotskiy will serve as a liaison between Harman Professional and its distributors and customers in the region.
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MANILA — Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) 1,500-seat Newport Performing Arts Theater has been equipped with a Clear-Com FreeSpeak wireless system and Encore partyline intercoms to facilitate production staff communications.
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TORONTO — Adamson Systems Engineering added Ryan Grant to the international sales team at the company’s head office here. Grant, who has more than 10 years of experience in tour management, production management, and at both the FOH and monitors positions, has worked with acts including Hawksley Workman, Great Big Sea, Our Lady Peace, and Sloan, as well as rental companies Sound Plus Show Systems and Towers Productions (now part of Clair Global).
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ANAHEIM, CA — Sennheiser launched its XS Wireless Series at the 2012 NAMM Show. Promising a way for small event and conference venues and houses of worship to benefit from an RF wireless system, the transmitters have a battery life of up to 10 hours, while a switching bandwidth of up to 24 MHz allows for flexibility in the choice of frequencies. The series includes two vocal sets, an instrument system and presentation sets with clip-on microphone or a headmic.
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ANAHEIM, CA — Mackie introduced its DL1608 for live mixing at Winter NAMM 2012. The DL1608 promises the power of a full-featured digital mixer with the ease and mobility of an iPad. Features include 16 Onyx mic preamps and 24bit Cirrus Logic AD/DA converters with seamless wired to wireless iPad control. Along with the ability to mix from anywhere in the venue, the Mackie DL1608 can be used with plugins for EQ, dynamics, effects and more. The DL1608 supports up to 10 iPad devices.
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ANAHEIM, CA — Audio-Technica’s product highlights at Winter NAMM 2012 included the new AT2005USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone (pictured here), for computer recording and live sound applications; ATM510 Cardioid and ATM610a Hypercardioid Dynamic Handheld Microphones; and special-edition versions of classic A-T gear that are part of the company’s celebration of its 50th year.
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ANAHEIM, CA — Shure introduced its ULX-D digital wireless system at NAMM 2012. The system features new technology that promises a combination of audio quality, signal stability and spectral efficiency. Up to 14 ULX-D systems can operate in one six MHz TV channel.
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