Allen & Heath has released a new firmware update for its Qu Series of compact digital mixers with a number of core new features to enhance functionality of the product range. Along with support for the newly launched Qu-32 mixer and AB168 Audio Rack, v1.5 introduces DCA Groups, custom channel naming, flexible dSNAKE output patching, improved routing for studio recording applications, and additional MIDI control soft keys.
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SCHEESSEL, Germany – For the Hurricane festival, where headliners Arcade Fire, Volbeat, Seeed, Kraftklub, and Fettes Brot, among others, drew 70,000 visitors, TVN Mobile Production GmbH brought their Ü3 OB truck (equipped with a Lawo mc²66) and a mobile control room (with a Lawo mc²56) to mix the live broadcast sound from the two main stages and make multitrack recordings for later broadcast.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — International Sound’s Licenciado Ramon Rodriguez provided d&b audiotechnik components for the multi-level 1,200-capacity Teatro Nacional here last fall. The setup includes T-Series including the T10 in a flown LCR configuration. The L-R hangs also include 27A SUBs from the d&b xA-Series flown immediately behind them. More T10s are stacked L-R at stage level atop d&b V-Series V-SUBs.
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SEOUL, South Korea – Blue Noise Family, a prominent live event production company based here, has added an Adamson Energia system to their inventory. The company recently purchased 32 E15 line array enclosures along with 24 E218 subwoofers. The new system will support the continued growth the company has experienced.
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LAS VEGAS – Shure has named Pro Tech Marketing as their Sales Representative of the Year. Pro Tech President Dean Hinton and vice president Shane Tunnell received the award along with outside sales rep Jaylon Shane at this year’s InfoComm convention in June. Pro Tech Marketing has been a Sales Representative for Shure since 1987. They have offices located in Denver, Tempe, and Salt Lake City. Their territory includes Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and parts of Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, and Texas.
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ARLINGTON, TX — Nearly 105,000 fans attended George Strait’s June 7 concert at AT&T Stadium, the final stop on the artist’s “The Cowboy Rides Away” tour. Onstage Systems deployed a massive 226-enclosure K1/K2 loudspeaker system to fill the stadium, home to the Dallas Cowboys.
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BERLIN, Germany — Live FOH, broadcast, and monitor mixing engineer Antonius Kern is part of a growing trend of live audio professionals using tools from Waves Audio’s WavesLive division, a leader in all live sound market segments and an innovative developer of solutions for live platforms. Kern’s credits include German TV productions Popidol, Popstars, The Voice of Germany and The Voice Kids, and music acts such as Patrice, Max Herre, and Joy Denalane.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA– André Cholmondeley, guitar tech and tour manager for Greg Lake and Adrian Belew, among others, recently turned to the L1 Model II portable loudspeaker system with B2 bass module from Bose Professional Systems. Pictured here is guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Greg Lake.
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PORT PERRY, Ontario, Canada — Toby Keith recently performed for his Canadian fans during his “Shut Up & Hold On” tour with concerts in St. John’s, Newfoundland; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Summerside, Prince Edward Island; and St. John, New Brunswick.
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PILTON, U.K. — Martin Audio says its Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system has made Glastonbury history by delivering the highest sound levels to the audience without exceeding noise pollution levels beyond the perimeter. Pictured here performing on the main Pyramid stage is Metallica.
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – For the new Chickie’s and Pete’s Crab House and Sports Bar here, the 26th operating under that banner, Cherry Hill, NJ-based Pro Systems set up a system that includes two SymNet Radius 12×8 Dante network audio DSPs paired with two SymNet xIn 12 and two xOut 12 audio I/O expanders for a total I/O count of 48 by 40. Pro Systems has installed Symetrix systems in other Chickie’s and Pete’s locations as well.
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Danley Sound Labs’ Danley Direct modeling software, available for free from danleysoundlabs.com, was co-designed by acousticians Doug Jones and Sebastian Rivas Godoy to model the direct sound path from user-defined designs involving Danley products in three-dimensional spaces, which can be imported or modeled via SketchUp). Danley Direct is touted for its transparent cross-platform performance (Mac or PC), multiple-window flexibility and speed.
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