ARMAGH, Northern Ireland — Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre here has become one of the first venues to install Allen & Heath’s new GLD digital mixer. The new setup, which replaced an analog desk, includes a GLD-80 mixer plus an AR84 I/O rack in the control room and an AR2412 rack down on the stage floor.
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LAS VEGAS — It’s time for FRONT of HOUSE readers to vote for their favorite regional sound companies for the 2012 Hometown Hero Awards competition. The ballot is now online at fohonline.com/hometown. It includes a total of 30 companies — five from five U.S. regions and five more from Canada. All were nominated by FOH readers in June. Voting takes place throughout July. The six regional winners will be announced in August and included on the 2012 Parnelli Awards ballot. The final winner will then receive the 2012 Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year award at the Parnelli Awards gala, set for Oct. 20, 2012 at the Mirage Resort in Las Vegas.
Read More »BURLINGTON, MA — Avid announced the sale of its consumer business units July 2 to focus on professional audio and digital recording/editing software. The company is selling M-Audio to inMusic and its consumer video division to Corel Corp. for a combined $17 million. Published reports noted the departure of COO Kirk E. Arnold and principal accounting officer Jason G. Burke and a decline in the company’s roster of employees worldwide from 1,750 to 1,400.
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SAN DIEGO — Paul Svenson, owner of PSAudioVideo, provided a single K-array KR400S ultra-light powered speaker, along with Sennheiser ew 100 G3 wireless transmitters and receivers, for the outdoor graduation ceremony at San Diego Bernardo Heights Middle School in mid-June. Svenson, who consulted with Sennheiser area sales manager John R. Borja on the project, ran the microphones directly into a PreSonus digital mixer, which was then connected to the K-array KR 400S.
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Line 6’s StageSource L3m. StageSource loudspeaker systems, now shipping, use L6 LINK digital networking and offer six new Smart Speaker modes for optimum output in a variety of performance scenarios: front-of-house PA, floor monitor, personal PA, keyboard and acoustic guitar backline, or with Line 6 POD multi-effect processors as a high-performance electric guitar speaker system.
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LONDON — The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert earlier this month included a large network of Midas consoles. Britannia Row FOH engineer Josh Lloyd specified a setup including two Midas PRO9 and one Midas PRO2C units for FOH, with Midas XL8, PRO9 and PRO6 consoles for monitors. The system also included 14 Midas DL431 digital mic splitters to manage the 96 channels for the house band plus 96 additional orchestra channels.
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LONDON — Nissan and London nightclub operator Ministry of Sound recently introduced the Juke Box, a new automotive design noted for an installed sound system engineered by Martin Audio that is capable of producing up to 150dB.
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LONDON — The BBC will broadcast the London 2012 Olympic Games from the specially-built International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in the Olympic Park, using seven Harman Studer Vista and OnAir consoles and a Route 6000 network core.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — FOH engineer Brad Madix is using an Avid VENUE system with a Profile surface to support Van Halen on tour. The setup includes four DSP cards and an assortment of plug-ins from Waves, including the SSL 4000 Collection and API, plus the H-EQ hybrid equalizer and C6 multiband compressor, to help him re-create the sound of the band’s original recordings.
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SEOUL — Eidim Audio Visual, based in Buena Park, CA but with offices around the U.S. and also in Seoul, provided audio support for the 5,500-capacity, multi-level Kwang Mying Church here with Adamson gear. The main sanctuary setup included six Y10 enclosures, four SpekTrix 5 degree enclosures as under hang and two flown T21 Subs per side. Eidim also provided four SpekTrix enclosures for center fill due to the room’s extensive width and 10 CB1 cabinets as under-balcony fills and delays. On the stage, there are also 10 10MX monitors.
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SAFETY HARBOR, FL — For more than 20 years, Joel Lonky has toured in support of artists ranging from Rage Against the Machine, Third Eye Blind, Maroon 5, Weird Al Yankovic, Anthrax, Guns & Roses, LL Cool J, Korn and Cypress Hill. He is currently serving as production manager for The Goo Goo Dolls and as FOH engineer for Rob Zombie, Billy Idol, and Diddy. Recently. Lonky switched from another well-known sound analysis software platform to Metric Halo’s SpectraFoo Complete, which he uses before every show.
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Fohhn Audio AG, based in Nürtingen, Germany, is now shipping its new PT-6 compact loudspeaker system with integrated line array technology.
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