DETROIT — For this year’s NAIAS show, both Audi and Volkswagen turned to the POOL Group of Emsdetten, Germany to coordinate the multimedia presentations for their booths, which included Meyer Sound systems featuring the new UPQ-1P loudspeaker.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany — Mackie previewed its HD Series High-Definition Powered Loudspeakers, which will be available late spring. The HD1521 2-way and HD1531 3-way Class-D amplifiers deliver up to 1800W of peak system power.
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LONDON — Shure Incorporated announced the passing of Dennis Harburn, managing director of Shure Distribution UK. A native of South London, Harburn had been with the company for 36 years.
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RED HOOK, NY — Firehouse Productions is adding 100 I-Tech 12000HD amplifiers to its inventory for tour sound projects, and while Mark Dittmar, lead sound and integration engineer for Firehouse Productions, likes the sound quality, it wasn’t the only reason for their decision to commit to the new technology.
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VELBERT, Germany—Christ’s Church celebrated its 100th anniversary with a sound system, marking the first installation of a Martin Audio OmniLine system in a German church. The system is powered by Crest Audio amplification with processing via an Architectural Acoustics Digitool MX programmable digital processor.
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RINGGOLD, VA —With a history that dates back to 1876, Ringgold Baptist Church has a diverse congregation and a variety of ministries guided by Pastor Dr. Steve Ellis. The church chose Big Sound Productions to overhaul the sound reinforcement system in its sanctuary using a TrueLine X3i-P line array system from WorxAudio Technologies.
Read More »NEW YORK — In a continuing effort to extend the scope of AES Convention Technical Papers, Committee Chair Agnieszka Roginska and Papers Sessions Co-Chairs, Veronique Larcher and Steven Garrett have issued an open call to the professional audio community for technical papers proposals. The deadline for abstracts is June 5, 2009.
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SACRAMENTO, CA — Slipknot unleashed their metal power on the recent “All Hope is Gone Tour” using a Meyer Sound MILO® line array loudspeaker system. The self-powered Meyer Sound system was capable of handling band’s music and the high SPL during the shows, and it also helped offset the high costs of touring during Slipknot’s 36-city marathon.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Laugardalsvöllur, Iceland’s national soccer stadium, was upgraded with renovations to the main seating area, new office facilities and a new sound system from EB Kerfi ehf using weather-protected versions of EAW's MK5300 Series Small-Format Installation System loudspeakers with rotatable horns.
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Ebtech, makers of audio solution devices for installers, contractors and musicians, have added two new products to their line of Audio Solutions: HE-8-XLR, pictured here, an eight channel Hum Eliminator™ in a single space rack format, and LLS-8-XLR, an eight channel Line Level Shifter® in a single space rack format. Both new units have a new reversible rack ear design. As with all Hum Eliminator™ and Live Level Shifter® products, each is passive, sonically transparent and road-ready with steel enclosures and all Ebtech® products come with a two-year warranty.
Read More »WASHINGTON DC — It’s been how long and we are still talking about this crap?
Bottom line is that while we are all trying to move ahead assuming that pro audio will be blocked out of the 700Mhz band for wireless mics, the FCC has not yet issued a final ruling on the subject.
TEL AVIV — More artists and sound engineers have been getting their feet wet using audio processing tools and applications created by Waves Audio’s Live division, which was formed earlier this year.
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