OXNARD, CA — L-Acoustics named Laurent Vaissié general manager, L-Acoustics US. Vaissié, pictured left, reports to L-Acoustics CEO Christian Heil, pictured right. Based here, he will be responsible for managing L-Acoustics’ U.S. subsidiary and developing business in both the domestic touring and fixed installation markets.
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LONDON — Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds world tour recently completed its U.K. arena leg, with Midas XL8s from Britannia Row at FOH and monitors. As the tour moves on to more European and U.S. dates for spring and summer, The band’s FOH and monitor engineers will be adapting to the needs of different performance spaces with other Midas products — first a Midas PRO6, then Midas’ new PRO2C for summer festival appearances.
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FRANKLIN, WI — St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, which blends traditional and non-traditional architectural design elements, needed an audio system that could ensure ample coverage while remaining visibly unobtrusive. Audio Design Specialists of Madison, WI found Tannoy gear well-suited to the challenge.
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OLOMOUC, Czech Republic – Vladimir Foret, program director of the Jazz Tibet Club, noted how the venue’s sound engineer, Peter Svarc, opted for a Harman Soundcraft Si Compact 32 digital audio console to upgrade the older digital console with 16 inputs that had been in use at the club. Among the new console’s benefits, Foret said, is the ability to combine the best of both worlds — analog’s ease-of-use and digital’s vast array of audio processing resources.
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Elias Ruh, the head of sound for Habegger AG, a company that deals in media events and media architecture, also is a professional musician who has recently studied and taught acoustic engineering. He has also spent most of his professional life as a sound engineer for a variety of companies. His account of using Kaltman Creations’ Invisible Waves X technology follows.
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Peavey Commercial Audio’s Impulse 261, a high-output, two-way permanent installation loudspeaker system designed for commercial and residential applications, promises controlled coverage with a hi-fi character through its two 6.5-inch woofers and 1-inch neodymium-loaded, titanium dome tweeter mounted on a waveguide. The Impulse 261 loudspeaker system is protected from overload by independent overload protection for the woofer and the tweeter, and its crossover network is designed to provide clear, reliable sound reproduction.
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DUBAI — Staged amid occasionally strong winds and sandstorms, the 10th Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival, a week-long event, found support from local AV company Artes Middle East, which provided gear from Midas, Meyer Sound and other manufacturers for the event.
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LOSNING, Denmark — Matrix Group, which includes Moto Audio Sales, Nordic Sales, Nordic Staging Systems, Signal Audio and Scenetek, named Kenneth Bremer as its CEO. Bremer, who is moving from Italy back to his native Denmark, had worked with RCF since 2009.
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LONDON — Martin Audio introduced its MLA Compact Multi-cellular loudspeaker array to media and the company’s global distributor network by booking the HMV Apollo Hammersmith for a two-day showcase. The event drew visitors from as far away as North America.
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CHAPPELL HILL, TX — Golden Entertainment Group, based here, has opted to use XD-V Digital Wireless Systems from Line 6 for its clients. Owner Peron Einkauf first used XD-V systems at the 2011 South By Southwest Music (SXSW) Conference in Austin.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — The AVB Networking Conference 2012, co-sponsored by Avid, Biamp Systems, Harman, Lab X Technologies, Meyer Sound and Riedel Communications, is set to take place at the Renaissance Hotel here on June 12, during InfoComm 2012. The pro audio companies sponsoring the event — all of whom now offer AVB-capable devices — will be joined by AVB switch manufacturer Extreme Networks.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany — L-Acoustics will be unveiling two new WST line source systems, plus an update to its LA Network Manager software, at Prolight + Sound, Hall 8.0, Stand B18, from March 21-23.
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