LONG ISLAND CITY, NY — El Media Group designed and installed the sound system at Z Hotel here, providing coverage for the rooftop lounge with Community WET Series W2-218, the downstairs restaurant and lounge with Community’s VERIS Series gear and the basement area with a distributed system including VERIS 26 two-way, dual 6-inch full-range systems augmented with VERIS 212S dual 12-inch subwoofers.
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PORTLAND, OR — Audinate announced that their Dante Controller v3.2.9.2, released for both Windows and Mac, now supports Yamaha HA Remote mode toggling for supported devices and also supports Mac OS X 10.8 for Mac.
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GARDEN GROVE, CA — Flight case and speaker cabinet hardware manufacturer Penn–Elcom has announced its exclusive North America distribution deal with U.K. loudspeaker manufacturer Precision Devices. The company makes an extensive line of high-performance cone loudspeakers from 6.5 to 24 inches in diameter.
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Community Professional’s second generation VERIS (VERsatile Installation Systems) Series is a new range of two-way, three-way and subwoofer designs created for demanding installed sound reinforcement and playback applications. Enhancements include new design 1-inch exit HF drivers, improved crossovers and a V2-215S dual 15-inch sub. Compact models include single/dual six-inch and eight-inch enclosures; larger two-way and three-way systems with 12/15-inch woofers are intended for mid-sized to large spaces and available for short-, mid- and long-throw applications. A variety of subwoofers are offered.
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WEBSTER, NY — Ashly Audio named Anthony Errigo director of marketing communications, a new position. He will oversee the company’s advertising, social media, web development and mobile marketing initiatives, and also assist with brand and product development.
Read More »ANAHEIM, CA — Nominees in the Creative categories for the 28th annual TEC Awards, which will be presented during Winter NAMM here in late January, include, in the tour sound production category, Delicate Productions, for Foo Fighters Wasting Light tour; Thunder Audio, for Metallica’s 2012 European Black Album tour; Firehouse Productions, for Radiohead’s The King of Limbs tour; Special Event Services, for the Zac Brown Band; and Pro Media – UltraSound, for Dave Matthews Band.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Land Mawe Ltd, based here, transforms trucks into musical road show vehicles for brands such as Coca Cola and Vodafone. Each vehicle is installed with a stage, screen and sound system equipment, including an Allen & Heath ZED-10FX multi-purpose mixer. Sound Creations, the Paxt Ltd-appointed distributor for Allen & Heath in Kenya, supplied the ZED mixers.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — Road Radios, LLC announced the opening of their new office in Nashville, TN starting Nov. 1, 2012. The company was founded in 2004 and has grown into a major provider of two-way radio equipment for entertainment, sports and corporate event production. “We are excited about bringing our operations to the heart of the Country Western market and look forward to providing excellent communication needs and unsurpassed custom service to our clients,” said Jeremy Schilling, president of Road Radios.
Read More »REGGIO EMILIA, Italy — RCF is offering a three-day introductory seminar in EASE JR and the full version of EASE at the RCF Audio Academy at company headquarters here Nov. 5-7, 2012. Led by Daniele Ponteggia, it is offered in Italian and English and will be geared toward engineers and acousticians new to EASE or looking to improve their basic skills and work more efficiently. The price is 700 EUR (net).
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TEMPE, AZ – Audio Video Resources (AVR) provided a new sound system for the 10,000-capacity Wells Fargo Arena at Arizona State University here recently. The new system, designed to impress visitors with both its powerful low end and highly-intelligible spoken word characteristics, centers on Danley Sound Labs full-range loudspeakers and subwoofers.
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GLASGOW, Scotland — Wet Wet Wet’s recent one-off show here marked the band’s 25th anniversary and drew a crowd of 12,000. FOH engineer Steve Pattison opted for an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system that included an iDR-64 MixRack and iLive-112 Control Surface with Waves networking.
Read More »Line 6 announced that the free v2.1 firmware update for POD HD500, POD HD Pro and POD HD are available immediately for download at line6.com. This firmware update provides five new HD amps—bringing the total HD amp count to 30—as well as new performance options.
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