BUENA PARK, CA — On Oct. 1, 2012, Yamaha Corporation celebrated its 125th birthday. Its subsidiary based here, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, is also noting a milestone this year — 25 years since its entry into the digital console market with the launch of the DMP7.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — Mike Ross is creative arts director at The Pointe Church, based here, which is currently using Line 6 microphones and digital instrument wireless systems. Ross credited the gear for sound quality, flexibility, reliability and ease of use.
Read More »CHICAGO — L-Acoustics’ global demo program for its new ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS systems is now underway, with demos planned in Chicago (Oct. 2-3), Las Vegas (Oct. 18-21, during LDI), Houston (Oct. 23), New York (Nov. 5-7) and at other locations around the world this autumn.
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RENO, NV — The new 500-seat worship center at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, built adjacent to the original sanctuary that opened in 1951, was designed with an eye for visual appeal and an ear for superb acoustics. JC Productions provided a sound system that incorporates Iconyx IC Live line arrays to make a good thing even better.
Read More »KANSAS CITY, MO — When Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre produced its first summer musical indoors at its new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, it turned to Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) to supply audio equipment and technical services for their production of the Elton John/Tim Rice musical, Aida.
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The first North American Entertainment Innovation Conference at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, sponsored by USITT, drew nearly 400 professionals and students Sept. 6-8 with hands-on sessions and workshops detailing new technologies. Meyer Sound teamed up with Broadway sound designer Tony Meola, pictured here. Meola worked with pros and students to fine-tune sound techniques using the sound bed from Wicked.
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NASHVILLE – LMG, a national provider of video, audio, and lighting support, has opened a new office in Nashville. The location houses over 24,000 square feet of office and warehouse space, and will become a new base of operations to support corporate events and tours. Steve Austin has been hired as an accounts manager in Nashville to manage the new facility.
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ZHONGSHAN, China — Pledging a total investment near $50 million, Music Group founder and CEO Uli Behringer outlined a plan for a 50-acre complex housing the company’s R&D and manufacturing operations here. Behringer projected that a total of nearly 5,000 employees would be working on site, with a total 3 million square feet of automated factory space and plans for completion by 2014.
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SAN CARLOS, CA — Audio Production Group, Inc. (A. P. G.) has been meeting the needs of its corporate clients, including those requiring laptop presentations in large, reverberant spaces, with Countryman Associates’ B2D Directional Lavaliere mic and Type 10S / Type 85S Stereo Dis. A recent case in point involved laptop presentations conducted during a town hall-style meeting in what Heller referred to as a “very live space.”
Read More »SEATTLE — EAW gear was well-represented at Seattle’s Decibel Festival Sept. 27-28, with Hall Audio Systems from Las Vegas using KF740s to overcome the challenging acoustics within the Paramount Theater and new Avalon by EAW gear used within the Neumos rock club for VIP parties.
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KAZAN, Russia — Innovason distributor Imight supported the audio needs for a concert at the Kazan Agriculturalists Palace here with an Eclipse GT digital mixing console from Innovason handling the FOH mix. The concert featured French tenor Roberto Alagna, Bolshoi Theatre soloist Venera Gimadieva and the Tatarstan state symphony orchestra conducted by Alexander Sladkovsky.
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LANCING, U.K. — Flare Audio Ltd announced that it will close its PA rental business, Purple Audio Limited, later this year in a bid to strengthen its focus on the manufacturing side of its business, saying that the new focus could create opportunities for potential rental partners and distributors worldwide.
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