OSLO, Norway — Oslo Audio (www.osloaudio.no) has become the first rental company in Norway to invest in an L-Acoustics KARA WST line source system, ordering 24 cabinets from local distributor, Scandec Systemer (www.scandecsystemer.no). The system is powered by L-Acoustics LA-RAK amplified controllers and supplemented with SB18 subwoofers.
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Middle Atlantic Products’s HRF Series Half Rack family of products, which are designed to help develop an ECIA standard for the half-width rack format, offer users a low profile design and compact dimensions. An offset cable tie area keeps their overall width to 10 5/8”, which will help operators conserve rack space in confined areas. These dimensions also allow the HRF Series to be used with half rack equipment from a variety of manufacturers.
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BERKELEY, CA — Meyer Sound has announced promotions for two of its Design Services team members. Todd Meier (pictured here), formerly director of Design Services, has been promoted to Digital Products Manager, a new position. Michael Creason, who had served as a Design Services Associate since 2008, is taking over duties for Meier as Design Services Manager.
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NOVI SAD, Serbia – Harman distributor Studio Berar provided gear to support the recent NS Koncert Godine 2011 (Serbia’s NS Concert of the Year), which drew 9,500 to the Great Hall of the Sport & Business Centre Vojvodina (aka SPENS). The speaker setup included Harman JBL VerTec VT4880 loudspeakers, VT4880 subwoofers, VT4889s for outfills and VT4888 for infills, with Harman processing and Soundcraft consoles for control.
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SPRING HILL, FL — Working with GC Pro affiliate Christian Sound Installations, Guitar Center Professional tackled the intelligibility issues brought about by a six-second reverb time in the main hall of the mosque at the Islamic Center of Hernando County here. Acoustical treatments and a Bose Panaray MA12EX system cut the reverb time in half.
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DORTMUND, Germany — For the 28,000 visitors at the recent ADAC Supercross motocross event here, larger-than-life video screens helped bridge the visual distance between the crowd and the competitors. That distance had to be spanned via audio as well — above the roar of the dirt bikes. D.A.S. Audio loudspeakers, powered by Lab.gruppen amps and governed with Lake processing, went the distance.
Read More »ABU DHABI, UAE — Brittania Row’s audio support for the UAE’s 40th National Day celebration, held in the round at Zayed Sports Stadium, included eight hangs of L-Acoustics KUDO, SB218, V-DOSC, dV-DOSC, 108XTs, KIVA, KILO and other distributed speakers, all controlled by 17 Lake LM26 processors, three Yamaha DME processors, six XTA Breakout Boxes and linked via a dual redundant fiber-optic IP network. The Lake LM26 processors, which provided crossovers, EQ and time alignment, were all connected by Audinate’s Dante networking technology.
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LOS ANGELES — A 3.5-hour marathon of sorrow and triumph, the 54th Grammy Awards, broadcast live Feb. 12 from Staples Center, seen by 39 million and discussed by millions more on social networks, was astonishing, fresh and poignant — and flawless audio support was more crucial than ever. Audio for the succession of separate mini-productions was provided by ATK AudioTek and FOH engineers Ron Reaves and Mikael Stewart, with important assists from gear manufacturers including Audio-Technica, Sennheiser and Shure.
Read More »WINNIPEG, Manitoba — LiquiTec Industries, Inc., a global asset management and disposition firm, is managing the sale of surplus grip, sound, lighting, and theatrical production and rental assets currently warehoused here. LiquiTec president Marc Swirsky estimated the total value of the nearly 4,000 items being liquidated to be close to $2 million.
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INDIANAPOLIS — If the audio for the referee mics used for Super Bowl XLVI sounded clearer to the record number of viewers watching the game, the new Rupert Neve Designed Portico 5045 Primary Source Enhancer developed for, and distributed by, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. were part of the reason why. They were also used at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA earlier this year and have been used at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, TX as well.
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Soundcos
Arizona Cine Equipment/Pro Production Services
Venue
University of Arizona Mall, Tucson, AZ
