CHICAGO — Sensaphonics named Joe Tessone as the company’s new audio engineering consultant. In his new role, Tessone will advise customers on the implementation of in-ear monitoring, handling a wide range of IEM-related questions.
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Harman has updated the Soundcraft ViSi Remote iPad app to allow control of the Vi Series range of consoles in addition to the Si Compact range released last month. The new version of the app is available free of charge on the iTunes store.
Read More »TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio has expanded the capabilities of its V9 (Version 9), and it is now available for live use with Yamaha, Allen & Heath, DiGiCo, Venue and MultiRack Native. Featuring 64-bit support, faster scanning, faster loading, and faster processing, Waves Version 9 opens up new dimensions of high performance plugin power.
Read More »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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