Revolabs Expands Line of Elite Wired Microphones

Aaron “Double A” Dilks, who worked as a tour manager, audio engineer and security guard for Anthrax, Hellyeah, Fear Factory, Soul SirkUS, Sevendust, Journey and other bands along with Marilyn Manson and Cee Lo Green, died June 7.

PLAILLY, France — The industry mourns the loss of NEXO loudspeaker designer Matthias Larrieu, who was killed in a car accident in June. He was just 30 years old. Larrieu joined NEXO in September of 2008 was a major contributor to systems such as company’s flagship STM Series modular line array. Larrieu had studied electroacoustics and environmental acoustics at IUT d’Angoulême, as well as the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, where he received his degree in mechanical engineering with a specialty in acoustics.

NEW YORK — Firehouse Productions relied on d:screet™ 4061, d:fine™ 4088 and d:dicate™ 4011 mics for live broadcast of 69th annual awards ceremony.

SAN FRANSISCO – Audio West installed a d&b audio system for The Independent.

U.K. – Nitelites selected DiGiCo SD7s to provide audio coverage for Ben Howard’s U.K. tour in both Front of House and monitor positions.

Powersoft, a world-leading manufacturer of professional power amplifiers, announced that Altoona, PA-based Galaxy Sound & Communications recently completed a purchase of 40 Powersoft K10 Series amplifiers, replacing virtually every amplifier in its rack with the latest switch mode amplification technology from Powersoft. Each two-channel amplifier, which features DSP and Armonia software compatibility, takes up just one rack space yet delivers 2,000 watts per channel over 8 ohms.