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Audio-Technica SpectraPulse mtu301 Body-Pack Transmitter

Audio-Technica SpectraPulse mtu301 Body-Pack Transmitter

Audio-Technica's SpectraPulse mtu301 Body-Pack Transmitter lets presenters transmit audio as they move throughout the entire SpectraPulse coverage area. By plugging in a lavalier or head-worn microphone to the mtu301, users can leave a podium or walk away from a conference table, expanding the performance for Audio-Technica's SpectraPulse Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless microphone system. An application of UWB technology, SpectraPulse offers secure wireless operation for the installed sound market, free from RF competition, frequency coordination and "white space" issues.

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Alcorn McBride Enhances 8TraXX

The updated version of Alcorn McBride's audio playback unit now offers Ethernet control and remote update along with contact closure, voltage, RS-232 or MIDI control. With the 8TraXX, users can access eight independent stereo tracks from a single, economical rack-mount unit. Tracks are individually triggered for flexibility.

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65th Annual Tony Awards Get Support from Harman, Riedel Gear

NEW YORK – For the 65th Annual Tony Awards, Firehouse Productions and Audio Intercom Services were among those providing technical support. The gear deployed included Studer Vista Series audio mixing consoles at the front of house position and in the monitor truck and JBL Professional VerTec line arrays for the live PA system at New York's Beacon Theatre.

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Wohler Names Don Bird Chief Marketing Officer

SAN FRANCISCO – Wohler Technologies named Don Bird chief marketing officer (CMO), a newly created position. With a 30-plus-year career in the media and cinema industries, including more than 20 years in executive management, Bird will lead all of Wohler's sales, marketing, and product line management operations.

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Auction to Raise Funds for Joplin, MO Tornado Victims

LONDON and JOPLIN, MO – Orange Amplifiers is working with fellow musicians and others in the music industry to donate gear and memorabilia for "Music Aid for Joplin," an auction fundraiser accepting bids from July 18-Aug. 24 on FameBureau.com. Proceeds will benefit victims of the tornado that destroyed much of Joplin, MO on May 22, killing 153 and injuring close to 900.

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Panavid Upgrades Audio System at Calvary Baptist Church with JBL Loudspeaker System

NEW YORK – Calvary Baptist Church, founded in New York City in 1847 as an independent Baptist church, has been in its current location on Manhattan's West 57th Street since 1931. Over the years, the church has undergone a series of renovations, and recently upgraded its audio system with the installation of JBL VRX Series Constant Curvature, AE Series Compact and CBT loudspeakers.

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Meyer Sound MINA Makes Touring Debut with Big Daddy Weave

NASHVILLE – Looking to trim ticket prices despite soaring fuel costs on its Love Come to Life Tour, Nashville-based Christian rock band Big Daddy Weave slimmed down production by trading conventional loudspeakers and amp racks for Meyer Sound's MINA compact line array loudspeakers. This tour was the first for MINA, the newest addition to Meyer Sound's MILO family of self-powered line array loudspeakers.

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Midas and Klark Teknik Announce Restructuring

KIDDERMINSTER, U.K. – Music Group announced organizational changes at Midas and Klark Teknik following the departure of former MD John Oakley at the beginning of June. Ian Riley, who joined Midas and Klark Teknik from Harman earlier this year, has been named VP Operations and R&D, while Jonathan Chitty is VP Customer Support, a new division which handles day-to-day commercial and financial matters.

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Eight Companies Form Open Control Architecture (OCA) Alliance

ORLANDO, FL – Eight audio manufacturers have formed an organization whose mission is to secure the standardization of the Open Control Architecture (OCA), a media networking system-control standard for professional applications. The founding members of the alliance include Bosch Communications Systems, d&b audiotechnik, Duran Audio, Loud Technologies, Media Technology Systems, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Salzbrenner StageTec Mediagroup and tc Group.

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Meyer Sound Becomes InfoComm CTS Program Provider

ORLANDO – InfoComm has recognized Meyer Sound as a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) Program Provider. Offered by the company's worldwide education program, the two-day seminar on "Fundamentals of System Design, Implementation and Optimization" is now a CTS-accredited curriculum. Participants completing the seminar can earn six renewal units (RUs) toward the program's requirements for maintaining certified status as CTS general, CTS-D (design), or CTS-I (installation).

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