HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Martin Audio named Luke , a 24-year technology, IT and media industry veteran with experience in product development, manufacturing and sales and marketing, as its new managing director.
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MIAMI, FL — Professional Wireless Systems supplied a custom RF entertainment and intercom package for the 10th annual Premios Juventud awards show. PWS managed a total of 130 frequencies for the main stage performances using a wireless package from Sennheiser, which included 3732-II receivers with 5200-II handhelds and 5212-II belt packs. The crew also utilized a Shure Axient Wireless Management Network along with Shure PSM1000 in-ear monitors.
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LONDON – Adlib supplied audio crew and equipment for Capital FM’s Summertime Ball event, staged at Wembley Stadium here June 21. System Engineer Tony Szabo designed an L-Acoustics K1 / K2 PA system to complement the new stage design. Adlib also provided DiGiCo consoles at both ends of the multicore. The lineup of artists included David Guetta, Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus, Enrique Iglesias, Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris, 5 Seconds of Summer and numerous others.
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TC Electronic’s Ditto Looper Gold is a limited edition gold-colored run of the Ditto Looper. The pedal features 5 minutes of looping time, unlimited overdubs and undo/redo functionality.
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Danley Sound Labs announced plans to expand its line of outdoor loudspeakers. In addition to the OS-90 and OS-100 (pictured here), which join the company’s existing OS-80 model, Danley will be offering its new OS-115LF subwoofer and compact OS Nano units.
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LAS VEGAS — Are you one of the growing number of people who are looking to an alternative to sitting on a chair at your workplace everyday by installing (and using) a treadmill desk? If so, we want to know about it! If you know of someone else in our industry who uses one of these, please provide their contact details as well.
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LAS VEGAS – To attract a younger, media-savvy demographic, The Crossing Christian Church has installed a concert-grade Meyer Sound system. The design features the JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker and the 1100-LFC low-frequency control element, Meyer Sound’s most powerful loudspeaker for the 30 Hz to 85 Hz frequency range.
Read More »APEX, NC – Symetrix named Millar Electronics, based here, as its rep firm in the Southeast. Millar Electronics has emerged as a well-known audio/video manufacturers rep firm since it was founded 90 years ago to handled capacitors, resistors and other components. It will cover North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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FREDERICK, MD – Seeking to increase voice intelligibility, St. John the Evangelist Church upgraded to Community’s ENTASYS column line-source loudspeaker system. The new system has an ENTASYS ENT-FR full-range column and an ENT-LF low-frequency column on each side of the chancel tilted slightly downwards to avoid rear-wall echoes. The left and right transepts and the rear of the church are covered by ENT206s, and a pair of ENT203s provides coverage for the balcony and choir loft.
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SOMERVILLE, MA – A recent upgrade of the sound system at Johnny D’s nightclub and restaurant here included Harman Crown amplifiers, BSS signal processors, and a Soundcraft Si Expression 3 console. “The Si Expression 3 is perfect as an upgrade, because it helps people transition to digital due to its logical layout and ease of use,” said technical manager Dana Westover. “For example, we had a guest engineer who has never worked on a Soundcraft board before, and within 15 minutes, he was ready for the show.”
EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ – RCF partnered with Reid Sound to provide the sound system for the Olympic Town Entertainment Stage at the Special Olympics USA Games. The system included 4 dB Technologies DVA-T8 three-way active line array boxes ground stacked on top of 2 DVA-S10DP 18” active subwoofers per side, with RCF TT25-A 15” active two-way cabinets used as stage monitors and NX15-SMA 15” active speakers as fills. Additional satellite sound was provided with RCF HD10-A 10” active two-way cabinets.
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CALABRIA, Italy – Outline Butterfly and Mantas loudspeaker systems amplified the voice of Pope Francis on the occasion of the Holy Mass celebrated on the Plain of Sibari here before an estimated 250,000 worshippers June 21. The rig included 56 Butterfly modules, 24 Mantas modules and 24 Subtech 218 for low-end reinforcement. In the vicinity of the Papal chair, two Outline DVS 8, two stage monitor H.A.R.D. 212 and two H.A.R.D. 115 speakers were installed. The choir had other H.A.R.D. 212 monitors at its disposal, while Tripla, Doppia and DVS 10 enclosures covered other areas of the stage. Dee Jay Service from Rende (Cosenza) provided the gear.
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