BOSTON – Founded in 1963 and now led by artistic director Mikko Nissinen and executive director Barry Hughson, the Boston Ballet and the Boston Ballet School are internationally recognized. The Boston Ballet recently upgraded its audio system, including the installation of a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixing console.
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Crest Audio's Pro-LITE 3.0 and Pro-LITE 3.0 DSP power amplifiers are designed to be efficient and light in weight with high power and stable performance into 2-ohm loads. Their advanced, high-speed class D design with a switch-mode power supply promises to increase reliability, thermal efficiency and output power while keeping weight to a minimum. They each offer 870W per channel at 4 ohms stereo (up to 3,150W bridged at 4 ohms), weigh 13.3 lbs., and run in parallel, stereo and bridged modes. The power supply also lets them deliver perform with low frequencies and at 2-ohm operation.
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ORLANDO – When it was known as Tabu, The Beacham was Orlando's first South Beach-style VIP nightclub, setting the pace for the many that followed after it opened in 1999. But now The Beacham, a historic venue that has been part of Orlando's nightlife since the early 1920s, has been restored as a live performance venue and is using a KF740 P.A. system from EAW.
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SAN MARCOS, CA – Meeting Services, Inc. deployed a Harman JBL VerTec line array system for the California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) campus for the school's spring commencement, class of 2011's celebration. More than 20,000 graduates, faculty, staff, family and friends attended the University's 20th commencement, which returned to campus after having been staged at local fairgrounds over the past decade.
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Movek's IEX16L-A 16-channel input expander offers two 8-channel digital inputs utilizing the common ADAT format, allowing 16 audio channels to be streamed in 24-bit, 48kHz into a myMix system. The IEX16L-A has an additional 16 analog line-level channel inputs which can be switched in blocks of eight, allowing the use of either 16 digital, 8 analog and 8 digital, or all 16 channels in analog. Since the number of myMix system devices is unlimited, one can set up 160 input signals using any combination of IEX16L-A or local myMix inputs.
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Lexicon's compact, energy-efficient DD-8 Multi-Room Amplifier, an eight-channel amplifier with DriveCore amplifier technology, is now shipping. It delivers 1,000W – 125 watts into each of its eight channels. It measures 1.7" H (one rack space) by 17.3" W by 14.9" D and weighs 9.2lbs. The DD-8 uses Harman's new DriveCore amplifier IC chip, co-developed with Texas Instruments Inc., with a high level of component integration into an IC that is smaller than a postage stamp, reducing power consumption, heat production and the need for a fan. MSRP: $2,500.
Read More »GARDEN GROVE, CA – Following a global distribution deal between the companies, Penn-Elcom will help Fane Acoustics re-launch its professional speaker driver range in North America – including all Fane's pro audio loudspeakers and guitar speaker lines.
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Steven Vandervort, a Las Vegas-based sound engineer and AV consultant, died June 5 after a long illness. He was 51.
Read More »I'll never forget my first Heritage 3000; actually it was the first in the US. My friend George Relles saw it introduced at the 1999 Los Angeles NAMM show, pulled out his checkbook and told Bob Doyle he would buy one if they'd take off the handles and end-caps so it would turn it in a 90-inch wide bob-tail truck. It first appeared at a festival where I was mixing monitors for four bands, with no warning, no manual and no time to study it. Each band fit onto a 24×8 section of the console, which I simply routed through the matrix, with side-fills on L/R, so I didn't have to chart a thing. It was love at first sight.
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With combined production support from Special Event Services (SES) and On Stage Audio (OSA), Oprah's Surprise Spectacular was taped May 17 before 13,000 lucky fans, bringing together some of the biggest names in movies, music and television in a one-time-only farewell to celebrate the 25-year legacy of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
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There's nothing more frustrating (and embarrassing) than equipment failure during a show. Bands and audiences take it for granted that loudspeakers will work perfectly every time, but sound engineers know it doesn't always happen that way.
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Morris Light & Sound Combines Touring and Installed Electro-Voice X-Line Systems
This year's top country tour, Kenny Chesney, has filled many arenas, amphitheaters, and stadiums over the last decade. But the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium, next to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, TX and host to last year's Super Bowl, is the largest.
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