NILES, IL – Shure and the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) released the results of recent hearing tests performed at the 2009 Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention in New York City. The results showed that audio engineers may be at greater risk of hearing loss than others.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz has named Norbert Bau sales representative for the Middle East. Based in Dubai, Bau has worked with Renkus-Heinz for the past four years as part of its Middle East distribution network. He has now joined the company.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Canada – Community loudspeakers helped ensure that attendees at the Winter Olympics could hear the announcements, commentaries and entertainment. "As a long-time provider of large scale, all-weather loudspeaker systems, we have had a long association with the Winter Olympics," said John Wiggins, Community's vice president of business development.
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MEMPHIS, TN – Thunder Audio of Livonia, Mich. is providing a Meyer Sound MICA and M'elodie line array loudspeaker system for the Madea's Big Happy Family tour featuring comedian Tyler Perry
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BRONX, NY – Fernando Garcia of the AVS Production Group specified and erected a major sound system consisting of 20 D.A.S. Audio Aero 50 large format, 3-way line array modules plus another four Aero 12A 2-way, compact, mid-high line array elements for the landmark Paradise Theater.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Veteran FOH engineer Andy Meyer is at the helm of Avid's VENUE D-Show console mixing the latest leg of the Guns N Roses world tour. Meyer, who has used VENUE consoles since 2006 on artists ranging from Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson to Sevendust, Motley Crue and Rage Against The Machine, pointed to the console's flexibility as a major asset on this particular tour.
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VIENNA – In recognition of Das Weisse Band, an award-winning film, Barbara Prammer, the Austrian parliamentary president, invited the film's director, Michael Haneke, to provide a special showing of the film to an audience of 700 VIPs. DiGiCo's local distributor, Ton Eichinger, provided a DiGiCo SD8 console for the event.
Read More »FULLERTON, CA, – The Slide Bar, opened by Jeremy Popoff, guitarist for alt-rockers Lit, was able to use Renkus-Heinz's new IC Live digitally steerable line array loudspeaker systems to minimize the need for acoustic treatments.
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LAS VEGAS – The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announced the addition to its Board of Advisors Peter Hendrickson of Tour Tech East, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. "It's a great honor to be the first Canadian on the board," Hendrickson said. "And I think it's good for the organization to welcome someone north of the border."
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SEATTLE, WA – Neumo's Crystal Ball and Reading Room recently purchased a Soundcraft 48-input Si2 console with 24 monitor sends from K. Berry Associates, which also provided the club's other sound and lighting systems. Plus 4 Marketing sold the Si2 console to K. Berry Associates.
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HONG KONG and ZHONGSHAN, China – MUSIC Group played host recently to over 100 Behringer VIP guests, including distributors, dealers and media representatives.
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LATHROP, CA – US Audio and Lighting has expanded with a new shop and office in Northern California led by Patrick Coughlin, formerly with R&R Sound. Coughlin is a 26-year veteran in the studio and live sound biz. US Audio was founded in the Los Angeles area by Pete Docter in 1988 after he worked for years as a freelance musician.
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