UK — The third DiGiCo Quiz night netted £5,500 (about $8,484) for the Behind the Scenes charity benefiting backstage workers in the U.K. Pictured here, from left, are James Gordon, DiGiCo MD; and Lee Dennison, Behind the Scenes trustee with White Light.
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BUFFALO CENTER, IA — First Reform Church, located in the small town of Buffalo Center, Iowa, installed Allen & Heath’s Qu-24 compact digital mixer, ME personal monitoring system and an AR2412 IO rack in its house of worship.
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MESA, AZ — Parsons Technologies provided an an extensive Symetrix DSP infrastructure for Hohokam Stadium, the spring training home of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics. An Allen & Heath mixer, QSC amplifiers and Symetrix DSPs were also part of the stadium’s new audio overhaul earlier this year.
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LONDON – Theatre Projects named Rob Harris as a key consultant. Harris, a longtime theatre consultant and international auditorium acoustic designer, had previously worked with Theatre Projects’ team members on a variety of projects. Harris’s focus will be to build upon the recent launch of an acoustics team at Theatre Projects’ Paris studio. Pictured here, from left, are Theatre Projects’ Mark Stroomer, Rob Harris and Seb Jouan.
Read More »BUCHAREST, Romania — A fire sparked by pyro effects during a performance by heavy metal band Goodbye to Gravity ignited foam decor and raced across the ceiling within the crowded Colectiv nightclub at about 10:30 p.m. Oct. 30, filling the venue with smoke and fumes. About 400 people were in the club at the time of the fire. Sixty were killed, including all but one of the band members, according to news reports.
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LAS VEGAS — Halloween came early to the 15th Annual Parnelli Awards on Saturday, Oct. 24. Audio Innovator honoree Pat Quilter dressed as Mountain Man with an Egyptian head piece; Visionary honoree David Cunningham came to the stage with two beautiful women and proceeded to change wigs and transform himself into a rock/drag star; and finally there was Chris Lamb, in his trademark cowboy getup.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA – Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) expanded its Adaptive Systems family with the introduction of Anna, a loudspeaker designed for the touring, regional sound and permanent installation markets.
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HONG KONG — K-array named Marc Vincent President of Global Sales & Marketing, effective Nov. 1. Based in Hong Kong, Vincent will be responsible for the implementation and execution of sales strategies and marketing efforts.
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Biamp Systems’ four new Tesira amplifier models promise seamless amplification options and easier audio integration capabilities in training rooms, lecture halls, performing arts centers, houses of worship, or any other environment where sound distribution and reinforcement is required.
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NEW YORK — The OCA Alliance, based in Bothell, WA, is also very much in NYC this weekend for the 139th International AES Convention at Javits Center, Booth #342. The OCA is there to present new technologies and developments on the open control standard front. Among significant events and announcements at the show, there is a live lightweight hardware demonstration of OCA — the OCA Microdemo — on the booth, the announcement of new OCA Alliance member companies, and progress on the standardization of OCA.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO — Wes Norwood, general manager at Sound On Stage, noted that the company provided Avid Venue Profile and SC48 consoles to support most of the s soundco provided VENUE | Profile and VENUE | SC48 systems to support the 2015 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, which took place Oct. 2-4 in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
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GLASGOW, Scotland — Pro-audio provider The Warehouse Sound Services is teaming up with Audio-Technica, the UK exclusive distributor Allen & Heath, to showcase their next generation digital mixing system, dLive. A free demonstration will take place at Warehouse Sound’s Glasgow Branch on Nov. 11 at 11am.
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