KENT, OH – Aggressive Audio, based here, has been relying upon D.A.S. Audio gear to support the audio needs of tours for bands including Straight No Chaser and Manowar and also for seasonal performances that are part of River Rock at the Amp in Warren, OH and Rockin’ on the River in Cuyahoga Falls. Pictured here is the setup for River Rock at the Amp.
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CONROE, Texas — TASC A/V provided new processing gear for Moorhead stadium here that includes two Symetrix SymNet Radius 12×8 DSPs with Dante capability. Selling points for the system include a user-friendly interface and a flexible approach to audio distribution.
Read More »NEW YORK — Audinate and Bose Professional announced that the next in a series of AV Networking Roadshow events, which got launched at InfoComm MEA in Dubai in mid-October, will take place Nov. 19 at the Holiday Inn Midtown’s Embassy Ballroom in New York City. Attero Tech, Audio-Technica and Digital Audio Labs are also supporting the one-day event, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Newkirk, audio engineering program chair at Musicians Institute (MI), based here, recently posed for this photo with Danica Renee Garcia of Santa Paula, CA, the recipient of the 2014 Hosa Technology Audio Engineering Program Scholarship. Garcia was chosen among other incoming MI students who had submitted a 500-word essay on why they should be considered for the scholarship, which defrays the cost of tuition by $1,000 and also provides a $250 voucher toward the purchase of Hosa Technology gear. The scholarship program is now in its second year.
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LINCOLN, NE — Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon, & Williams audio consultant Mark Graham designed an upgrade for 87,000-capacity Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln here that includes 16 Meyer Sound SB-3F sound field synthesis loudspeakers. All Meyer Sound components were supplied by BNY Productions of Sioux City, Iowa, with installation by Lincoln-based Electronic Contracting Company.
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LOS ANGELES — At the 137th AES Convention held here last month, the OCA Alliance touted the benefits of its proposed Open Control Architecture (OCA), a standards-based control and monitoring architecture for networked audio devices employing any media transport protocol. Alliance members provided show attendees and AES committee members with product demos showing OCA’s advantages.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Guitar Center, based here, and Allen & Heath are pleased to announce the arrival of the Qu-32, the new flagship mixer in Allen & Heaths Qu series. The Qu-32s are now on display in 100 Guitar Center stores across the United States and are connected to PA speakers, with trained staff on hand to demonstrate the features of these next generation digital mixers. This is the first time that so many of the world’s largest musical instrument retailer’s outlets have showcased Allen & Heath digital consoles. Pictured here is Guitar Center’s Bill Wrightson with one of the Allen & Heath Qu-32 mixing consoles.
Read More »OLD LYME, CT — Sennheiser, based in Wedemark, Germany with a U.S. subsidiary here, has petitioned the FCC regarding the UHF spectrum auction now planned for 2016, and is encouraging other mic owners to do the same. The FCC has set Nov. 12, 2014 as the initial reply deadline for its Incentive Auction Ruling on the spectrum repacking measures that are expected to take place in early 2016.
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OSLO, Norway — Norwegian distributor, LydRommet, has had a busy summer, designing and setting up an extensively upgraded light, audio and AV system at two concert halls used by the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. LydRommet provided Soundcraft Vi3000 digital mixing consoles and JBL VerTec line arrays from Harman for each performance space. The systems are powered by nine Crown I-Tech amplifiers and monitored and processed by JBL HiQnet Performance Manager software.
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NEW YORK – To enhance the sound systems used by French artisanal bakery Maison Kayser’s five bakery/café locations in New York City, Essential Communications specified Ashly Audio integrated signal processors/amplifiers.
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LOS ANGELES – Although Roland Systems Group has not divulged too much information about its new live audio product, the company has posted a teaser (pictured here) with a countdown to when more information will be available. The webcast is set for Nov. 4, 2014, at 10 AM Pacific time.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — After months of successful field testing, BBE Sound has begun shipping the BBE MP24M digital mixer, the only digital mixing system available with BBE Sonic Maximizer processing. The MP24M offers 24 Class-A mic preamps; a virtual rack of 14 31-band graphic EQ’s; eight aux sends and four subgroups (all with full DSP); and precise LED metering.
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