HAFJELL, Norway – Hafjell, Norway is hosting the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships this winter and, with the original sound system installed 20 years ago for the Lillehammer Winter Olympics, the Hafjell Nationalanlegg decided a new system was required. The investment is part of a major overall upgrade of the national slalom slope, financed by the Norwegian government.
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EMERYVILLE, CA – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading data, video, audio and film integration firm, has added Brian Seaver to its Technical Services Team, effective Jan. 5. Based in New York, Seaver is part of the team that designs, deploys, and supports storage and asset management systems for ASG’s clients across the nation.
Read More »EDISON, NJ – RCF USA, and RCF subsidiary that distributes both RCF and dB Technologies loudspeakers, has set up a plan to demo its wares March 10-11, 2015 at Spider Ranch Productions, 439 Eccles Ave., South San Francisco, CA. Formal product demonstrations will be held at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Private product listenings are also available by appointment.
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WEBSTER, NY –Ashly Audio named Sound Directions, Ltd. as its exclusive distributor in the U.K.
Read More »WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications named Maribel Roman as the company’s sales manager for Spain. Roman, an international sales manager with more than seven years’ experience in the broadcasting market, will support company clients in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece.
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SINGAPORE — Founded in 1973 and attracting more than 1.7 million attendees annually, the Singapore Zoo is set in a rainforest environment, featuring a world-famous “open concept” design that allows visitors to experience and be inspired by the wonders of nature. Part of this stems from the facility’s evolution into an open, learning zoo where, educational content designed in an interactive mode is a feature of all exhibits, and a new FBT line array installation at its large open-air venue helps convey the message with fidelity and clarity.
Read More »GREENWICH, CT — Joseph P. Harris, a Tony award-winning theatrical producer and board member at PRG, died Feb. 11 at his home. Harris, who had supported more than 200 Broadway productions as a producer and manager since 1948, was 87.
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DUBAI, UAE – Production company Access All Areas joins Martin Audio’s worldwide network of Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array platform (MLA) users. The company recently added a 24-enclosure MLA Compact rig to its inventory, purchased from Martin Audio’s Dubai-based distributor, VTi.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio and Harman Professional are proud to announce the shipment of the Waves dbx® 160 Compressor/Limiter plug-in. Founded in 1971, dbx has always aimed “to get closer to the realism of a live performance.” This goal guided the development of the Waves dbx 160 plug-in, allowing users to achieve stunning realism in the studio and to add nuance to live performances. Considered one of the best drum compressors ever, the original dbx 160 stands tall among its peers, boasting a very clean sound with minimum THD. The fast-acting dbx 160 compressor was used in almost every major recording in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, and later models in the 160 series also became industry standards.
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LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces that FOH engineer Stanley Miller has joined its Board of Advisors. Miller is one of the most respected and admired engineers in live sound, and was honored with a Parnelli Award Audio Innovator Award in 2009. He’s been Neil Diamond’s engineer for more than four decades.
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EVERGREEN, CO – At Aspen Ridge Church, steerable Meyer Sound CAL 32 column array loudspeakers help overcome the challenges posed by the reverberant space without the need for acoustical treatments. Consultant Bob Langlois of Second Opinion Audio and Daryl Porter of AVDB Group designed and installed the system.
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