FLINT, MI — Fueled by the massive success of their sophomore release, Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be, Michigan metalcore giants We Came As Romans have hit the road in support of their third full-length album, Tracing Back Roots. WCAR tour manager and FOH engineer Bryan Campbell is using PreSonus’ StudioLive 24.4.2 digital console for WCAR’s upcoming third tour of the U.S. and Australia.
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LAS VEGAS — The FRONT of HOUSE web servers are once again laboring under the strain of a digital deluge of votes cast for the 2013 Parnelli Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year award, but they’ll be getting a rest after this Friday, Aug. 30, at 5 pm. That’s the deadline for FOH readers to cast their votes narrowing the field of 30 regional companies now on the Hometown Hero ballot down to six regional winners (five U.S. regions and all of Canada).
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GUANGZHOU, China — Ruifeng Audio, based here, is marketing its pro audio products under the LAX brand, and has signed on audio industry veteran K.M. Malik, who will serve as the brand’s “ambassador.” Pictured here, from left, is Timon Linke of LAX and K.M. Malik.
Read More »CAMARILLO, CA — Waves Audio is continuing its new Master Class event series from WavesLive, the live sound division of the company, with upcoming mixing workshops (slated for Sept. 5) at Delicate Productions in Camarillo, CA. This event is the second in a series; the first was recently held at Maryland Sound International (MSI).
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman named David McKinney senior director, China operations. McKinney, who has been based in Malaysia since 2003, previously served as director of sales for Harman’s Signal Processing Group and, more recently, led the startup for the Professional Division’s regional sales office there. He has also managed the establishment of Harman’s direct distribution business in India.
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CAMP MATHER, CA — The wildlands fire that charred 180,000 acres including parts of Yosemite National Park also forced the cancellation of the Strawberry Music Festival that had been set for Aug. 29-Sept. 2. Now in its 32nd year, the Strawberry event, which focuses on acoustic genres including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk, swing, rock, Cajun, Celtic and gospel, normally takes place twice each year, over Memorial and Labor Day weekends.
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NORFOLK, VA — The multi-purpose Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, colloquially known as “The Ted,” has undergone a comprehensive upgrade with an end-to-end installed sound system from QSC for its tenth anniversary. The audio system overhaul at the arena, which seats 8,639 for basketball games, comprised of two separate QSC WideLine-8 line array systems as well as AcousticDesign Surface Mount and Ceiling Mount loudspeakers powered by PowerLight 3 and CX Series amplifiers, with a Q-Sys Core 500i handling all signal distribution and system processing.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — AV consultants Mozaix supplied CityLife Church’s Manningham campus with a Soundcraft Si Performer 3 mixing console. CityLife Church also acquired a Shure PSM 900 personal monitoring system for use in their main campus in Knox. Pictured here with the console are church volunteers Petrina and Elsa.
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EINSIEDELN, Switzerland – Fohhn Audio’s new Focus Modular line array systems with beam steering are making their live debut at the large-scale, open-air theatre production of Das große Welttheater (The Great World Theatre) being staged at Einsiedeln Abbey here. The play, by Spanish writer Calderon de la Barca, has been performed on the abbey square of the Benedictine monastery at various intervals since 1924. In recent years it has been re-interpreted to relate to modern times.
Read More »MOORESTOWN, NJ — Starlite Productions announces that it will host a technology showcase at its headquarters here on Sept. 19 from 3 to 8 pm. The focus will include lighting, video, audio and control technologies and manufacturer representatives will be on hand to introduce new products and answer questions first-hand. Starlite’s facility is located at 9 Whittendale Dr., Moorestown, NJ.
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MIAMI — Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) returned to provide another wireless assist for Telemundo’s second annual Premios Tu Mundo awards show. The red carpet event and live broadcast was staged Aug. 15 at the American Airlines Arena here.
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GREENSBORO, NC — WorxAudio Technologies signed an agreement with AFMG to use their new FIRmaker software as an enhancement to WorxAudio’s TrueAim system optimization software. WorxAudio had already adopted AFMG’s EASE Focus 1 and EASE Focus 2 3D acoustic modeling software. With FIRmaker, WorxAudio customers will be able to model a room and export FIR filter parameters to DSP controlled amplifiers.
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