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Roland VR-50HD AV Mixer Used for Corporate Event Breakout Rooms
LOS ANGELES — For the past few years, Visual Horizon Communications (VHC) has developed an efficient Break-Out Room Integrated Solution for corporate events known by its acronym, BORIS. Used for events staged by clients including 3M, Best Buy, General Mills, Macy’s, Mortenson Construction and other well-known companies, BORIS relies on the capabilities of Roland’s VR-50HD all-in-one AV mixer.
Read More »Whirlwind Launches Cyclone Line of Road Cases
ROCHESTER, NY — Whirlwind is venturing into the case-building business. The company is starting with cases for its own products and plans to expand into a broader array of case designs. Marketed under the Cyclone brand, the cases feature Colson casters, flush mounted MOL latches and Marine grade HDPE panels.
Read More »Fontes Likes it Loud
MODESTO, CA – Celebrations in the Indian community are serious business. Festivals are typically an unrestrained blend of color, flavor and sound. And weddings, according to George Fontes, managing director of Fontes Pro Sound & Light, are nothing short of high-decibel exhilaration. So, when Mirage, an Indian wedding and banquet hall in Sacramento, CA, contacted him to install a new sound system last month, Fontes turned to FBT. He knew anything he installed would be pushed to concert-level limits and he wanted to ensure crisp, clean sound at every event – wherever guests were standing in 22,000 square feet of space.
Read More »Cadac Appoints PT HESED Kharis Indonesia Distributor
LUTON, UK – Cadac has appointed PT HESED Kharis Indonesia as exclusive distributor for its mixing console brand in Indonesia. HESED is a leading distributor and system integrator in the territory, with a portfolio that includes TWAUDiO, Powersoft and Lab Gruppen.
Read More »PreSonus, WorxAudio Recognize Leading AV Integrators
LAS VEGAS – During the recent InfoComm Show in Las Vegas, PreSonus Audio Electronics and its WorxAudio Technologies loudspeaker division recognized two key AV integrator companies for their exceptional efforts. The PreSonus Commercial Systems Integrator of the Year and the WorxAudio Systems Integrator of the Year awards were presented June 7 in the PreSonus/WorxAudio demo room prior to the opening of the InfoComm show’s exhibits.
Read More »Penatonix – When the Voice is the Band
Back in January 2015, FOH engineer Chris Aman answered the door of his Thompsons Station, TN home. Sound Image had delivered an Avid VENUE Profile console so he could start building the show for his newest client, Pentatonix. After winning the third season of NBC’s The Sing Off in 2011, the five-member a cappella group continued growing in popularity and was now going out on its biggest tour yet. And Aman suddenly realized what he was up against.
Read More »Dream Theater – The Astonishing Live North American Tour
American prog rock band Dream Theater was founded in 1985 under the name “Majesty” by Berklee School of Music students — guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung and drummer Mike Portnoy. The three added a keyboard player and vocalist and soon became a popular hard rock cover band playing throughout the Northeast.
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