WASHINGTON, DC – Audio mixer Art Steele has been supporting a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock (SHIR) with a combination of Lectrosonics SMDa Super-Miniature beltpack transmitters along with UT400 and HH handheld transmitters. On the receiving end of the system, he uses a fully loaded Lectrosonics Venue receiver.
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PARIS – For Rising Star, a TV talent competition airing in France, producers Euro Media turned to Paris-based Yasta for the music premix for the OB van. Yasta made use of their turnkey digital audio recording/mixing/networking solution built around a Lawo mc²56 digital console combined with Optocore networking modules.
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FIORANO MODENESE, Italy – Established ceramics maker Florim Ceramiche SpA was looking for visually unobtrusive speaker components that could still deliver optimum sound quality for the 9,000 square meter Florim Gallery. Exhibo designed and installed a system that pairs K-array Kobra KK102 speakers and KMT12 subwoofers in the central portion of the gallery. Elsewhere, Exhibo installed K-array KZ10 (Lyzard) components.
Read More »BURLINGTON, MA – Avid noted that Full Sail University has adopted the company’s Avid Everywhere program to assist its audio students. Extending their collaboration with Avid by deploying the industry standard audio creative tools from the Avid Artist Suite, powered by the Avid Media Central Platform, Full Sail University is providing a powerful, collaborative, and efficient learning environment where students can gain the hands-on experience essential to their professional success.
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ENID, OK — Emmanuel Baptist Church underwent a comprehensive audio system upgrade recently. Springfield, MO-based integrator Paragon 360 provided a new system that included a variety of Harman-made components, including Crown amplifiers, BSS Audio processing and JBL loudspeakers. Mark Coble, audio/acoustics design and commissioning specialist at Paragon 360, oversaw the upgrade.
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DENVER — DSI Event Group (formerly Dowlen Sound) recently installed an Outline GTO C-12-based line source sound system within 1,100-seat Summit Music Hall. The venue, purchased by Soda Jerk Presents in 2010, had been in the market for a new system suited to high-power musical groups including Anberlin, Andrew McMahon and GWAR.
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LINCOLNSHIRE, IL — The Marriott Theatre in this Chicago suburb is one of the most subscribed musical theatre company in the U.S., and a new DiGiCo SD7T console is ensuring that its sound is every bit as top rate as the shows that are produced there year-round. Robert Gilmartin, The Marriott Theatre’s resident sound designer, decided that the SD7T would be best for the venue’s needs after conducting research and consulting with other theatrical sound designers and engineers. Gilmartin is pictured here (left) with sound engineer James Guess and the new console.
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PLAILLY, France — NEXO enters 2015 with a new CEO, as Jean Mullor takes over the reins at the leading French loudspeaker manufacturer. Yoshi Tsugawa, who has guided the company for the past three and a half years, is returning to Japan, where he takes up new responsibilities as the General Manager for Band & Orchestra products in the MI & Audio Sales and Marketing Group of Yamaha Corporation.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN– The University of Indianapolis (UIndy), a private university, recently upgraded its Key Stadium with a One Systems sound reinforcement system. The school administration turned to Tech Electronics’ Jeff Watson, who specified nine One Systems loudspeakers to cover the complex.
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MONTREAL — Solotech acquired Toronto-based Midnite Hour Productions. Company founders Marty Anderson, Louis Racine and all other employees are now part of the Solotech team. Separately, the company named Jean-Louis Blanchard vice president of the company’s integration and sales division and promoted Ron Morissette to general manager of the sales and integration division of Solotech’s Toronto office.
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SANTA FE, NM — Zuleikha Bethami — known professionally as Zuleikha — has inspired audiences with sacred theater and dance performances that combine physical movements with the spoken word accompanied by live music. The artist has been relying upon the capabilities of the E6i Earset Microphone from Menlo Park, CA-based Countryman Associates.
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Swiss manufacturer Schertler’s re-engineered range of DYN contact microphones, the DYN P48 Series, promises fully balanced, active, dynamic models with Class A electronics that benefit from the latest developments in microphone technology. The company says its DYN P48 Series now combines even better sound quality with a more elegant lightweight design and more user-friendly operation. Pictured here is the DYN V P48 for violin.
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