LAS VEGAS – Lee Pepper of RRS Audio used a SAC Software Audio Console for a televised tribute to composer Michel Legrand at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The event, hosted by Jon Voight and Jennifer O'Neill, featured Dionne Warwick, George Benson, Melissa Manchester, Frank Sinatra Jr., Andy Williams, Jerry Lewis and others performing with a 66-piece orchestra.
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TARPON SPRINGS, FL – For Grace Family Church's newest satellite campus, Grace Church East Lake, church officials sought concert-level sound, HD video and LED lighting systems. They turned to Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) for help.
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NEW YORK – The David H. Koch Theater, part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, has been home to the ballet and opera performances since opening in 1964. It was recently upgraded from an analog to digital sound system, which includes DiGiCo's SD8 console.
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MIAMI – Martin Audio's dance system at London's Ministry of Sound was voted Best Club Sound System Design at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA). In all, the IDMA awards competition received more than a million votes from music enthusiasts in 183 countries. There are 57 award categories, and the awards are a focal point of the annual Winter Music Conference in Miami.
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BACKNANG, Germany – After almost two decades, d&b audiotechnik has superceded its E3 loudspeaker with the new E6. Smaller and lighter, the E6 still manages to equal or exceed the E3's performance characteristics, according to the company. It is designed to fit between the E0 and E8 loudspeakers within the d&b audiotechnik's E-Series product range.
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AUSTIN, TX – One of the main elements of any live performance is the mixing console, but the 10-piece R&B/soul band Memphis Train Revue and their engineer James Duvall have been successful with a new paradigm. The band's sound system is designed around Allen & Heath's iDR-32 MixRack connected to a laptop, eliminating the mixing console completely.
Read More »NORTHRIDGE, CA – AKG USA announced a trade-in rebate program that allows owners of any old 700 MHz system to trade it in and receive cash rebate following the purchase of a new AKG non-700 MHz band wireless system, or components that comprise a system.
Read More »BEAVERTON, OR – AVnu Alliance, an industry forum dedicated to promoting the adoption of the IEEE 802.1 AVB (Audio Video Bridging) standards and the related IEEE 1722 and 1733 for professional A/V, automotive and consumer applications, recently hosted its second PlugFest and welcomed new members.
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EDMONTON, Alberta – Allstar Show Industries recently completed a design/build installation for Beulah Ministries in Edmonton on both their main and satellite campus. Dwayne Plishka, project manager, is also the technical director for the ministry.
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SYDNEY – Dubology Studios recently unveiled the DubMobile, a mobile facility featuring a 128 channel DiGiCo DS-00 digital console with two EX-00 fader expansion modules, DiGiRack and MiNi-DiGiRack, with up to 288 tracks of multitrack recording on to ProTools HD, Steinberg Nuendo and MOTU Digital Performer.
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The Radial PowerPre microphone preamplifier fits inside a standard API style lunchbox frame. Its differential design and discreet components deliver up to 60dB of gain with low noise. The simplicity of the design is reminiscent of vintage equipment, and it avoids zero-cross distortion and other limitations imposed by off-the-shelf op-amps.
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The Smart DI from Optogate features an integrated microcontroller and an LCD display to address some of the problems commonly associated with traditional DI boxes: the need to hunt for signals between stage and desk, the lack of fine adjustments of the input signal and the "pop" heard when connecting or removing an input connector.
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