SHANGHAI, China — More than 350 pro audio and lighting brands are slated to exhibit at Prolight + Sound Shanghai 2014, held from Oct 8 to 11, 2014 at the Shanghai New International Centre Expo.
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Mackie’s popular two-way molded enclosures are redesigned with a larger 1,000W amp platform, upgraded sound quality and easy-to-use digital sound-shaping tools, yet the new 12-inch SRM450 and 10-inch SRM350 also carry a lower price. Onboard processing includes four application-specific speaker modes, intelligent feedback destroyer with narrow 1/16th octave filters, EAW-designed acoustic correction DSP and integrated 2-channel mixer. The SRM450 is $629.99 MSRP; the SRM350 is $519.99.
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LOS ANGELES — The Baked Potato nightclub, a small yet well-known venue for music lovers with a 40+ year history, is using Heil Sound microphones with all of its live performances.
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BUENA PARK, CA — A Yamaha NUAGE Demo and Nuendo Masterclass will be held by prominent Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems and Steinberg engineers and hosted by RSPE Audio Solutions on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The address: 4130 Cahuenga Blvd. #210, Universal City, CA. The event is free but spots are limited so registration is required.
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FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – Third New Hope Baptist Church, based in Detroit, added a campus here with a sanctuary for approximately 300 people. Derrick Holmes, lead sound engineer, is pictured here using his Si Expression 3 for a test run before the church opted to purchase its own Si Expression 2.
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APOPKA, FL – Jerry Harvey Audio promoted Andy Regan to president. Regan, who joined the company in February as vice president to manage global sales and operations, worked as a sound engineer for 13 years supporting performances by Aerosmith, Waylon Jennings, Parliament Funkadelic and The Commodores before holding senior-level positions with consumer electronics companies including Meridian Audio, AudioQuest and Monster Cable.
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LOS ANGELES – Shockwave Cargo announced several personnel changes along with its new office location near LAX airport here. Noting Keith Mitchell’s departure, Shockwave welcomed Craig Kruger, a 35-year freight forwarding veteran (pictured here), as its new director of operations. The company also named Chris Gratton director of business development and announced that Benny Collins will play a key role on Shockwave Cargo’s sales team.
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MEXICO CITY – Harman Professional named Jesus Cruz, an 18-year industry veteran, as the company’s sales director for Mexico. Cruz, based here, previously served with Sony Electronics as national sales director for their audio, video, digital imaging, VAIO, cellular and game business divisions.
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FORT WORTH, TX – Christ Chapel Bible Church upgraded its sound system earlier this year with an L-Acoustics KARAi line source array system installed by Electro Acoustics Inc. The system consists of 32 KARAi enclosures configured into four line array hangs of eight enclosures each, with each hang topped by two SB18i subwoofers. The entire system is powered and managed by eight LA8 amplifier/DSP controllers.
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PORTSMOUTH, NH – A Panaray MA12EX Full-Range Modular Line Array from Bose as installed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The system is comprised of 27 Panaray modules configured in nine triple-stack speaker combinations, each mounted to a pole. There are also eight Panaray MA12EX modules attached to the vertical posts supporting the life rails on the Squalus Memorial and a set of Panaray MA12EX speakers that cover Workers Park.
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NAPA, CA — Delicate Productions provided JBL’s VTX Series line array loudspeakers and Crown I-Tech HD Series amplifiers for each of the three stages at the BottleRock Napa Valley Festival. The setup included nine JBL VTX V20 line array elements and six S28 subwoofers per side for each stage, along with 12 F12 loudspeakers for out fill and six F15 loudspeakers for down fill.
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