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EAW Upgrade for Home of Carolina Panthers

EAW upgrade for the Carolina Panthers

EAW Upgrade for Home of Carolina Panthers

CHARLOTTE, NC — The Bank America Stadium, home to the Carolina Panthers NFL franchise, recently underwent a complete sound reinforcement system overhaul featuring EAW loudspeakers. Installed in 1996, the original point-source, end zone system was upgraded to more powerful loudspeakers in 2007, but seven years later the fans expect more. Stadium owners brought in a team from Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, Inc.’s (WJHW) Denver office to design a new, distributed system that would better cover all of the seats and provide the high quality audio that fans expect.

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DiGiCo SD App for iPad

DiGiCo Releases SD App for iPad Control

DiGiCo has released the free iPad DiGiCo SD App, which is compatible with all consoles in the SD Range and allows users to take advantage of both Apple and DiGiCo’s touch screen technology. Via the DiGiCo SD App, your iPad becomes a remote control surface and an expansion of the control surface. This application takes the existing feature set and presents it in a new way to take advantage of the extra screen so engineers can implement very specific functions dedicated for FOH or monitors.

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Denison High School in Texas worked with Batts Audio, Video & Lighting on a lower-cost alternative to the planned 70V system, which would have required conduit costs as well. The solution makes use of Ashly 25V Amps

Texas High School Installs Budget-Friendly Ashly 25V Amps

DENISON, TX – Batts Audio, Video & Lighting helped Denison High School here meet a tight budget by deviating from a planned installation of 70-volt announcement/bell system and installing a distributed amplifier system running a 25-volt announcement/bell system instead. The setup includes eight 8-channel Ashly Audio ne8250.25pe Network Amplifiers with built-in Protea DSP processing.

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Long Beach, CA Courthouse Spaces Equipped with Biamp Systems' Tesira and Audia Gear

Long Beach, CA Courthouse Spaces Equipped with Biamp Systems’ Tesira and Audia Gear

LONG BEACH, CA – For more than 30 courtroom spaces within the recently completed 531,000-square-foot Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse here, the audio systems have been enhanced with the use of Biamp Systems gear. The Beaverton, OR-based company’s Tesira digital signal processor (DSP)-based media system and Audia digital audio platform are driving a distributed audio solution for the various spaces within the $347 million state-of-the-art building.

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Gator Frameworks GFW-ID-MIC

Gator Frameworks iD Microphone Stand

Gator Cases, which recently launched its Frameworks line of microphone stands and support systems, is now offering the iD series within the line, called Gator Frameworks. The company promises that in terms of style, ergonomics, and durability, its new GFW-ID-MIC is the company’s finest mic stand to date.

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OSHA

OSHA Cites Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey in Circus Fall

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A “Hair Hang Act” performance during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show on May 4 in Providence took a disastrous turn when the apparatus the performers were hanging from suddenly fell to the ground. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the incident occurred because the carabiner used to support the performers failed from being improperly loaded. The failure resulted in the eight employees performing the act falling more than 15 feet to the ground and sustaining serious injuries. A ninth employee, working on the ground, was struck by falling employees.

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