LONDON — Theatre sound designer Richard Brooker is using Waves plug-ins for productions including the new musicals I Dreamed a Dream (based on the life of Susan Boyle) and an adaptation of The Bodyguard. His favorites for live production include Renaissance Compressor, Renaissance Reverb, Bass Rider, SSL G-Equalizer and SSL G-Master Buss Compressor.
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PreSonus’ ADL 700 channel strip combines a Class A tube preamplifier with a fully variable, FET-based compressor and a four-band semi-parametric equalizer. The new channel strip provides separate balanced XLR mic, balanced XLR line, and ¼” TS instrument inputs and a single balanced XLR output.
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COPENHAGEN — Nordic Sales, part of the Matrix Group, provided and installed a new RCF speaker system for Parken Stadium here. The system includes 42 RCF Acustica H1315 WP, 18 RCF P4228 and 12 RCF H6045 fiberglass long-throw horns.
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JoeCo has announced that the BlackBox BBR64-Dante Recorder is now shipping. The product, a collaboration between JoeCo and Dante creators Audinate, occupies only 1U of rack space, even though its track count doubled from 32 to 64. As such, the BBR64-Dante now ranks alongside its 64-channel MADI sibling as one of the smallest large-scale audio capturing devices currently available.
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The HICON HD-BaseT extender set from Sommer Cable is designed for long-range HDMI. It can be used to transmit high-resolution, high-speed HDMI with Ethernet, 10/100 BaseT Ethernet and infrared remote controller signals over distances of up to 100 meters, and it complies with 1080p, 3D, 4K, ARC, HDCP, 7.1CH, Home Cinema TrueHD and DTS-HD standards.
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RALEIGH, NC ─ Hope Community Church recently installed Clear-Com’s Tempest2400 digital wireless intercom. The system helps audio, lighting and video crew members manage cues for the church’s weekly services and children’s productions.
Read More »BURBANK, CA — Aphex named a number of additional manufacturer’s representatives recently, including Warman Marketing: Rocky Mountain territories (Harry Warman); Sound Vision Marketing: Florida (Tim Yates); Audio One Marketing: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (Tim Van Bargen); ASR Enterprises: Mid-Atlantic region (Pat Foley); and Marketing Concepts: Texas (Bruce Marlin).
Read More »CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — The NSCA Board of Directors elected a new executive committee in June, during its annual member meeting at the 2012 InfoComm show. Ingolf de Jong, president and principal partner of General Communications, Inc. has been elected the new President of the NSCA Board of Directors through June 2014.
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LAS VEGAS — In the days before InfoComm, representatives from Danley Sound Labs arranged an impromptu demonstration of Danley Jericho Horn point-source loudspeakers for long-throw applications in the desert adjacent to Nellis Air Force Base. The team rented a 25kV generator and a lift for the demo, which took palce in an undeveloped industrial park.
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The Roland V-800HD Multi-Format Live Video Switcher is now shipping. The V-800HD, launched at the NAB show, joins the company’s line of Multi-Format video mixers. The V-800HD Live Video Switcher is designed for any live event or installation that requires the freedom to connect any type of source whether it be digital or analog, computer or video format.
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SEOUL — David Millward , FOH engineer on Morrissey’s 2012 worldwide tour, is mixing the shows using Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system — specifically, an iLive-80 Control Surface and iDR10 modular MixRack fitted with a Dante Card for multitrack recording and virtual soundchecking.
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BERKELEY, CA — Comal, a new restaurant located in Berkeley’s downtown Arts District, is the first establishment of its kind to create an optimized aural environment using the new Libra acoustic image system and complementary Constellation active acoustic system from Meyer Sound.
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