Rob Lingfield, 59, a former sales and marketing director for Martin Audio, who was also chairman of PLASA's European Regional Board, died after a long illness on June 19. At Martin Audio, Lingfield served as a director until taking on a consultancy role, where he was actively involved in the development and launch of the Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system.
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CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – RG Jones Sound Engineering has equipped the chapel at Cambridge's Trinity College with its first sound reinforcement system since it was founded in the mid-1540s. It includes 127 Harman's JBL Control 52 ultra-compact satellite loudspeakers, accessed via a BSS Soundweb DSP design to optimize the sound broadcast from seven fixed microphone positions at the lecterns.
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BARCELONA – The d&b audiotechnik location in Barcelona, which handles distribution of the company's products in Spain, is moving to a new location, starting July 1. The new facilities were chosen to support an expansion of the company's educational and training programs.
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SOLON, OH – CAD Audio named Rock Mountain Sales as its exclusive sales representatives for the Rocky Mountain region. Separately, CAD Audio also appointed Frequency Sales LLC as its sales representatives for markets in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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AKG's WMS 470 wireless system, which debuted at InfoComm 2011, has a new automatic frequency setup function that quickly finds and displays all available channels, making the system well-suited for users regardless of their experience level. Before opening a channel, the pilot tone function will prevent unwanted startup noise – the receiver will only open the audio if the pilot tone is detected.
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Community Professional Loudspeakers' Forecaster HD Ceiling Distributed System Design Software, a graphical engineering tool for calculating loudspeaker layout and density in ceiling distributed systems, helps systems designers select the proper models and quantities of Community ceiling loudspeakers for a wide range of ceiling distributed applications based on user input of room dimensions and listening height.
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Solid State Logic's new V2 Firmware for Delta-Link MADI HD provides support for Pro Tools native cards (requires PT V8.5 or higher). The new Firmware also introduces support for longer Dig.Link Cables (certified up to 12 feet) between Delta-Link and Pro-Tools native, Pro-Tools Core or Pro-Tools Accel Cards. Delta-Link MADI HD V2.0 Firmware is free and can be downloaded from the SSL website.
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SNOWMASS, CO – Just a few miles from the glitz and flash of Aspen, St. Benedict's Monastery's Benedictine monks mix daily prayer with the running of a working ranch and bakery. While honoring the value of quiet meditation, the monks aren't strictly bound by long-term vows of silence. They conduct daily liturgical services and occasionally host performances by well-known musicians from nearby Aspen.
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LAS VEGAS – A key group of forward-thinking companies have already confirmed their spots as sponsors of the 11th Annual Parnelli Awards, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Peabody Orlando. This year's Parnelli Awards ceremony will honor Kenton Forsythe, the Parnelli Audio Innovator; Ed Wannebo, winner of the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award; Jim Fackert, the Parnelli Visionary Award winner; plus yet-to-be-determined winners of awards in the worlds of audio, lighting and video. It will take place at 8 pm, following a cocktail reception at 7 pm.
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CORNWALL, U.K. – Evosound Pro Audio managed PA requirements for the recent Night Surf event held at Lusty Glaze in Newquay, Cornwall, using its Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to run FOH and monitors for bands. The event featured headline performances by Reef and The Kooks.
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QSC Audio Products' new KLA Series Active Line Array System joins the company's K Series and KW Series with similar user interfaces and sonic performance characteristics, letting the K Family models be mixed and matched for installed sound, rental and portable PA. Available in black and white, the KLA Series includes the KLA12, a 12-inch, 2-way, line array element (pictured here) and the KLA181 an 18-inch direct radiating subwoofer.
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QSC recently introduced two new products designed to enhance the capabilities of the company's Q-Sys integrated system platform. Both the new TSC-3 Controller, pictured here, and CCN32 CobraNet Audio I/O Card expand the offerings of the Q-Sys system, which is designed for audio system control of large-scale venues in hospitality, transportation, entertainment, worship and sports venue sectors.
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