NASHVILLE – Looking to trim ticket prices despite soaring fuel costs on its Love Come to Life Tour, Nashville-based Christian rock band Big Daddy Weave slimmed down production by trading conventional loudspeakers and amp racks for Meyer Sound's MINA compact line array loudspeakers. This tour was the first for MINA, the newest addition to Meyer Sound's MILO family of self-powered line array loudspeakers.
Read More »KIDDERMINSTER, U.K. – Music Group announced organizational changes at Midas and Klark Teknik following the departure of former MD John Oakley at the beginning of June. Ian Riley, who joined Midas and Klark Teknik from Harman earlier this year, has been named VP Operations and R&D, while Jonathan Chitty is VP Customer Support, a new division which handles day-to-day commercial and financial matters.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Eight audio manufacturers have formed an organization whose mission is to secure the standardization of the Open Control Architecture (OCA), a media networking system-control standard for professional applications. The founding members of the alliance include Bosch Communications Systems, d&b audiotechnik, Duran Audio, Loud Technologies, Media Technology Systems, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Salzbrenner StageTec Mediagroup and tc Group.
Read More »ORLANDO – InfoComm has recognized Meyer Sound as a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) Program Provider. Offered by the company's worldwide education program, the two-day seminar on "Fundamentals of System Design, Implementation and Optimization" is now a CTS-accredited curriculum. Participants completing the seminar can earn six renewal units (RUs) toward the program's requirements for maintaining certified status as CTS general, CTS-D (design), or CTS-I (installation).
Read More »LAS VEGAS – The deadline for FRONT of HOUSE readers to nominate the top regional sound companies in the U.S. and Canada is coming up:… Read More »June 30 Deadline for 2011 Hometown Hero Sound Company Nominations
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Peavey announced that participants in its MediaMatrix Certification training courses now earn renewal unit credits for InfoComm's Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) and Certified Technology Specialist – Design (CTS-D) professional credentials upon completion of the MediaMatrix Basic or Advanced courses.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Aviom named Mark Meding regional sales manager for the eastern U.S. and Canada. Meding's years of experience in the pro audio industry include owning his own rep firm and representing companies through another manufacturers' rep firm. He also has experience working for systems integrators.
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ASUNCION, Paraguay – NJ Audio & Lighting supported a mid-May celebration of Paraguay's bicentennial with Proel Edge bi-amplified monitors for the main stage and two Proel Axiom clusters with relative sub-woofers for side-fills.
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Peavey's NWare Mobile application, a customizable user interface for controlling MediaMatrix NION digital audio systems from an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch device, lets designers and integrators construct, program and deploy wireless control interfaces within MediaMatrix without the expense of traditional third-party control systems.
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ARRAS, France – RCF partner Technic Audio Light installed a new RCF Acustica sound system for Le Carre, a nightclub in Arras' Maroeuil district. Le Carre has three dance floors and an average capacity of 1,000 people.
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SOUTH WINDSOR, CT – Telefunken Elektroakustik configured a blinged-up wireless stage mic featuring rapper Snoop Dogg's name in chrome and jewels. The Telefunken Custom Shop adapted the mic with a custom-finished Shure UR-2 transmitter, which now sports the new Telefunken Elektroakustik M80-WH capsule.
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DALLAS – Crescent Sound and Light, a Louisiana-based production and systems integration company, recently upgraded the sound systems for several exhibits at the Dallas World Aquarium with Technomad Noho and Vienna advanced audio loudspeakers. The speakers are used to reproduce voice and full-range musical audio in the Giant River Otter and Crocodile displays in the Orinoco exhibition area, and also for the Temple of the Jaguar in the Mundo Maya exhibition area.
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