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Community R.5 in White

Community R.5 in White

Community Professional Loudspeakers is offering their R.5 weather-resistant loudspeakers in both standard black and white finishes. All R.5 models, including the short throw, two-way R.5Z, the medium throw, three-way R.5HP, the full range, two-way R.5COAX and the R.5SUB 12-inch subwoofer, can now be ordered in black, white or the original neutral light gray finish. All are covered by a five-year limited component warranty and a 15-year limited enclosure warranty.

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Avid Pro Tools MP9 Now Available

BURNINGTON, MA – Avid announced the availability of Pro Tools MP 9, with features including Automatic Delay Compensation and MP3 export capability. The product is available standalone, or bundled with the M-Audio MobilePre, Fast Track Pro or Fast Track Ultra interfaces.

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Manufacturer Co-Sponsored WATS Seminars Planned

SAN JOSE, CA – Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Yamaha Corporation of America, Shure, ProPresenter and Elation Lighting will hold the next Worship Arts Technology Summit (WATS) at the Cathedral of Faith Church in San Jose. Along with the seminar, set for July 15-16, an introductory "boot camp" will take place July 14.

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Ed Wannebo to Receive Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award

LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announced that Ed Wannebo, longtime production manager for Kenny Chesney, will receive the live event industry's highest honor, the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, at the gala dinner and ceremony to be held Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Orlando during LDI.

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Looking Back, and Ahead

Hi Everyone,

I'd like to introduce myself, though most of you already know me. Like many I started out playing in a band. We occasionally lost a musician and had to break a new one in. During one of these "personnel transitions," a previous guitarist called to rent my equipment and hire me to haul it and run it. In the 1970s, PA wasn't much bigger or more complicated than my drum kit. And I didn't have a gig that weekend.

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Prince Welcome 2 America Tour Gets Support from Rat Sound

Rat Sound is providing sound reinforcement for the current leg of Prince's Welcome 2 America tour. The system consists of six hangs of 10 L-Acoustics K1 in the round with 42 dV-DOSC and 40 SB28 subs powered by L-Acoustics LA8 amplifiers, and engineers Majid Malki and Fred Lucas are using an analog Midas Heritage 3000 console.

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Show Report: Prolight+Sound 2011

To download a PDF covering Prolight+Sound 2011, CLICK HERE .

This year's Frankfurt Prolight+Sound (PL+S) exhibition was significantly more buoyant than 2010's event. As with last September's PLASA show in London, there was definitely more of a buzz and manufacturers seemed to have positive expectations for the coming months, which is reassuring for our industry.

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