LONDON – Indie pop band, The Feeling, has completed a year of predominantly club dates and boutique festivals. The tour gave sound engineers Jon Sword and Andy Greenwood the chance to put Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 digital desk through its paces.
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NEW YORK – After a year spent auditioning different audio systems for the Allen Room, Doug Hosney, director of production at Jazz at Lincoln Center opted for a Meyer Sound M'elodie system. The new system includes two arrays of eight M'elodie line array loudspeakers and two 500-HP subwoofers each, with two more 500-HP subs on the floor.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – Paul Garza has been technical director at the San Pedro Playhouse for the past eight of the theatre's 85 years. He credited its arsenal of Countryman miniature mics, including 36 B3 Omni Round Lavaliere and E6 Omni Earset models, for standing up to the rigors of sweat, quick costume changes and other rough handling, helping even projection-challenged performers be heard clearly and easily by the audience.
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POTTERS BAR, U.K. – Harman's Studer has named Simon Roome technical sales manager. Based in Potters Bar and reporting to Karl Chapman, Simon's primary task will be technical sales support for U.K.-based systems integrators and the U.K. broadcast market and will support Studer sales across the European region as required.
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YAKIMA, WA – The city of Yakima hired Sousley Sound & Communications for a new sound system at the at the Yakima Valley SunDome, a 6195-seat multi-purpose arena. The venue needed a zoned system optimized for speech intelligibility and musicality. Sousley Sound provided 24 Community R-Series loudspeakers and six iHP Series dual 15-inch subwoofers.
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BALTIMORE, MD – The New Light Church, named in 1957, moved into a church in 1999 that was then more than 130 years old. In Sept. 2007, the vacant structure was heavily damaged during from a fire that broke out after roof repairs. Although prized stained glass windows were lost, no one was injured, and during the rebuilding process, church leaders took the opportunity to include a new sound system. Connectivity Group LLC designed and installed the system, which includes Tannoy VQ 100, V8 and V6 loudspeakers.
Read More »COPENHAGEN, Denmark – dBTechnologies named Signal Audio as its new distributor in Denmark. Signal Audio is owned by the Matrix Group, which also owns Nordic Staging and Moto Audio Sales. It has been established to serve the rental, installation, live and broadcast markets.
Read More »PLANTATION, FL – DiModica Sales, based here, has been appointed to represent Juice Goose in Florida. The rep firm will help manage promotion of Juice Goose power management products in music retail, commercial audio, sound reinforcement and related markets.
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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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