LEVELLAND, TX — South Plains College, a comprehensive two-year community college in Levelland, Texas, has recently added a Live Sound/Sound Reinforcement Certificate program to their already existing Sound Technology program. The college's Sound Technology program, a part of their Creative Arts department, has been in place for 25 years.
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MONTGOMERY, AL — SymNet DSP and expansion devices have been installed at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, where they provide processing, auto-mixing, matrixing and distribution functionality for the legislative spaces. This installation is part of an audio/visual upgrade at the State Legislature building, which was designed by special systems engineering firm NBTA Engineers, of Baton Rouge, La.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Time to pull together in support of one of our own, as Joe Walden of Sound Connections in Las Vegas had a truck containing a bunch of lighting gear stolen last night (Friday, March 2, 2007). Here are the details:
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ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Bay area sound reinforcement contractors Pro Media of Hercules, Calif, recently replaced the entire speaker system at the Honda Center (aka Anaheim Pond) in Orange County, Calif. Four center clusters with 22 JBL cabinets each and 30 delay fills were installed, along with a ProPower RPD power distribution for the Crown amp racks. Approximately 4,000 feet of ProCable speaker cable was used. All loudspeakers and cable drops were replaced and operational in one week.
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Put yourself into Crown Audio’s product managers’ shoes: You have the renowned touring audio power amplifier line called the I-Tech, and you have the task to create a smaller mass music market version that sells for a competitive price but still has the features and power ratings this market wants. In this pursuit, I believe Crown has succeeded very well with the XTi line of amplifiers.
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I don’t know about you, but I have noticed a trend with “affordable” condenser mics sounding “clunky” and requiring a lot of help in the EQ dept. Why bother making it affordable if it sucks? Add that with the reputation for delicacy — especially in some large diaphragm models more suited for the studio — and many of us avoid using them live. But these mics came to me in a very cool quasi-flight-looking case. For the price I was sur-prised AKG made the effort! The mics are very retro studio looking, and are extremely rugged (more on that in a minute).
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Presonus has made some great live stuff over the years. I can’t even count the number of their 8-channel comps and gates I have seen in racks. I remember an EQ that had a special secret weapon — a button that killed 60-cycle hum. Loved that. But over the past decade the company has been going more and more in a digital/studio/recording direction and we have had little to talk about in regards to their gear. So when I got the call about the Digimax FS, it was a pleasant surprise.
But the alarm bells went off when he uttered The Phrase. “It was designed for the studio but we are seeing a lot of them used live."
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ROCHESTER, NY — Northeastern Production Systems, of Rochester, NY, is celebrating its 35th Anniversary in 2007, having evolved from a local sound production supplier to a full service audio/lighting/video systems providers.
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HANOVER, MD — Event Tech brought out their Yamaha PM5D-RH and LS9 mixing consoles at the Maryland Governor's Inaugural Ball on January 17 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Event Tech rolled out their two Yamaha PM5Ds on the 3rd Floor Main stage, using one for front of house duty and one to mix monitors for Eddie Palmieri and his band. Event Tech also managed to snag some of Yamaha's new digital mixing boards the LS9-16 and LS9-32, which they put to use for the acts on the Cultural and Local Band stages, respectively.
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LAS VEGAS — The Klein + Hummel M 52 is a portable control monitor featuring a three-inch driver and built-in amplification that measures 4 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 4 5/8" and weighs 5.7 lbs. The M 52 is intended for situations where space is at a premium, such as small studios, broadcast vans, and mobile rigs. Control of volume and power are located on the front. In addition to new switching AC mains powering (85 – 230 V), the M 52 can be DC powered by a 12-20 volt battery via a four-pole XLR connector. The M 52 includes magnetic shielding and an all-aluminum enclosure. It features a transformer-balanced, +6 dBu XLR analog input and can be mounted with optional hardware to most surfaces, as well as rack-mounted.
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GRAPEVINE, TX — Clair Brothers Systems recently installed a WJHW-designed audio system at the new Glass Cactus nightclub in Grapevine, Texas, that includes JBL VerTec line arrays, AE Series loudspeakers and Control 29AV speakers.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — BAi, LLC, of Austin, Texas, recently designed an upgraded audio system at the WK Kellogg Auditorium in Battle Creek, Mich to include VRX line arrays installed within a new stage eyebrow invisible to the audience.
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