M’elodie is the latest self-powered loudspeaker from Meyer Sound. It is a ultracompact, high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker is the newest generation of the M Series family. According to the company, M’elodie brings the simplified rigging of the MILO loudspeakers, along with a high power-to-size ratio in a compact package.
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PARIS — The Opéra Bastille Paris was inaugurated in 1989 as part of the French Revo-lution Bicentenary celebrations. Always a visionary in audio technology, the Opéra Bas-tille was the first to work with an analog console featuring remote total digital recall. During a recent technical overhaul, the opera integrated Optocore and Yamaha as the basis of the system.
Read More »IPSWICH, U.K. — Celestion and Group One Ltd. are celebrating their 10th anniversary as partners with an impressive 25% year-on-year increase in distribution sales. Group One has operated as primary distributor of Celestion premium guitar, bass and professional audio speakers to dealers and retailers in North America since October 1997. Both companies expect this relationship will continue for many more years.
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ELKHART, IND. — As Crown International has transitioned to a lean manufacturing approach over the past few years, the company’s endeavor has not gone unnoticed. As a result of streamlining its manufacturing, Crown recently had the distinction of being a tour site for the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) 2007 International Conference in Chicago.
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DALY CITY, CA — The Goo Goo Dolls have been touring the world since the band released its 2006 album, Let Love In. At the tour’s audio helm is Engineer/Mixer Paul Hager, who previously worked with Avril Lavigne, Pink and The Donnas, among others. Hager was attracted to the Digidesign VENUE live sound system due to its Pro Tools integration, and eventually got the band to switch to VENUE for the tour.
PRAGUE — Jazz piano player Chick Corea arrived in Prague to give a concert at the prestigious Smetanova Hall. RentalPro provided a NEXO GEO S8, CD12 front-of-house PA and a PS Series stage monitoring system. Although undemanding in terms of inputs — just 12 — sound reinforcement was controlled by an EtherSound network.
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NEW YORK — Grammy-winning rock vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews joined guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Tim Reynolds for a short summer tour of three theatre dates, which culminated with an intimate acoustic set at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. The duo’s lengthy set, recorded for the Live at Radio City Music Hall album, entertained the crowd via a Meyer Sound MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker system.
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ATLANTA — Modest Mouse has been touring most of the year in support of their CD, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. They will finish up performing at several radio station Christmas shows with stops in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Grand Prairie, TX and finishing up in Atlanta at the 99X Mistle Toe Jam.
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With the D8 two-way, full-range box and the SUB 112 subwoofer, Dynacord has added two new speaker systems to the D-Lite series that are designed to be compact, but maintain the power of other D-Lite products. According to the company, both new models in the D-Lite series reportedly feature extensive sound pressure levels, low distortion and compact dimensions. Both products are designed for mobile and fixed professional sound reinforcement applications.
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KANEOHE BAY, OAHU — Custom Audio Hawaii recently deployed its Dynacord PowerH amplifiers to power the P.A. for the 2007 “Blues on the Bay” airshow at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, featuring the United States Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. In addition to the main attraction, the weekend’s events included skydiving demonstrations, car shows, carnival rides, and aerobatic demonstrations.
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NEW YORK — As a fitting cap to Crown International’s 60th anniversary year, the DC 300 amplifier first introduced 40 years ago in 1967, was inducted into the TECnology Hall Of Fame. Gerald Stanley, Crown International’s senior VP of R&D and the original designer of the DC 300, was on hand to accept the award.
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OXFORD, ENGLAND — To promote their second album Our Earthly Pleasures, Tyneside-based indie rockers Maximo Park have been touring throughout 2007, with dates in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan. For the U.K. and European dates, Britannia Row supplied a Turbosound Aspect rig, with the band’s FOH engineer Trevor Gilligan mixing on a 56-channel DiGiCo D5 console.
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