MEDELLIN, Colombia — A DiGiCo SD8 is the latest mixing console purchased by Colombian company Grupo Hangar, which provides technical production services to events in and around the city of Medellín, including the Feria de las Flores (Festival of the Flowers), a high-profile, week-long event.
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LONDON — As the Torch Relay made its way around the UK in the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, DPA Microphones were part of the production gear package supporting a total of 70 evening celebrations as well as the daily ceremonial lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the Games themselves.
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ISTANBUL — Elit Light/Sound Technologies provided an L-Acoustics sound system for Date Restaurant & Designers’ Corner, which recently opened in a vintage building here. Kaan Ozcan, manager of the retail outlet that combines for food, fashion and entertainment under one roof, credited L-Acoustics for delivering “excellent sound in a small package. It is ideal for the space and versatile too — ideal for our needs.”
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Cadac named Decomac as its distributor in Brazil. Decomac helped introduce the brand to the market at ExpoMusic Brazil here in late September, where the focal point was Cadac’s new CDC Eight digital console. Cadac international sales manager, Ben Millson, was also at the show in Sao Paulo, which also featured Cadac’s CDC Four, S-Type and Live1 consoles.
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A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd’s audio division has supplied one of Yamaha’s CL5 digital mixing consoles — along with two Yamaha Rio I/O rackmount units — to Sterling Event Group (SEG), based here.
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FAIRFAX, VA –The Board of Directors of InfoComm International, the trade association representing the commercial audiovisual industry, announced that David Labuskes, CTS, RCDD, will become the next executive director/CEO of InfoComm International, effective Jan. 1, 2013. He is succeeding executive director/CEO Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D. who is retiring at the end of 2012.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Baltimore-based Design and Integration, Inc. provided four Iconyx IC16-R-II arrays from Renkus-Heinz for the rotunda within the U.S. Capitol building. Each is located at 90 degrees apart along the room’s circumference.
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HARRIMAN, TN — At the Princess Theater, a 1920s-vintage movie theater that was refurbished to serve as a multi-purpose performing arts and education center, Allen Sound of Nashville provided an Allen & Heath GLD mixer. The venue now hosts concerts, movies, dance performances, community and educational events and local church services.
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SYDNEY — Owen Ironside, sound designer and production engineer at the 500-seat Theatre at The Concourse here, used DPA Microphones from DPA’s Australian distributor, Amber Technologies for a series of 14 sold-out shows pairing the English National Ballet and Australia’s Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. The series was part of this year’s Diamond Jubilee festivities marking the Queen of England’s 60th year on the throne.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Altincizme, an audio rental company based in Istanbul, recently provided a pair of Soundcraft Vi Series consoles as part of the sound reinforcement system for three concerts at Istanbul’s Harbiye Open Air Theater featuring Turkish pop singer Sezen Aksu.
Read More »SEATTLE — Juice Goose announced that First Choice Marketing, based here, will be serving as sales representatives for its products in Washington, Oregon, Alaska and portions of Idaho and Montana.
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NOVATO, Calif. — Point Source Audio, manufacturer of the original and one-of-a-kind “unbreakable boom” earworn microphone, is making another big splash with their new “unsinkable” waterproof earworn microphone. The new CO-5w Waterproof Earworn Microphone is the waterproof version of the popular CO-5 that discriminating performers and pastors have come to rely on for years. The waterproof version combines all the reliable performance characteristics of the CO-5 with a special water-protected mic element to make the CO-5w virtually “unsinkable.”
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