TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — During his Jan. 17 visit to The Philippines, Pope Francis conducted mass for nearly a half million of the faithful at Romualdez airport, then met with Catholic religious orders at the Palo Cathedral in Tacloban City. PreSonus StudioLive AI Active Integration products helped ensure Pope Francis’ message came across clearly at both locations.
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NEW YORK – Dale Pro Audio has added Studer’s Vista 1 digital console to its rental inventory. The Vista 1 is now available for demo, along with accompanying studio monitors and outboard gear, at Dale Pro Audio’s location in Queens. Pictured here are Dale Pro Audio e-Commerce Director, Tim Brown, and co-owner, Valerie Lager.
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By combining Cat-5/6/7 network lines with digital audio and/or DMX feeds with (or without) AC powering in a single robust S-PVC jacket, Sommer Cable’s new MonoCAT hybrid cable series is ideal for installations, conferencing or portable applications. All have large gauge conductors for transmitting gigabit Ethernet, audio or AC up to 100 meters. Four versions are offered: single Cat-7 plus AC; two Cat-7 and two digital audio or DMX lines — with or without AC power; and four Cat-7 feeds plus AC power and four digital audio/DMX lines.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio appointed Stephen Bailey (pictured here) and Jeremiah Clever (pictured below) Waves Live Product Specialist and Pro Product Specialist, respectively, for the U.S. market.
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EDMONTON and CALGARY, Canada – Two nearly identical 2,538-seat venues have become the first theatres in Canada to be equipped with Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement systems: Edmonton’s Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (NAJA) and Calgary’s Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SAJA). Paul Schmitz and Mark Belkie, technical coordinators for audio at NAJA and SAJA, respectively, agreed upon the LYON systems as they looked to upgrade from the older Meyer Sound M2D line array loudspeakers in both venues.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The 9:30 Club has installed a DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console with an SD Rack, together with a Waves SoundGrid Server and SG Essential plug-in bundle at front of house, all purchased through Washington Professional Systems in Wheaton, MD. The 1,200-capacity live music venue, which moved to its present location in 1996, has been in continuous operation since 1980 and has been a consistent winner of the Pollstar Awards and Billboard Touring Awards over the past decade, also placing #1 in Rolling Stone magazine’s 2013 “The Best Big Rooms in America” survey of touring professionals.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – For the’s 57th Annual Grammy Awards, JBL loudspeakers were once again a major part of the live sound and broadcast elements of the event. ATK Audiotek provided a JBL VerTec line array system at Staples Center. The broadcast crew also used JBL’s new 7 Series studio monitors in the Television Committee Room and Audio Post Studio. Pictured here are, from left, producer/engineers Eric Schilling, Hank Neuberger and Michael Abbott.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications promoted Ian Hamilton, pictured here, to general manager for Riedel Australia. The company also named Julian (“Jules”) Hewitt (pictured below) Riedel Australia’s technical operations manager.
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ARLINGTON, TX – ESPN’s CFP Megacast, a simulcast of the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship across multiple ESPN networks and services, included a natural sound feed to ESPN Classic produced using a DiGiCo SD9 digital audio mixing console.
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HAFJELL, Norway – Hafjell, Norway is hosting the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships this winter and, with the original sound system installed 20 years ago for the Lillehammer Winter Olympics, the Hafjell Nationalanlegg decided a new system was required. The investment is part of a major overall upgrade of the national slalom slope, financed by the Norwegian government.
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EMERYVILLE, CA – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading data, video, audio and film integration firm, has added Brian Seaver to its Technical Services Team, effective Jan. 5. Based in New York, Seaver is part of the team that designs, deploys, and supports storage and asset management systems for ASG’s clients across the nation.
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