LONDON – Simon Lutkin, monitor engineer for the U.K.-based band, Friendly Fires, credited the Midas PRO6 for offering “the best of both worlds – a great familiar Midas analog sound in a flexible digital package.” The band is preparing for its 2012 tour across Australia, Asia and into South America, and, based on his experience with the PRO6, Lutkins might give the new Midas PRO2 a try.
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The Aubion X.8, developed by Germany-based AFMG and DSpecialists, is an 8-input measurement device that connects via standard Ethernet as an alternative to USB and FireWire.
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NEW YORK – North American Theatrix installed custom Bag End subwoofers for the redesigned David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. The six custom triple 10 speakers are in cabinets measuring 7 inches in depth, bolted to the wall behind a 42-foot-long film screen used for visitor information.
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WILMINGTON, DE – The Delaware Children’s Theatre, sustained with ticket sales, a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts and by the efforts of volunteers, recently upgraded its sound system with four Entasys column line array loudspeakers provided by Community Professional Loudspeakers. The system was put to use with the theatre’s recent production of Scrooge.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Audio Logic provided xA-Series loudspeakers from d&b audiotechnik’s White loudspeaker range for St. Paul’s United Methodist Church to address a double challenge: the semi-circular shape of the 97-year-old church’s sanctuary, and the restrictions preventing acoustical treatments from being used at the church, which was designed by architect Louis Sullivan and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The restrictions also led Audio Logic to create suspension systems concealed above the ceiling for the three clusters of gear that they installed.
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ATLANTA – Steve Simmons, technical director for Perimeter Church, chose a Danley Sound Labs system for The Hanger, a 1,000-seat sanctuary popular with middle and high school students. The setup includes one Danley SH-96 flown wide on each side for left-right coverage, with a paired Danley SH-95 turned on its side for near-wall fill.
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ELON, NC – Audio & Light, Inc. designed and installed an upgraded audio system for Elon University’s Whitley Auditorium that includes D.A.S. Audio’s Variant Series loudspeakers, with six Variant 25A loudspeakers and a single Variant 18A powered subwoofer in a central cluster configuration over the front of the room’s stage area.
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BEE CAVE, TX – ZZ Top engineer Jamie “Jamo” Rephann used DiGiCo’s SD8 for the first annual La Grange Fest, where ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd and country singer Jamey Johnson all performed. The live event was also subsequently broadcast on Sirius XM radio.
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SALT LAKE CITY — JBL Professional named Richard Ruse, an audio industry veteran, as senior director of global sales. He reports to JBL Professional VP/GM Mark Ureda. Ruse has served JBL as director of marketing, Portable PA and, prior to that, as director of sales, Western Region. Prior to JBL, Ruse held management positions with companies including Alesis, Line 6, KRK and SWR, and also owned a sales and marketing consultancy.
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LOS ANGELES — Todd Morgan, one of the founders of Jan-Al Cases, died on Dec. 20, 2011 after a long illness. He was 59. Prior to joining Jan and Muffie Alejandro, Morgan had worked at Studio Instrument Rentals (where he met Jan) and at Almo/Irving, a music publishing firm. The photo here, taken in 1984, a year after the company was founded, shows Jan Alejandro on the left and Todd Morgan on the right.
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CAMARILLO, CA — Rat Sound Systems Inc., which recently purchased a 22,000 square foot facility here, also announced an expansion of its inventory of audio gear. The additional gear includes a Midas XL8, a Midas Pro 9, 32 L-Acoustics SB28 subs, seven L-Acoustics LA Racks and 36 L-Acoustics KARA boxes.
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