PHILADELPHIA — The interior spaces and acoustic requirements for the different rooms within the 10,000-square-foot Rumor nightclub differed greatly, but Aurora Sound and Light Design was able to find gear from Harman’s JBL offerings to suit the needs of the different spaces.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — Klipsch Group, Inc. (KGI), which owns audio brands including Klipsch, Energy, Mirage and Jamo, recently took legal action against 23 alleged counterfeiting parties, all based in China. The legal remedies issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York include allowing the suspension of service to domains and sellers on trade boards selling counterfeit Klipsch headphones. In addition, the order allows for restraint on funds in the payment processing and bank accounts of those selling the counterfeit products. To date, KGI has restrained 20 of defendants’ accounts having over $750,000 in funds from the sale of counterfeit goods.
Read More »Eventide announced that its 2016 Stereo Room and Omnipressor plugins are available through authorized Eventide software dealers and on eventide.com. The introductory price is $149 (regularly $199) for the 2016 Stereo Room and $99 (regularly $149) for the Omnipressor.
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RICHMOND, VA — Soundworks of Virginia has owned and operated Turbosound loudspeaker systems since the company’s early days, when company founder and president Steve Payne drove away from a speaker demo in Philadelphia with four TMS-4s in the van. Payne has been a Turbosound customer ever since.
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL — Located just a half-mile from the main “antenna farm” of transmitters for Miami’s TV stations, Sun Life Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins, served as a fitting beta-test proving ground for Shure’s Axient wireless system. Bryan Lykins, the team’s recently-hired director of broadcast operations, credited the Axient system for offering “what we need: a scalable, innovative and state of the art technology.”
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WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada — To help support its Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system, Martin Audio named Jim Jorgensen MLA Support Specialist, a new position. In his new role, he will work closely with engineers and production company owners. Jorgensen, who has been using Martin Audio products since 1978, has extensive experience with regional sound companies, including his own company, Genesis Productions in Phoenix, along with Sunbelt Scenic Studios and Clearwing Productions in Milwaukee and Arizona. He has also toured with leading artists such as Missy Elliott, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power and, most recently, Sammy Hagar and Chickenfoot.
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LOS ANGELES — For the American Music Awards (AMA), which featured more than a dozen live performances at Nokia Theatre LA Live, ATK Audiotek brought in an audio system that included 70 VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array loudspeakers, 15 VT4887 compact line array loudspeakers and five VRX932LA Constant Curvature loudspeakers. They were used for the live broadcast in conjunction with more than a dozen JBL VT4880A fullsize arrayable subwoofers that were already installed in venue.
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ADELAIDE, Australia — Firehouse Productions is supporting the current world tour for the Arctic Monkeys, including a Soundcraft Vi6 digital audio console for monitor mixing. Monitor engineer Will Doyle uses the desk to run stereo ears, wedges and side fills.
Read More »HIGHLAND PARK, NJ – Industry veterans Damian Doria and Alec Stoll have formed Stages Consultants, a theatre planning and design practice. The firm opened Jan. 3 with the focus on full-service consultation on acoustics and theatre design. Stages’ principals have nearly 40 years of consulting experience and another 30 in the performing arts industry.
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WESTBURY, NY — Frank Farrell, technical director and monitor engineer for Kenny Rogers’ 30th annual Christmas & Hits Tour, which runs from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, credited Astatic’s 1700VP remote control variable pattern mics for helping to solve a perennial challenge: miking the different choirs from local colleges, churches and high schools that perform as part of the show.
Read More »STOW, OH — Audio-Technica is celebrating “50 Years of Passionate Listening” with special events, promotions and commemorative products in 2012. From its humble beginnings as a manufacturer of phonograph cartridges, A-T has emerged as a leading manufacturer of a wide range of products for the professional recording, M.I., live sound, broadcast, fixed installation and consumer audio markets. “At Audio-Technica, ‘always listening’ is much more than just a slogan,” said Phil Cajka, Audio-Technica U.S. President and CEO. “It’s how we do business.”
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Audix is adding the FP Quad drum mic pack to its Fusion series, positioned as a low-cost alternative to the DP Quad drum mic pack that Audix introduced in 2011. It includes the F6 dynamic microphone for kick drum, the F5 dynamic microphone for snare drum and two F9 condensers microphones for overhead applications.
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