NEW YORK — JD Audio & Video Design (JDAV) handled the design and installation of an AV package for 40/40 Club, owned by Jay-Z and partner Juan Perez, that includes a full complement of gear from Meyer Sound loudspeakers, subwoofers and Galileo processing.
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Midas’ Mixtender iPad app, available now from the iTunes app store, provides wireless remote control of the PRO2 and PRO2C digital mixing systems, giving engineers the ability to access fader levels and output GEQ remotely from an iPad. The app will also be available for the Midas PRO Series and XL8 digital systems upon the release of v2.0 software, which the company calls “imminent.”
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EDINA, MN — Movek LLC, manufacturer and distributor of myMix personal monitoring systems, has named Kevin Madden national sales director. Prior to Movek/myMix, Madden served as the US distributor for Innovason consoles and, prior to that, he spent several years in sales, product or marketing management positions as well as technical positions at CAD/Omnitronics, AKG Acoustics and JBL Professional.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — PreSonus’ second annual user conference, PreSonuSphere 2012, is set to take place Sept. 28-29, 2012 at the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge. The event features seminars with tips and techniques for using PreSonus’ StudioLive-series mixers and Studio One 2 DAW. Some of the topics covered will be repeated both days so that one-day attendees won’t miss out.
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ATHENS, Greece — The first Red Bull Soundclash in Greece recently was supported by a TTL+ active line array system from RCF — provided as part of a complete sound, lighting and visual package across two identical stages by Greek production company, Kariotis Meletios Events Productions.
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FORT MYERS, FL — Jet Blue Park, spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, features Community WET and R-Series weather-resistant loudspeakers. The new audio system was designed by WJHW’s Gary White and installed by Jupiter, FL-based Peerson Audio.
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LONDON — Florence + The Machine is touring with gear provided by Britannia Row, with the lead singer using a customized Sennheiser SKM 5200 microphone with an MD 5235 head, and musicians and backing vocalists using Sennheiser’s 2000 Series in-ear monitoring.
Read More »The latest software release for Harman’s Studer Vista digital consoles brings 30-band graphic EQ functionality to all channels on the desk, whether they are inputs, buses or outputs, in addition to the existing full 4-band parametric equalization. Users assign and select the graphic EQ via the Vistonics touch screen, and the control of the frequency bands is then placed on the channel faders, or via the rotary controls in the Vistonics section.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Prince’s band, The Revolution, which marked the one-year anniversary of drummer “Bobby Z” Rivkin’s survival of a near-fatal heart attack with a performance in February, also using the occasion to raise awareness and money for MyPurpleHeart.org and the American Heart Organization. The event, which drew 1,500 to First Avenue in Minneapolis, was also supported by longtime crew members including FOH engineer Rob “Cubby” Colby, who mixed the benefit show on a DiGiCo SD7.
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WARMINSTER, PA — Working with Metropolitan Acoustics, Starlite Productions upgraded the audio system at William Tennent High School’s 2,000-seat auditorium here as part of a building-wide renovation. The system was engineered to provide high-intelligibility for presentations and rich, encompassing sound for live concerts and theatrical productions. The client, the Centennial School District, also wanted to complete the project in 90 days.
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SPOKANE, WA — The church leaders at South Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church here had been satisfied with their older, center cluster sound system for years. Used primarily for the spoken word, church members found it adequate for their services. But that all changed when Summit Ridge Christian Fellowship, also in Spokane, brought in their portable system for the services they hold at South Hill. Featuring Fulcrum Audio loudspeakers powered by Powersoft amplifiers, the portable church system helped the church leaders hear what they had been missing.
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ODENSE, Denmark — The Odense Teater, which had its origins back in 1796, recently upgraded to a Meyer Sound surround system based on the MINA line array and miniature MM-4XP loudspeakers. Kastrup, Denmark-based integrator Stouenborg was contracted to install the gear to meet a variety of objectives, including flexibility and coherence.
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