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Starr Provides Audio System for Expanded Venue at Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society Expands Venue, Installs Ashly Amps

Starr Provides Audio System for Expanded Venue at Brooklyn Historical Society

BROOKLYN, NY — For an upgrade and expansion of the event space within the historically registered Brooklyn Historical Society’s headquarters building, Starr Entertainment Group provided the audio system. Two eight-channel Ashly ne8250 amplifiers power 14 JBL AC 1895 two-way loudspeakers and a pair of EAW UB82s. Four QSC RMX 2400 amplifiers power four EAW SB180 subwoofers. The stage floor monitor system includes four JBL wedge floor monitors, dbx EQs and a QSC RMX2400 amplifier.

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EDM Lecture/Performance Tour Travels Light with K-array Gear

EDM Lecture/Performance Tour Travels Light with K-array Gear

MINNEAPOLIS — CNTRL: Beyond EDM, a touring series of lectures and performances at various northern U.S. and Canadian venues last fall by electronic musicians/DJs Richie Hawtin and Loco Dice, traveled with  Sennheiser’s gooseneck microphones, various DJ software to demonstrate DJ techniques and K-array’s compact and lightweight KR200S loudspeaker system.

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Harman Announces Changes in Lighting Division’s Top Management

STAMFORD, CT — After completing its acquisition of Martin Professional A/S of Denmark, Harman announced on March 6 that Lars Dige Knudsen, a 17-year Martin veteran, most recently as CFO, would be taking over for Martin’s previous CEO, Christian Engsted, who has left the company. Knudsen’s new title at Harman is Vice President, General Manager, Lighting Strategic Business Unit. Harman also announced that Villads Thomsen, a 14-year Martin veteran, most recently as VP Sales/EMEA, had been promoted to VP of Global Sales for the Lighting Strategic Business Unit.

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Ross Anderson

Minneapolis Theater Gets Total Control

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis recently upgraded with a myMix monitor mixing system consisting of 17 myMix mix stations, three IEX 16L-A input expanders and a myMix Control/networking interface. The facility’s master audio engineer Ross Anderson talked about how myMix helps the staff produce consistent, quality live theater.

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Baltzell Audio Design and ATK Audiotek Rely on JBL VerTec Line Arrays for the 85th Academy Awards

ATK Audiotek Deploys JBL Gear for 85th Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES – The 85th Academy Awards, held Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, featured a sound reinforcement system designed by Pat Baltzell of Baltzell Audio Design. ATK Audiotek deployed the gear for the system. The main PA included 30 JBL VerTec VT4889 speakers and 16 VT4880 subs, with 16 VT4886 elements for side fills and six JBL MS28 loudspeakers for under-balcony coverage. Sixty-five JBL Control 25T surface-mount loudspeakers were also temporarily installed under audience seats in the VIP seating area.

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San Lorenzo High School Installs Turnkey PA System from Technomad. Pictured here, home side bleachers

San Lorenzo High School Installs Turnkey PA System from Technomad

SAN LORENZO, CA — For San Lorenzo High School’s outdoor stadium, the San Lorenzo Unified School District contracted with Hayward, CA-based Lloyd F. McKinney Associates to manage the installation of a new sound system. The 1,500-capacity stadium has been equipped with Technomad gear including four weatherproof loudspeakers and a pre-wired signal processing equipment rack.

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The sanctuary at Hope Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, which features a new sound system consisting of RoomMatch loudspeakers and PowerMatch amplifiers from Bose Professional Systems Division.

Hope Presbyterian Church Installs Bose RoomMatch Loudspeaker System

AUSTIN, TX — For Hope Presbyterian Church here, Dickensheets Design Associates specified a loudspeaker array composed of three different Bose RoomMatch modules —RM9010, RM12040 and RM9060 loudspeakers — powered by PowerMatch amplifiers. The system, installed by Ace Audio Communications, also got the thumbs-up from the church’ s music minister, musicians and pastor after attending an in-church demo arranged by consultant Ken Dickensheets.

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