WorxAudio Technologies, a leading manufacturer of loudspeaker systems for the pro touring and install markets is now shipping its TrueLine Series TL215S-P bass loudspeaker system. The systems features a compact form factor that is designed for both touring sound and fixed installations.
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Rational Acoustics LLC’s Noise Stick, an acoustic test and and measurement product, does one thing: generate pink noise. It requires no batteries and no configuration. It does not even have a power switch. Users simply plug it into a phantom-powered microphone input, and it will generate pink noise. Unplug it, and it stops.
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LONDON — Insync Productions generated 3,491,000 watts of sound for the wide range of shows on which they were responsible for AV production, much of it pumped out through Martin Audio sound reinforcement systems.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — For the Kanye West “Glow in the Dark” tour — which also featured performances by Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, N.E.R.D, and Nas — Stage Audio Productions relied on AKG wireless technologies including the WMS 4000 wireless system and the IVM 4 in ear monitoring system. The year-long tour visited 40 cities on six continents.
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KUNGSBACKA, Sweden — Lab.gruppen has announced its acquisition of the Lake trademarks and the exclusive rights for use of Dolby® Lake® Processor (DLP) technology for both Touring and Permanent Sound Reinforcement markets, from Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Pictured here, from left: Carl Rohdell, Håkan Gustafsson, Tomas Lilja, Emil Tirén and Klas Dalbjörn.
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FOXBOROUGH, MA —NFL’s New England Patriots’ Hall at Patriot Place, adjacent to Gillette Stadium, has an array of interactive and immersive multimedia exhibits and an AV system engineered, installed and supplied by Electrosonic. The installation in the 36,000-square-foot facility, which includes sensor-triggered audio tracks, was project-managed by Gary Barnes. “The results were incredible,” he said
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TORONTO — Score Media Inc. recently went live with a new multi-million dollar studio for their sports network, available in 6.4 million homes. The technical operations staff selected Lectrosonics wireless systems for their programs, which include Court Surfing (NBA highlights) and The Score Tonight sports news program. The gear was purchased through Trew Audio, and the Toronto office of Applied Electronics handled installation of the equipment.
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LONDON — Twickenham Stadium, England’s National Rugby Team stadium, recently raising its seating capacity from 75,000 to 82,000 and updated its audio system as well using D.A.S. sound systems. Sysco performed the upgrade, led by Hugo Roche. Roland Hemming, an audio consultant and job project manager who also works for D.A.S., was also involved with the project. Hemming also works for D.A.S. Audio’s distributor for the U.K., Sennheiser UK.
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MILWAUKEE — Supporting their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, Metallica is hitting arenas across the U.S. and Canada in an in-the-round production that includes Apogee X-Series converters for both A/D and D/A conversion. Thunder Audio of Taylor, Mich. chose an all-digital drive system setup with eight Apogee converters for 64 channels of I/O.
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The N8000-1500, based on the technology inside the Electro-Voice NetMax N8000, has a new DSP-2 engine with three dual-core processors, expanding the total processing power to 1500 MIPS. Each input or output card added to a chassis provides an additional DSP engine and another 100 MIPS of processing power. A fully loaded chassis provides 1900 MIPS of processing — almost double the power of the original N8000. Options and add-ons include the CobraNet interface, NetMax’s monitoring and supervision options, FIR-Drive, and control options provided by IRIS-Net.
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RALEIGH, NC — Meredith College was looking for a system that could handle stage productions and 5.1 surround for movies for its 620-seat Jones Auditorium. It opted for a Danley Loudspeaker system, installed by Frank Locklear, AV specialist for Gainesville, Ga.-based dB Audio & Video.
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