EMERYVILLE, CA — Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION Certification training course for AV designers, consultants, contractors and end users. The course will take place at Meyer Hall at Ex’pression College July 30-31, from 8:30 am to 5 pm each day. Those completing the training are eligible for up to 7.5 InfoComm renewal credit hours.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio has joined the AVnu Alliance, an industry group dedicated to the advancement and certification of Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) devices.
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KANSAS CITY, MO — The new 1,600-home to the Kansas City Symphony, Helzberg Hall within the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ 1,600-seat Helzberg Hall has been equipped with a Renkus-Heinz sound system, including Renkus-Heinz ST-Series reference point arrays. There are L-R clusters of ST4 and ST-2M cabinets, plus ST2-R and ST2-MR for sidefills, TRX62H for balcony fills and 12 PNX112 subwoofers (built into the stage lip). An additional 72 Iconyx SSL drivers built into a custom baffle inside the balcony provide additional coverage, and three Iconyx IC16-5 digitally steered arrays are for voice reinforcement.
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Audix’s f50 and f50S mics, part of the company’s Fusion Series, have been packaged with a XLR-XLR low impedance mic cable, resulting in two additional models in the line, the f50CBL and f50SCBL.
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HONG KONG — Sound Classy Holding Limited specified a sound system for Tai O Lookout, a restaurant built into a 100-year-old former police station on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The new system uses a Symetrix Jupiter 8 turnkey signal processor and the Symetrix ARC-2e user interface. Sound Classy works directly with Sanecore Audio Ltd, Symetrix’ distributor in Hong Kong.
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NASHVILLE — FOH engineer Billy Huelin and monitor engineer Joel Stickrod are both using Midas PRO6 consoles to support former Hootie & the Blowfish lead singer (and current country music artist) Darius Rucker. He’s opening for Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night tour, and will continue with solo dates into late September.
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MONTREAL — Kid Koala has adopted a compact iLive system from Allen & Heath to mix his new Space Cadet live project. Touring venues such as planetariums, biospheres and space museums, Kid Koala performs a live rendition of his latest album, Space Cadet, and each member of the audience is equipped with their own set of headphones installed in individual inflatable “space pods.” The show uses an iDR-16 MixRack and an xDR-16 expander unit to cater for the large number of mixes required.
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LANCASTER, PA — Clair Brothers Audio Systems was able to overcome the challenges inherent within the Eden Courtyard at the Best Western Eden Resort & Suites here, including reflective surfaces and an intelligibility-challenging long reverb time, with a Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC24-R-II digitally controlled column loudspeaker system.
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VALENCIA, Spain — In late June, the city of Valencia and its Valencia Street Circuit hosted a number of Formula 1 European Grand Prix-related events. D.A.S. Audio professional sound systems were used for some of those, and for the benefit of the 45,000 at the race course itself.
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Danley Sound Labs’ J4 “Super-Tweeter” Jericho Horn expands upon the long-throw capabilities of the J1, JH 2 and J3 Jericho Horns with a design incorporating 64 one-inch compression drivers that are combined into a single point source design. As such, the J4 extends the upper three or four octaves that can be consumed by atmospheric conditions to improve presence and impact at great distances.
Read More »Bose’s Professional Systems Division is offering new components for two of its flagship systems: the ControlSpace SP-24 sound processor, now with simplified sound processing for 2×4 installed and portable applications, and a new CobraNet compatible interface card for its PowerMatch amplifier line.
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LAS VEGAS — To date, more than 30 sponsoring companies have stepped up and announced their support for the 12th Annual Parnelli Awards, set for Oct. 20 at the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The event will honor Sound Image co-founder Dave Shadoan with the Audio Innovator award. Others to receive top honors include production manager Charlie Hernandez (Lifetime Achievement) and rigging company founder Joe Branam (Visionary Award).
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