LONDON — EM Acoustics, which has followed up on the 2009 launch of the company’s HALO line array system with their HALO Compact line array system, announced Sound By Design’s use of the gear at London’s Royal Albert Hall in October followed by Stage Electric’s use of the compact arrays for the 750-seat Great Hall within the Queen’s Building, formerly known as the People’s Palace.
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COLUMBUS, MS — Audio Communications Consultants of Memphis, TN included One Systems 115RW and 103IM speakers as part of the renovation project for Poindexter Hall at Mississippi University of Women (MUW) here.
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AMSTERDAM — After putting DPA Microphones’ new handheld d:facto Vocal Microphone through its paces on her recent tour, Dutch singer and vocal coach Margot Giselle credited the vocal mic for its “natural” sound quality.
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SHANGHAI, China — Expatriates from Germany marked Oct. 3, German Unity Day, with a celebration at the Hotel Intercontinental Expo here on Oct. 8. The German Consulate sponsored the event, which included a speech by consul general Wolfgang Roehr along with live music. Event sponsor Sennheiser and Real Live provided microphones and two K-array Redline series systems for the event.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — Technical Services Group designed and installed the AV system within a new conference facility at Women’s Hospital here, which specializes in the care of women and infancts. The new audio system includes an Aspen Series digital audio processor from Lectrosonics.
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM — For nearly 60 years Milne Stadium has been home to generations of Albuquerque’s local sporting events. Recently the 6,500-seat arena received a wide-ranging makeover, including a new playing surface, new paint and stucco and a new audio system featuring Community R-Series loudspeakers.
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Allen & Heath’s iLive OneMix is designed to give musicians wireless control of their personal monitor mix. Derived from the iLive MixPad app, OneMix locks control to a single Aux mix, promising instant access to a customized easy-to-use monitor mix environment.
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ATHENS — Turbosound loudspeakers are a key part of the ambience in Athens’s luxury Catwalk Café-Bar. The bar, situated near the seafront in Greece’s capital, invited local suppliers Metro Audio Systems to install 10 Impact65T two-way loudspeakers and two TSB-110 sub-bass speakers.
Read More »CHESTERTON, IN — Music Group announced that Starin Distribution, based here, is now distributing Turbosound products in the U.S. Separately, Sean Martin was named head of international sales for the Turbosound brand, which Music Group acquired earlier this year. Martin is rejoining Turbosound, having worked there in the 1990s. He takes over for outgoing sales director Dominic Harter, who recently rejoined Harman as head of global sales for Soundcraft.
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BERNAY-VILBERT, France — Renkus-Heinz named SoundCo as its distributor for France and non-exclusive distributor for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia in north Africa. SoundCo maintains offices in this suburb of Paris and works with a team of sales agents based in other parts of the country.
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NAPERVILLE, IL — For a recent Andy Grammer concert within North Central Illinois College’s 825-seat Wentz Concert Hall here, Frankfort, IL-based Sound Works Productions provided a NEXO GEO S12 system that included 10 GEO S1210s, four RS18 Ray Subs, four PS10s and three 4×4 NXAMPs along with three RS18s for sidefills/drum subs, two 4×4 NXAMPs and a Yamaha M7CL digital console for monitors.
Read More »NILES, IL — To help its end users deal with issues ranging from frequency coordination, software configuration, and interoperability between different brands of equipment, Shure launched a new Systems Support Group. It is led by manager Gino Sigismondi and includes Doug Totel and Tim Vear. Shure also named Luis Guerra product marketing manager for conferencing products to support the company’s rollout of DIS-branded conferencing products.
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