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Jim Bailey Joins Renkus-Heinz

Jim Bailey joins Renkus-Heinz

Jim Bailey Joins Renkus-Heinz

FOOTHILL RANCH, CA — Renkus-Heinz named industry veteran Jim Bailey to a newly created product marketing position. Bailey previously served as general manager of Aphex. His lengthy career in pro audio has included product management positions at Avid and TASCAM, playing a major role in the development of award-winning products at both companies. His years as a successful recording engineer/studio owner served as his launch pad into manufacturing, applying that experience in the development of new audio products.

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Glendale Community College vocal jazz ensemble

Hollywood Sound Provides Shure ULXD4Q, Beta 58A Handhelds for Vocal Jazz Ensemble

GLENDALE, CA — Featuring up to 16 vocalists, a rhythm section and student sound engineers, Glendale Community College’s vocal jazz ensemble has long faced obstacles using wired mics, which created unnecessary complications. Bryon Delto, associate professor of music at Glendale Community College, wanted the freedom of wireless without any complexities, along with a high channel count, managed frequency deployment, digital audio networking and intelligent battery operation.

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Roscoe Anthony with Harro Heinz

Roscoe Anthony Named President of Renkus-Heinz

FOOTHILL RANCH, CA — Renkus-Heinz named industry veteran Roscoe Anthony president. Anthony (pictured here, left) will work closely with company founder and chairman Harro Heinz (pictured right). He joins the company after 12 years as president of Califone. Prior to Califone, Anthony held senior management positions for TASCAM, JBL Professional, SKB and also ad agency Reeds & Farris. He holds an MBA from Pepperdine University.

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2014 Hometown Hero Sound Company Votes Are In!

2014 Hometown Hero Sound Company Votes Are In!

LAS VEGAS — FRONT OF HOUSE readers have chosen the six regional winners of the 2014 Hometown Hero Award competition.  These top vote getters from each of five U.S. regions plus all of Canada will be automatically entered on the Parnelli Awards ballot. FOH readers will then get a chance to vote on which regional company will be awarded the coveted honor of Parnelli Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year.

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PreSonus StudioLive Rackmount Digital Mixer

PreSonus StudioLive Rackmount Digital Mixers

Based on the StudioLive AI-series engine and controlled with battle-ready UC Surface software for Mac, Windows and iOS, the StudioLive RM16AI and RM32AI 32x16x3 rack-mount Active Integration digital mixers are scalable, compact and 100 percent recallable. PreSonus’ new UC Surface control software was specifically designed for live mixing and supports iPad and Windows 8 touchscreens.

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Electric Zoo Cut Short Again, This Time from Bad Weather

NEW YORK – The last day of the three-day Electric Zoo Festival 2013 on Randall’s Island here was canceled after two attendees who had used a party drug died. This year, precautions against drug use were ramped up and there were no reported fatalities. But severe weather moved in, forcing an evacuation.

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DPA Microphones Helps Ivan Rutherford Bring Sound of Broadway to Hong Kong

DPA Microphones Helps Ivan Rutherford Bring Sound of Broadway to Hong Kong

HONG KONG — Actor and singer Ivan Rutherford, who has performed the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables over 2,000 times on Broadway, sang a series of Broadway hit tunes for a recent one-off show staged at the Academic Community Hall here recently. The show, titled A Taste of Broadway, got an assist from DPA Microphones and its Hong Kong distributor, Digital Media Technology. Rutherford performed with DPA’s d:facto vocal mic, and the company’s d:dicate 4011A Cardioid and d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones were used for a piano that accompanied Rutherford’s voice.

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OutKast has been performing with DiGiCo SD10s at FOH, Monitors. Pictured here, from left, is FOH engineer Darcy Khan, FOH tech Chad Fuller and monitor engineer Kevin Brown. They are at Lollapalooza’s Samsung main stage in Chicago, where OutKast performed before some 70,000 fans.

Outkast Touring with DiGiCo SD10s at FOH, Monitors

CHICAGO — Outkast, the hip-hop duo consisting of André “André 3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, is touring with DiGiCo SD10s at both FOH and Monitors positions. The consoles are looked after by Darcy Khan and Kevin Brown, respectively. Pictured here, as the duo was getting ready to perform before 70,000 fans at at Lollapalooza’s Samsung main stage in Chicago, are, from left, Darcy Khan, FOH tech Chad Fuller and Kevin Brown.

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Mark Rahilly, new Senior Sales Manager at Shure.

Shure Adds Mark Rahilly To U.S. Sales Team

NILES, IL – Shure Incorporated named Mark Rahilly senior sales manager. He will cover the retail market throughout the East and Southeast and will be based in Boston. Rahilly is familiar to many at Shure from his previous tenure at Shure sales rep firm Richard Dean and Associates, where he worked for 10 years. More recently, he was employed by Harman as a territory manager, responsible for many of its most strategic accounts. He has won many accolades and awards of excellence for his efforts in management and sales across various brands.

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Churchill Downs, best known as the home of the Kentucky Derby, turned to Dallas, TX-based Marsh/PMK International, LLC for an update to the horse racing track’s outdoor sound system. Dave Marsh, the firm's president, is pictured here with Lectrosonics’ TM400 Wireless System for Test and Measurement, which played a key role

Churchill Downs Uses Lectrosonics TM400 for Wireless Testing and Measurement

LOUISVILLE, KY — Churchill Downs, best known as the home of the Kentucky Derby, turned to  Dallas, TX-based Marsh/PMK International, LLC for an update to the horse racing track’s outdoor sound system. Dave Marsh, the firm’s president, is pictured here with Lectrosonics’ TM400 Wireless System for Test and Measurement, which played a key role in ensuring signal integrity for the project prior to this year’s big horse race.

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Kramer RC-43T Control Panel diagram

Kramer RC-43T Control Panel

Kramer Electronics’ RC-43T is a 6-button auxiliary control panel that is designed to work as a remote control panel for master room controllers such as the Kramer SL-1 in classrooms, meeting rooms, boardrooms or auditoriums.

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