COLUMBIA, MD — In Howard Community College’s Smith Theater, a typical day might include theater and film to lectures and meetings, with the occasional live concert thrown in as well. The college chose an Allen & Heath iLive-112 digital mixing console as the control center for its new system.
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ANNISTON, AL — Sound Solutions, Oxford, Ala., recently completed one of the first house worship installations of the Electro-Voice EVA compact line array at Center of Hope Church. EVA is the first line array in EV’s “EV-Innovation” family of installation-dedicated loudspeaker systems.
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The Luxor Theatre, used for musicals, variety shows, stage plays, rock concerts and other events, has been equipped an Alcons loudspeaker system, which beat out two other competing systems in a staged demo event.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems is retiring its 10-year-old PM1D digital mixing system, saying it has reached the limit on availability of key components and citing the need to secure enough parts for customer service well into the future. Production will cease in December 2009. The company has also released a white paper that outlines plans for the next generation of Yamaha's digital system platform.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves is expanding its certification program for five Waves Audio plug-ins with the recently-announced Waves Gold certification program covering 18 additional Waves processors.
Read More »When was a teenager I lived just a few blocks from the local elementary school and we used to go over there on weekends, hop the fence and play basketball. We went there for a few reasons, It was close. It was a “real” court and much better than someone’s driveway and 8-foot hoops made us feel like NBA stars even though we all pretty much sucked.
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For the past five years, Fall Out Boy FOH engineer Kyle Chirnside has been manning the controls. For the band’s current world tour, Chirnside is turning to the Midas PRO6.
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It could be argued that FOH mixer Robert Collins has seen some of the greatest live rock ‘n’ roll shows ever. Actually, that would be a short debate, since Collins has stood in front of a laundry list of legends over the past number of decades, including this past summer’s run of 14 shows in the States with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood.
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The days of hauling tons of copper around to get the audio signal from the stage to the console are rapidly fading. This short chart will give you an idea of what is out there that will let you carry a good reel of Cat5 cable instead of a giant multi-core snake.
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I have a great deal of respect for the QSC name. After all, they have been building rock solid amplifiers and gear for decades. The high quality of their products has made them one of the icons of the sound biz. That said, whenever I review equipment from the big boys I tend to put that gear under a microscope. So, now that you know where I am coming from with regards to this review, let’s go.
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Unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere for the last year or so, chances are you’ve at least heard about and probably have been impacted in some way by the changing regulatory landscape for wireless mics and monitoring systems.
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The votes were tallied, and some were close, some not so much … but the readers of FOH have chosen the best regional pro audio companies in North America. There are new faces and repeat “offenders.” One has been at it a little more then three years, another is celebrating a 30th anniversary. All have a passion for audio, an inimitable story, and a dedication to their clients so powerful that their peers — including competitors — were compelled to take time to nominate them and vote for them as best in their region.
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