VALENCIA, Spain — Equipson, based here, named Turin, Italy-based Kennell Audio as its distributor for WORK audio products in Italy. Pictured here are, from left, José Luis Vila, CEO of Equipson, and Kennell Audio’s Luciano Biamino.
Read More »BURLINGTON, MA — Avid Technology Inc., based here, announced on Feb. 25 that its Q4 2012 earnings report, originally due to be released on Feb. 26, would be delayed. The company, which made a costly foray into audio and video editing products for consumers before selling those businesses last year, has been reportedly struggling for profitability since 2005. Avid had previously announced on Feb. 11 that its president and CEO, Gary Greenfield, had voluntarily resigned his post and would be replaced by one of the company’s directors, Louis Hernandez, Jr.
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Prolifts S.L. has released the new VMB HDT-8 — the company’s largest tower lifter to date. The Heavy Duty Tower is capable of elevating 772 pounds to a maximum height of 36.9 feet and will be shown on VMB’s stand at the Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt in April. BGV-C1 certified, the HDT-8 includes the ALS (Auto Lock Security) system, a safety feature which automatically locks the lift masts as they rise. It also has VMB’s SRS (Sequence Retainer System), meaning the masts rise and descend in sequence, one after the other.
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LONDON — After a live test of DPA Microphones’ original d:facto Vocal Microphone at the Royal Festival Hall here, sound production and rental company RNSS placed an order for six of the new d:facto II Vocal Microphones.
Read More »CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Parachute, based here, the opening act for Andy Grammer this spring, is being mixed at FOH and monitors by Jamison ‘Jam’ Butcher, who is using a Midas PRO2 supplied by Frankford, IL based Soundworks Productions.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Seesound S.L. supplied Midas consoles, including a PRO6 plus a PRO2 console for monitors and smaller shows, for the well-known L’Auditori music venue here.
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BEUNINGEN, The Netherlands — PA Geluid, based here, recently invested in a Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. (COMpact Polar Adjustable Sound System) speaker package. The order, made through Outline’s distributor for Benelux/Germany, The Audio Specialists, includes 12 Mini-COM.P.A.S.S., two Flysub 15 and two DBS-18-2 subwoofers. The systems — all self-powered — feature Outline’s proprietary iMode technology.
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NEW YORK — Eighth Day Sound is supporting The Who’s 2012-2013 Quadrophenia and More tour with a pair of SD7 desks for FOH and monitors, plus an SD-Rack at FOH and a d&b audiotechnik J-Series PA. Crew members Robert Collins and Simon Higgs, along with Mark Brnich, Drew Marbar and Carl Popek, are putting the gear through its paces, taking advantage of recently-developed features for the shows.
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LONDON — Audio rental specialist RG Jones specified a wide selection of DPA Microphones’ 4061 Omni Miniature Mics and d:vote 4099 Instrument Mics for a recent series of concerts by Katherine Jenkins, a multi-platinum selling mezzo soprano and one of Britain’s best-loved singers.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Working with Anthony James Partners, Parsons Electric installed more than 100 JBL loudspeakers within Williams Arena, a.k.a. “The Barn,” the 14,625-capacity home of the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers men’s and women’s basketball teams.
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BRUSSELS — L-Acoustics added XLR to the new L-Acoustics Certified Provider network for Belgium as a distributor. Jan de Brucker and Louis Lukusa head the team for Dutch-speaking Belgium and the French-speaking side of Belgium, respectively, with a technical assist from Sébastien Desaever.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Performance Audio updated the audio system at the University of Utah’s Libby Gardner Hall here with a K-Array KK 200 full-range tower, KK S50 subwoofer, with KA 40 and KA 10 amplifiers, all in a stereo set, which was further enhanced with a Symetrix Jupiter 12 app based turn-key DSP setup.
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