LAS VEGAS – Harman Professional announced a partnership with information display and paging specialist Com-Net Software to launch a series of new communication technologies starting with a co-branded IDX Information Delivery Systems introduced at InfoComm.
Read More »BELLINGHAM, WA – Roland Systems Group announced plans for a six-city V-Mixing tour in September and October, 2010. The tour will feature the latest V-Mixer, the M-300 Live Mixing Console, and the full REAC (Roland Ethernet Audio Communication) lineup of products, including Digital Snakes, Merge Technology, MADI Bridge, Personal Mixing and Multi-Channel Recording.
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RED DEER, Alberta, Canada – Word of Life Church Lead Pastor Jachin Mullen, who is also Word of Life's music director, relied upon Brendon and Aaron Gerber – brothers, church members, and principals of AV company Absolute Music – to choose new gear so that the church – which expanded by 50 percent after removing a temporary back wall several years ago – would have an audio system that worked well for up to 1,300 worshippers.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Clear-Com's CellCom digital wireless intercom system is being used for underwater shows at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium. The system lets diver-presenters chat with audience members while immersed in up to 25 feet of water.
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HOUSTON – Maxwell is currently touring with Jill Scott, with Clair Global providing a DiGiCo SD7 for the artists' monitor needs, mixed by Maxwell's Clay Hutson, pictured here, and Scott's Jim Roach.
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BANGOR, North Wales, U.K. – The temperatures soared to sizzling for the BBC's One Big Weekend in Vaynol Park, kicking off the 2010 Festival season in the U.K., with Adlib supplying sound for five areas of the festival and lighting for two.
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MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) has chosen a Calrec Zeta mixing console for a new mobile production facility slated for delivery this summer. The 40-fader, 108-channel Zeta will enable the public television station's new HD mobile production facility, currently being built by L-3 Communications with integration services from By Request Communications, to deliver 42 stereo plus 24 mono channels of audio.
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SINGEN, Germany – The Civic Center ("Stadthalle") of Singen, Germany hosts musical and non-musical theater, comedy and rock concerts. Its sound system was also ready for an upgrade.
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CHICAGO, IL – Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, Ill. provided a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital console for the "last big show" at Buddy Guy's original Legend's Club in Chicago. The club, celebrating 20 years in business, is owned by the five-time Grammy winning guitarist. It will close and reopen at a new location nearby.
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CHICAGO – The Shedd Aquarium updated its Oceanarium with upgraded lighting, video, and sound. Independent audio systems designer Jonathan Laney used Danley gear to overcome the challenges posed by cement surfaces and "swimming pool acoustics."
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LAS VEGAS-The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announces that Al Siniscal will receive the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award honoring his influential career in the live entertainment industry, which included his pioneering development of bi- and tri-amplification powered speakers.
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BODO, Norway – It may be north of the Arctic Circle, but the Bodo Kulturhus offers residents and visitors a performing arts center for locally-staged and touring theatrical and musical productions. The Kulturhus has recently added a Soundcraft Vi6 console to its inventory, with sale made through LydRommet, the Norwegian distributors for Soundcraft Studer, and service provided by local sound specialist Lydteamet Bodo.
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