Peavey's NWare Mobile application, a customizable user interface for controlling MediaMatrix NION digital audio systems from an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch device, lets designers and integrators construct, program and deploy wireless control interfaces within MediaMatrix without the expense of traditional third-party control systems.
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ARRAS, France – RCF partner Technic Audio Light installed a new RCF Acustica sound system for Le Carre, a nightclub in Arras' Maroeuil district. Le Carre has three dance floors and an average capacity of 1,000 people.
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SOUTH WINDSOR, CT – Telefunken Elektroakustik configured a blinged-up wireless stage mic featuring rapper Snoop Dogg's name in chrome and jewels. The Telefunken Custom Shop adapted the mic with a custom-finished Shure UR-2 transmitter, which now sports the new Telefunken Elektroakustik M80-WH capsule.
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DALLAS – Crescent Sound and Light, a Louisiana-based production and systems integration company, recently upgraded the sound systems for several exhibits at the Dallas World Aquarium with Technomad Noho and Vienna advanced audio loudspeakers. The speakers are used to reproduce voice and full-range musical audio in the Giant River Otter and Crocodile displays in the Orinoco exhibition area, and also for the Temple of the Jaguar in the Mundo Maya exhibition area.
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ATLANTA – Atlanta Sound & Lighting recently updated the AV system used at AmericasMart's 12,000 square-foot Ivystone and HomeStyle wholesale showroom with a new system incorporating a Symetrix Jupiter 8 processor with Symetrix ARC-WEB remote. The fully-programmable ARC-WEB provides secure network control of input source and zone volume from computers or smartphones anywhere in the facility or beyond.
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LONDON – Subfrantic owner/GM Steve Davies got his start in audio back in 1991 at age 17, and expanding after he set up the company two years later. By the mid-1990s, he had acquired his first Turbosound gear – "a pair of trapezoidal Floodlights" – and has since expanded his inventory considerably.
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Waves Audio is introducing two new specialized bundles from its Signature Series: the Waves Signature Series Vocal Collection and the Waves Signature Series Bass & Drums Collection. Each bundle features custom processing chains created in collaboration with producer/engineers Chris Lord-Alge, Eddie Kramer, Jack Joseph Puig and Tony Maserati.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Audinate's Dante Netspander, previewed at InfoComm 2011, promises to allow scalable digital AV networks to be built without current constraints, and also promises to deliver tightly-synchronized networked audio across subnets in a Layer 3 TCP/IP routed network for the first time.
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BOSTON – Founded in 1963 and now led by artistic director Mikko Nissinen and executive director Barry Hughson, the Boston Ballet and the Boston Ballet School are internationally recognized. The Boston Ballet recently upgraded its audio system, including the installation of a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixing console.
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Crest Audio's Pro-LITE 3.0 and Pro-LITE 3.0 DSP power amplifiers are designed to be efficient and light in weight with high power and stable performance into 2-ohm loads. Their advanced, high-speed class D design with a switch-mode power supply promises to increase reliability, thermal efficiency and output power while keeping weight to a minimum. They each offer 870W per channel at 4 ohms stereo (up to 3,150W bridged at 4 ohms), weigh 13.3 lbs., and run in parallel, stereo and bridged modes. The power supply also lets them deliver perform with low frequencies and at 2-ohm operation.
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ORLANDO – When it was known as Tabu, The Beacham was Orlando's first South Beach-style VIP nightclub, setting the pace for the many that followed after it opened in 1999. But now The Beacham, a historic venue that has been part of Orlando's nightlife since the early 1920s, has been restored as a live performance venue and is using a KF740 P.A. system from EAW.
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SAN MARCOS, CA – Meeting Services, Inc. deployed a Harman JBL VerTec line array system for the California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) campus for the school's spring commencement, class of 2011's celebration. More than 20,000 graduates, faculty, staff, family and friends attended the University's 20th commencement, which returned to campus after having been staged at local fairgrounds over the past decade.
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