VIENNA – In recognition of Das Weisse Band, an award-winning film, Barbara Prammer, the Austrian parliamentary president, invited the film's director, Michael Haneke, to provide a special showing of the film to an audience of 700 VIPs. DiGiCo's local distributor, Ton Eichinger, provided a DiGiCo SD8 console for the event.
Read More »FULLERTON, CA, – The Slide Bar, opened by Jeremy Popoff, guitarist for alt-rockers Lit, was able to use Renkus-Heinz's new IC Live digitally steerable line array loudspeaker systems to minimize the need for acoustic treatments.
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LAS VEGAS – The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announced the addition to its Board of Advisors Peter Hendrickson of Tour Tech East, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. "It's a great honor to be the first Canadian on the board," Hendrickson said. "And I think it's good for the organization to welcome someone north of the border."
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SEATTLE, WA – Neumo's Crystal Ball and Reading Room recently purchased a Soundcraft 48-input Si2 console with 24 monitor sends from K. Berry Associates, which also provided the club's other sound and lighting systems. Plus 4 Marketing sold the Si2 console to K. Berry Associates.
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HONG KONG and ZHONGSHAN, China – MUSIC Group played host recently to over 100 Behringer VIP guests, including distributors, dealers and media representatives.
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LATHROP, CA – US Audio and Lighting has expanded with a new shop and office in Northern California led by Patrick Coughlin, formerly with R&R Sound. Coughlin is a 26-year veteran in the studio and live sound biz. US Audio was founded in the Los Angeles area by Pete Docter in 1988 after he worked for years as a freelance musician.
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SINGAPORE – The roar of F-16 fighter jets at the recent Singapore Airshow may have been impressive, but so was the clarity of the Danley Genesis Horns (GH-60s) at the event, according to Gerard Rodriquez, managing director of Expo AV-Insync Pte. Ltd., the A/V company that handled the show.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The refurbished Metropolitan Tabernacle in Belfast has been equipped with a Studer Vista 5 digital console, the first chosen for a U.K. church. The Tabernacle's in-house technical team, led by Trevor Bowron and Ian McAlees, who completed the install, said it was also the first digital console used by the church.
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Audio-Technica's BP892 MicroSet Subminiature Omnidirectional Condenser Headworn Microphone now comes standard with the company's AT8464 Dual-Ear Microphone Mount. The new AT8464 allows a single ear-worn BP892 MicroSet Headworn Mic to be converted to a dual-ear-worn unit.
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Allen & Heath has released a new version of its iLive firmware and Editor software, which includes a range of enhancements including support of the new iLive-R72 Control Surface, Dual-Rack input expansion, and "SuperStrip" user view in the Editor control software.
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BATON ROUGE, LA – Hurricane Gustav might not have flattened A.W. Mumford Stadium, the 29,500-seat sports venue for Southern University and A&M College, but it did knock out the sound system – and underscore the importance that an audio system can have to a college sports program.
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TIRANA, Albania – Prosound Shpk, EAW's Albanian distributor, designed and installed the sound system for a 600-capacity nightclub that reopened recently. Catering to the needs of DJs and live bands, the club, Mumja, has been equipped with eight EAW JFL210 Compact Line Array Modules and four EAW LA400 Subwoofers.
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