Wth the New Year approaching, we make lists and promises for the next trip around the sun.
I recently visited the shop of a major sound company where an entire room of top-shelf rider-friendly analog outboard equipment was collecting dust because most mixing now occurs “inside the box” of digital consoles on tours, in venues and at festivals, eliminating outboard gates, compressors, and, to a lesser degree, EQ and effects.
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OXNARD, CA — For its annual Living Christmas Tree program, Grace Bible Church recently added a Yamaha LS9-32 digital audio console to mix the six shows. The church, built in 1970, began The Living Christmas Tree program in 1973. Housed in a tree-like structure designed and built by several church members, the set can hold over 70 singers.
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LONDON — Britannia Row Productions supported British singer-songwriter Will Young’s recent Echoes U.K. tour with a main system including an 18 per-side configuration of Butterfly CDH 483 enclosures, with two Mantas 120-degree cabinets underhung as downfills. A dozen Outline Subtech dual 18” subwoofers provided low-frequency reinforcement and the whole system was driven by Outline T Series amplifiers.
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MONTREAL — Solotech equipped the new home for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, with a six-zone paging system that makes use of Symetrix SymNet-based signal processing. The system was designed by the venue’s acoustic designer, Artec Consultants.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — Tim Landry, owner of Tim Landry Sound Construction, upgraded the audio system at the 13,500-seat Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC), home of the Louisiana State University Tigers basketball team, with Ashly Audio KLR-5000 amplifiers, ne24.24M processing and Sound Bridge loudspeakers.
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CHESTER, PA — Community Professional Loudspeakers recently promoted Steve Goodwin, Julie Henn and LizAnne McConlogue within its Sales and Marketing division. Goodwin, pictured here, was named Latin America sales manager. In addition to his current responsibilities as marketing services manager, Goodwin will now handle all sales for Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Read More »BREA, CA – Altinex is launching a free webinar training program on its AVSnap AV system design/control software, coinciding with the release of AVSnap Version 5. The seminar series starts Friday, Jan. 13, and continues on Fridays for 12 weeks, through March 30. Each session, led by Jack Gershfeld, author of AVSnap and President and CEO of Altinex, will last about an hour.
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CHICAGO — Eighth Day Sound director of touring services Owen Orzack was already planning to use Professional Wireless Systems’ Helical Antennas for Lollapalooza at Chicago’s Grant Park last summer. PWS, meanwhile, was putting the finishing touches on its new Domed Helical Antennas. Acting on the recommendation from PWS GM Jim Van Winkle, Orzack gave them a shot, and Eighth Day Sound has since included them on tour with The Fray. The domed units, now available for sale, were also put into service at the Austin City Limits Festival in September.
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Kaltman Creations’ paddle-shaped IWxANT Amplified Directional Antenna, for use with Invisible Waves IWx systems for amplified, directional RF analysis, promises 10 dB of additional gain through a calibrated onboard analyzer. The inherent directional characteristics of the LOG Periodic antenna allow for directional analysis while excluding background RF. The IWxANT features a bias “T” power injector with DC blocker (SMA connections); 12V power supply (for applications other than with IWx); a BNC to SMA adaptor, an SMA to SMA jumper and microphone stand mount. Specs include 450MHz to 870MHz frequency range, with usable gain up to 950MHz; 50 Ohms impedance, close to a 100-degree beam pattern; 3dB or 10dB gain select options and a BNC connection (BNC cable not included).
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NEW YORK — Bob Moses, longtime AES member and officer, accomplished product designer, technologist and pro audio industry advocate, has been named executive director of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), effective Jan. 1, 2012. AES president Jan Abildgaard Pedersen made the announcement Dec. 20.
Read More »FOOTHILL RANCH, CA — Renkus-Heinz recently announced their quarterly EASE Level 1 Training Class schedule for 2012. Classes are scheduled on Feb. 20-22, May 14-16, Aug. 20-22 and Nov. 12-14, 2012. The three-day classes, held at Renkus-Heinz headquarters, are led by application engineers Jonas Domkus and Jim Mobley.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel — Giveon Electronics Ltd. is celebrating 75 years as a Shure distributor. The company has been distributing audio products since 1934, and began its affiliation with Shure just two years after being founded.
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