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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BOSTON — The Boston Symphony Orchestra has once again tapped DPA Microphones for its nationally broadcast, live Boston Pops Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. Held annually in the Hatch Shell at the Esplanade along the Charles River, the concert and fireworks show hosts nearly 400,000 attendees.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW announced that FOH engineer Martin Frey has endorsed the company’s Red Certified KF740 arrays for main PA loudspeakers and will specify them as first choice on all technical riders. The agreement comes after Frey got the chance to use KF740 main PA system provided by Las Vegas-based H.A.S. Productions (HAS), with whom EAW is piloting the Red Certification program.
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GEORGETOWN, KY — Curtis Cox of Curtis Cox Music provided Galvin’s Restaurant here with Community DP6 pendant loudspeakers in a downward-pointed distributed system to minimize challenges posed by the venue’s plaster and metal ceiling and wall surfaces.
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NANDANAM, India — Ravi ‘Drums’ Jakhotia, who played with First Project and Colonial Cousins, two acts joining Katy Perry to kick off a major cricket tournament at a soccer stadium here, relied upon AKG IVM4500 IEMs for his performance.
Read More »CHIBA, Japan — The Big Beach Dance Festival staged at the Makuhari Seaside Park here recently used a new RCF rig on each of the three stages. The event drew some 20,000 revelers with artists including The Chemical Brothers (playing a DJ set), John Digweed, Beardyman, Timo Maas and more. Promoted by alife Entertainment, adding to the atmosphere of the legendary beach party was a full RCF rig on each of the three stages provided by Comestock, sourced through Ballad Co.
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WABASH, IN – CSD Group, led by company president Doug Hood, overcame challenges to spoken word intelligibility posed by the 300-capacity sanctuary at First United Methodist Church here with the installation of gear from WorxAudio Technologies.
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OXNARD, CA — L-Acoustics named Dan Palmer national manager of installation projects and Andrew Nagel as head of application for the U.S. installation market. Palmer is currently in his eighth year as a member of the L-Acoustics US team. Nagel recently completed several high profile installation projects for L-Acoustics worldwide.
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