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L-Acoustics Brings Classic Rock to the High Seas
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Aboard luxury MSC Cruises ships, production company On The Blue specializes in rock-themed cruises through the Caribbean where stars of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s regale their fans with shows night and day. Excursions like this obviously require sound systems that are powerful yet lightweight and easy to rig, which prompted Cincinnati-based sound reinforcement provider Loud and Clear, Inc. to fit the MSC Divina from bow to stern with K2 and other sound system elements from L-Acoustics.
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Shawnee Baptist Church Gets Renkus-Heinz Upgrade
SHAWNEE, OK — Founded in 1892, Shawnee’s First Baptist Church was rebuilt in the 1930’s after being damaged by a tornado. The historic building has been well maintained over the years, but its aging sound system had not been so fortunate. Church officials and congregation members alike were increasingly frustrated by intelligibility issues in the main sanctuary, and inconsistent coverage in the balcony and under balcony areas. The church turned to Edmond, OK-based AVL Systems Design, who recommended Renkus-Heinz’ steered-beam technology.
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EAW Upgrade for Home of Carolina Panthers
CHARLOTTE, NC — The Bank America Stadium, home to the Carolina Panthers NFL franchise, recently underwent a complete sound reinforcement system overhaul featuring EAW loudspeakers. Installed in 1996, the original point-source, end zone system was upgraded to more powerful loudspeakers in 2007, but seven years later the fans expect more. Stadium owners brought in a team from Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, Inc.’s (WJHW) Denver office to design a new, distributed system that would better cover all of the seats and provide the high quality audio that fans expect.
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DiGiCo Releases SD App for iPad Control
DiGiCo has released the free iPad DiGiCo SD App, which is compatible with all consoles in the SD Range and allows users to take advantage of both Apple and DiGiCo’s touch screen technology. Via the DiGiCo SD App, your iPad becomes a remote control surface and an expansion of the control surface. This application takes the existing feature set and presents it in a new way to take advantage of the extra screen so engineers can implement very specific functions dedicated for FOH or monitors.
Read More »AED Rent Expands to UAE with First Franchise Company
DUBAI, UAE – AED Rent, based in Belgium and with international offices in The Netherlands, France, Germany and the U.K., announced its first franchise location, which opened here recently. The Dubai-based organization is known as AED Rent Franchise UAE.
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Texas High School Installs Budget-Friendly Ashly 25V Amps
DENISON, TX – Batts Audio, Video & Lighting helped Denison High School here meet a tight budget by deviating from a planned installation of 70-volt announcement/bell system and installing a distributed amplifier system running a 25-volt announcement/bell system instead. The setup includes eight 8-channel Ashly Audio ne8250.25pe Network Amplifiers with built-in Protea DSP processing.
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Long Beach, CA Courthouse Spaces Equipped with Biamp Systems’ Tesira and Audia Gear
LONG BEACH, CA – For more than 30 courtroom spaces within the recently completed 531,000-square-foot Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse here, the audio systems have been enhanced with the use of Biamp Systems gear. The Beaverton, OR-based company’s Tesira digital signal processor (DSP)-based media system and Audia digital audio platform are driving a distributed audio solution for the various spaces within the $347 million state-of-the-art building.
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Audio-Technica Offers Dante Network Microphone Desk Stand
Audio-Technica is now offering its ATND8677 Microphone Desk Stand with Dante network output. The ATND8677 is designed to transmit audio and control data together using the Dante network protocol.
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Dutch Rental Company Takes Delivery of Two Outline iMode Controllers
ABCOUDE, The Netherlands – Soundcheck, an audio rental firm based here, recently purchased two iP24 iMode digital audio processors from Outline, based in Italy. Pictured here is Soundcheck owner Rodney van Zwol.
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Gator Frameworks iD Microphone Stand
Gator Cases, which recently launched its Frameworks line of microphone stands and support systems, is now offering the iD series within the line, called Gator Frameworks. The company promises that in terms of style, ergonomics, and durability, its new GFW-ID-MIC is the company’s finest mic stand to date.
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Music Group Names Karan Kathuria Senior Manager, Professional Division for Asia Pacific
MANILA, The Philippines – Music Group named Karan Kathuria senior manager, Professional Division for Asia Pacific, which includes the key business segments of China and India. Karan will report to Graham Rowlands, who heads Global Sales for the Professional Division.
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