DEQUINCY, LA — The local Pentecostal Church here required an upgrade to its sound system, and with a change from a center cluster long overdue, Pastor Wayne Neyland turned to Sulphur, LA-based systems integrator Advanced Audio Video Technologies and Harman’s JBL VerTec line arrays and Crown amplifiers to bring the sanctuary’s sound up to date.
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Flex Rental Solutions announces Flex 4.9.0, a leading web-based inventory and financial management software for needs of the live event industry. New features and enhancements in 4.9.0 include recurring billing, warehouse bins functionality, a new virtually scan all in feature, the ability to turn off and on automatic availability calculations in quotes, cheat sheets, pricing tier minimums, support for A4 paper size printing for reports, a new pending returns tab and other improvements. Additionally, a native iOS iPad/iPhone version for Flex users is slated for fall release.
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STRAWBERRY, CA — Musician and front of house engineer Theodore “Ted” Rodden was murdered on August 20, shot while in his back yard, apparently by a deranged neighbor who later committed suicide. Rodden was the house soundman at the Rancho Nicasio restaurant and nightclub in western Marin County, Calif., a position he held for some 15 years, since the popular venue was purchased and operated by Huey Lewis manager Bob Brown in 1999. Brown retained the roadhouse feel and charm of the original venue and Rodden’s easygoing personality and gentle demeanor was ideal for dealing with the wide variety of local and occasional major-name acts that performed there.
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LONGMONT, CO — DPA Inc., the U.S. branch of DPA Microphones, named Christopher Spahr, Leonardo Romero and Pedro Rocha area sales managers for the Eastern U.S., Western U.S. and Southern U.S./Latin America regions, respectively. The company has also promoted Shan Siebert to general manager of its Longmont, CO-based office. The photo here includes, from left, Christopher Spahr, Leonardo Romero, Shan Siebert and Pedro Rocha.
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Sennheiser’s “Praise Pack” microphone bundle targets the needs of small and medium sized churches. It includes four e 835 dynamic microphones housed in an embroidered gator case.
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MILFORD, NH – Earthworks named Audio Brands as its distributor for the company’s Installed Sound Microphone line in Australia and New Zealand. The installation range includes choir mics, gooseneck mics, as well as mics designed to be mounted into conference tables or ceilings. Pictured here are Jeff Shoesmith and Don McConnell from Audio Brands Australia.
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Saelig Company’s RF-Vue T10 Spectrum Analyzer is designed to help audio pros eliminate RF concerns while supporting the audio needs for live events. The units can be used for interference elimination, site and field analysis, frequency coordination and AV system integration.
Read More »BELL, CA — Empire PRO, based here, has guaranteed stock of Shure’s new QLX-D wireless systems for its clients by stocking deep in over 90-channels. Edmond Khanian, VP at Empire PRO, predicted “huge demand” for the wireless systems.
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WILLEBROEK, Belgium – Harman’s JBL Professional and Crown amplifiers are turning up the volume across Europe, as AED Rent, based here, delivers a new level of sound quality to festivals and tours across the continent with its inventory of JBL’s VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amps.
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VANCOUVER BC — For 21 years Rosenthal has performed with Billy Joel as keyboardist, adding musical director to his title along the way. A longtime Radial user, the Radial SW8 now figures prominently in his equipment plan.
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SAN RAMON, CA — Percussionist/singer/songwriter Carlos Elizalde has been performing recently with Harman’s AKG WMS4500 wireless microphone system with a D7 reference dynamic vocal microphone, plus the AKG IVM4500 in-ear monitor set and a D7 microphone for percussion.
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