BURBANK, Calif. — Electrosonic, Inc. has been a key player in the multi-million-dollar renovation of the Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. Among the improvements made by Electrosonic was the installation of a 308-channel Iosono sound system in the Peltz Theater—the first theatre installation of its type in the U.S.
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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announces the delivery of its new Installation Series subwoofer, Model IS1112. Designed for smaller, full-ranged IS models,Yamaha IS1112W is designed to achieve naturally extended low-end response in models used for primary delivery.
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MONTE CARLO — Outside of Paris, it is unusual to find a club-style live music venue in France. Moods, however, is one such place. It boasts an intimate atmosphere that lends itself very nicely to the task, and an audio system that features a DiGiCo D1 Live and XTA DP448 digital signal processing.
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HOUSTON — Shure endorser Juanes was the big winner at this year's Latin Grammy Awards, receiving five awards including Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Joined by R&B singer John Legend, the Colombian rocker opened the 9th annual gala with Legend's "If You're Out There." Both sang completely in Spanish, using Shure UR2/KSM9 wireless.
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COLOMBIA —The beauitful Roman Catholic Cathedral in Colombia recently installed a Proel system. The installation, which was carried out by the Colombian Proel distributor Yamaki, features a distributed system of the SPARK series of speakers.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — AKG has announced a trade-in program for customers of any brand of wireless system that operates in the over-698 MHz range on its WMS 450 system. This rebate program gives customers a $100.00 instant rebate when they trade-in their “700-MHz” wireless system against the purchase of a WMS 450 from a participating contractor or retail dealer. A $100 mail-in rebate is available via a downloadable PDF form for new customers when purchasing the system from a participating online or catalog retailer.
The new Fishman SoloAmp is a lightweight and portable all-in-one amplification system weighing less than 25 lbs. for performing acoustic guitarists/singers. Designed to provide sound quality and coverage in a wide variety of venues, SoloAmp is based on a compact line-array speaker design that provides wide horizontal dispersion and deeper sound penetration than traditional acoustic combo amplifiers.
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LAS VEGAS — The Mirage has recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of The Volcano that promises to be an astonishing experience for the spectators, with state-of-the-art pyrotechnics and audio design supported by a Meyer Sound MILO line array loudspeaker system.
HOUSTON — Sennheiser wireless equipment were used at the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards show, with performers, presenters and RF technology to deliver the live television broadcast from Houston's Toyota Center. Sennheiser microphones also captured the rhythmic pulse at the heart of the musical performances on the show, and were central to one of the show's highlights, a three-song medley by longtime Sennheiser user Gloria Estefan, who was honored with the 2008 Latin Recording Academy "Person of the Year" award.
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VERONA, Italy — Two DiGiCo SD7 consoles played a key role at a unique event recently staged in Verona’s famous Arena. Although renowned for summer seasons that attract opera fans from all over the world, the ancient Roman walls hosted a run of seven concerts by Italian rocker Luciano Ligabue, his band and a full symphony orchestra.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF), one of the city's newer performing arts venues, recently upgraded its sound system with the installation of an L-ACOUSTICS ARCS and dV-SUB loudspeaker setup.
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Who: Brock Adamson, president, CEO and head designer of Adamson Systems Engineering.
What: “What do you think?”
When: Founded in 1983.
Fulltime employees: 55.
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