BUENA PARK, CA -Yamaha Commercial Audio Training (YCATS) and the Rolling Showroom will stop in Newton, MA Nov. 16-17 from 10am – 5pm. Scheduled sessions include Yamaha M7CL and LS9 digital audio consoles Tips and Tricks, Introduction to Digital Audio Networks, Multi-Track Recording and Virtual Sound Check with ASIO Streamer, Introduction to DME Designer, and DM1000-VCM Applications and Operation.
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KITCHENER, Ontario, Canada – Lab.gruppen named Jon Alkhagen managing director. Alkhagen, who joined the Swedish pro-audio manufacturer just last month, will direct operations for both Lab.gruppen and its subsidiary Lake brand.
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MOSCOW – The Bolshoi Theatre reopened after a six-year refurbishment Oct. 28. Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup provided the audio networks, mixers, and stage management systems, including three large Stagetec Aurus audio consoles with full DSP capacity.
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Hi-Tech Audio added to its rental inventory recently with five DiGiCo SD series consoles – two SD10s, one SD9 and two SD7s – plus16 48/98k SD-Racks. Hi-Tech's Louis Adamo noted that the company already has close to 50 consoles in its inventory – "a pretty good chunk" of which are DiGiCo – and he credited the company for bringing its pricing down to get the desks in front of more engineers.
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SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL – 7,200-capacity Willow Creek Church upgraded its sound system seven years ago, but not the amplifiers for the main sanctuary's six Danley Sound Labs TH-115 subwoofers. The church's audio crew is now using just two Powersoft K3 units to replace the previous six amps. Along with reliability, the new units feature digital signal processing and network control.
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CASTROREALE, Italy – The Castroreale Jazz Festival, a series of four shows featuring an international variety of jazz artists staged at this historic Sicilian village last summer, was heard via a sound system that included Proel Axiom, Edge and Powersoft gear.
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HOUSTON – Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division named Nicolas Betancur as its new field sales engineer, communications – South. Betancur, who has worked for Bosch since 2006, will be based in Houston, Texas, and his responsibilities will include system design and sales support for Bosch Public Address and Conferencing, Electro-Voice, and Telex Intercom and Radio Dispatch customers in the Houston, San Antonio, and southern Louisiana areas.
Read More »OREM, UT – Eighth Day Sound Systems of Highland Heights, OH recently became rental and production management software provider Flex Rental Solutions' 100th customer. The software is used by rental and production companies in 10 different countries, in niches ranging from corporate event production, concert touring, special event rental to network television production. Customers 99 and 101, which also signed up on the same day, included Production Services Ireland and SR Audio.
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NOBLESVILLE, IN – Klipsch, based in Indianapolis, announced that the 24,000 capacity amphitheater formerly known as Verizon Wireless Music Center is to be renamed the Klipsch Music Center. Klipsch noted that the change in name is linked to its partnerships with Live Nation Entertainment in Miami and New York City.
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WICHITA, KS – Clearwing Production's Phoenix location provided an L-Acoustics KIVO-KILO loudspeaker system for the Music Theatre of Wichita (MTW), which staged five productions at the 2,195-seat Century II Concert Hall this past summer. Clearwing's Almir Lejlic and Dave Temby used nine KIVA elements flown beneath two KILO cabinets per side. The setup precluded the need for a balcony delay system.
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KIEV, Ukraine – Maidan Square, the main square of Ukraine's capital city, became the focal point for Maidan's, a concert and dance event produced by Inter, a Ukraine-based TV network, that extended over a 10-week time frame and involved about 3,000 dancers competing for a grand prize valued at $124,000.
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TORONTO – Kingston Road United Church (KRUC) is part of the 3,500-congregation-strong United Church of Canada – the largest Canadian Protestant denomination. Although these churches are not typically known for cutting-edge audio gear, KRUC is now home to a Tannoy VQ60 and VQDF, hung as a center cluster, 27 feet high, close to the center of the room between the pulpit and the lectern, in front of the proscenium opening.
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